Patent ID: 9518443
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: E21B

Claim Text:
1. A method ( 1 A- 1 BU) of providing ( 220 ) or enabling ( 211 - 219 ) restoration of cap rock of at least a portion ( 4 A- 4 BU) of a producible zone of a subterranean well, the method comprising the steps of: placing and supporting at least one cement equivalent well barrier member ( using energy conductible through said rig-less string or through movable fluid of a circulatable fluid column ( using said at least one annulus engagable member to access said at least one annulus from said innermost passageway, displace at least one portion of a wall of at least one conduit about said innermost passageway to provide an operable space, bridge across said operable space, and place said at least one cement equivalent well barrier member through said operable space adjacent to said cap rock to form at least one geologic time-frame space usable to fluidly isolate said at least one portion of said subterranean well without removing said installed conduits and associated debris from below one or more subterranean depths (