A settable down hole tool is of increased drillability and/or of increased expansibility. The improvement in drillability can be caused by fracturing cast iron slips into a large number of small pieces that can be circulated out of a well without further reduction in size. The improvement in expansibility can be partially caused by providing an expander cone of increased hardness thereby allowing an increased angle on the expander cone and slips. The improvement in expansibility can be partially caused by increasing the thickness of the slips.

A transforming bridge-to-flow-through frac plug has a mandrel, a retaining sleeve, a pair of cones, a pair of slips, a packing element, and a keeper ring. The mandrel is concentrically connected within the retaining sleeve, and is constructed of a dissolvable material such that the mandrel is dissolvable through application of a solvent in order to form a big bore flow-through frac plug if removal of the frac plug by milling is not possible. The pair of cones, pair of slips, packing element, and keeper ring are positioned on the exterior of the retaining sleeve in order to secure the frac plug in place after a setting operation, even if the mandrel is dissolved in order to form the big bore flow-through frac plug.

There is provided a method for preparing a wellbore for insertion of a barrier, the method comprising: providing a section of tubing or formation within the wellbore having a modified internal surface that is shaped such that a region adjacent the modified internal surface can be filled with barrier material and the barrier material can solidify to interlock with and be anchored by the modified internal surface.

A container device for transporting and releasing a plugging material into a well includes a longitudinal chamber for containing the plugging material, the chamber including a tubular wall extending in a longitudinal direction and at least one opening for releasing the plugging material from the chamber; a lower seal extending across the opening and closing the chamber in a closed configuration; a pressure application mechanism provided at an upper portion of the container device for pressurising at least part of the device and expelling the plugging material; and a connector provided at an upper portion of the container device for attaching the container device to an elongate member for lowering into a wellbore.

A well tool device for forming a permanent barrier in a well includes a housing and an ignition device. A compartment is provided in the housing. A pyrotechnic mixture or heat generating mixture is provided within the compartment. The ignition device is adapted to heating at least a part of the pyrotechnic mixture or the heat generating mixture to its ignition temperature. If the pyrotechnic mixture is provided, the pyrotechnic mixture includes a first metal and at least a section of the housing is made of the first metal. If the heat generating mixture is provided, at least a section of the housing is made from a material being a constituent of the heat generating mixture.

A junction for use in a multilateral completion system is presented. The junction comprises a metal sealant applicable to a lateral component of the multilateral completion system. The metal sealant is expanding in response to hydrolysis and after activation forms a seal and an anchor with a well casing or tubing of the multilateral completion system. The metal sealant is expanding in response to one of an alkaline earth metal hydrolysis and a transition metal hydrolysis. More specifically, the metal sealant is expanding in response to one of magnesium hydrolysis, aluminum hydrolysis, calcium hydrolysis, and calcium oxide hydrolysis.

A well tool device for forming a permanent well barrier includes a housing having a circular cross-section and a longitudinal extension; a pyrotechnic mixture provided in the housing; a flow generating device provided in the housing; and a motor for driving the flow generating device. After ignition, the pyrotechnic mixture turns into a molten mass; and the flow generating device is configured to generate a forced flow of the molten mass. A method for forming a permanent well barrier using the well tool device includes installing the well tool device in a well; and igniting the pyrotechnic mixture. The pyrotechnic mixture turns into a molten mass upon ignition. The method further includes starting the motor; and generating a forced flow of molten mass by the flow generating device.

A method of production of a frac plug is disclosed comprising providing a blank defining an interior of the frac plug, placing a glass material around the blank such that a fiber reinforcement within the glass material is off axis to a longitudinal axis of the frac plug and wherein the placing forms a glass material blank, removing the blank from the glass material blank and performing at least one mechanical processing of an exterior of the glass material blank.

A cementing tool and a method for cementing a casing string using the cementing tool is provided. The cementing tool comprises threaded top and bottom openings for attaching to a casing string, a plurality of ports, and a plurality of shear plugs shaped to fit within the ports. In the method, a casing string comprising the cementing tool is run into a well and the cementing process of the casing string is initiated. When the casing shoe of the casing string becomes plugged, the cementing tool is activated without removing the casing string from the well. Activation of the cementing tool releases pressure trapped in the cementing tool, thereby releasing the shear plugs from the ports and opening the ports to create alternative passages for the cement to complete the cementing process.

A dissolvable frac plug adapter includes an adapter body and a temperature acquisition and recording apparatus, where the temperature acquisition and recording apparatus is fixed in the adapter body. The adapter body is configured to connect a setting tool and a dissolvable frac plug. The temperature acquisition and recording apparatus is configured to acquire and record an ambient temperature at which the adapter body is located. A method for measuring a dynamic downhole temperature using the dissolvable frac plug adapter and a method for fabricating a dissolvable frac plug using the dissolvable frac plug adapter are provided to measure the dynamic downhole ambient temperature during pumping of the dissolvable frac plug, which features convenient operation and low cost, provides a basis for material selection and design of an ideal dissolvable frac plug for a region, and facilitates fabrication of the ideal dissolvable frac plug for the region.