Patent ID: 11952859
Assignee: UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A method of repairing one or more fractures in cement in a wellbore, the wellbore having a direction of flow from a reservoir to a wellhead, the method comprising: providing a plurality of electrodes, pairing the plurality of electrodes to form one or more anode cathode pairs, applying a current to said one or more anode cathode pairs and thereby creating one or more electric fields that (i) produce an attraction between the one or more fractures and micelles from crude oil flowing in the wellbore, and (ii) induce flow of said micelles into the one or more fractures by electrokinesis; thereby depositing the micelles in, and repairing, the one or more fractures.