US Patent 12110759 Equipment for self-abandonment of wells

Equipment for autonomous abandonment of wells is installed its position during the completion of the well. Such equipment melts the string, cables and accessories and the casing by means of an exothermic reaction (which may have thermite among its reagents). The start of this reaction is remotely triggered according to the interest of the well operator. As a product of the process, there is the formation of a permanent barrier (BIS) to abandon the well. This permanent barrier will be a product of the residual material from the heat release reaction, a molten material from the string and casing, as well as the material responsible for the formation of the BIS, which shall have eutectic characteristics, that is, after its solidification it shall have an expansion in order to ensure that it generates rock-to-rock adhesion.