Patents by Inventor Curtis L. Wilie

Curtis L. Wilie has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Open-hole test method and apparatus for subterranean wells
    Patent number: 6491104
    Abstract: The invention comprises a tubing assembly for use in testing an unconsolidated open-hole portion of a well bore located below a cased portion of the well bore and a method of using the assembly. The tubing assembly comprises an elongated tubing string extending from a well surface into the unconsolidated open-hole portion of the open hole, an open-hole packer mounted on the tubing string for use in sealingly engaging the unconsolidated open-hole portion of the well bore, a casing packer mounted on the tubing string between the open-hole packer and the well surface for sealingly engaging the cased portion of the well bore and a sand control device connected to the tubing string below the openhole packer. The assembly may further comprise additional open-hole packers and sand control devices mounted on the tubing string. Segments of the tubing string may be retrievable. The assembly may have one or more tubing disconnects mounted to the tubing string to disconnect segments of the tubing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis L. Wilie, Jackie M. LaFontaine, Tommy F. Grigsby