Patents by Inventor David D. Cramer

David D. Cramer 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).

  • Publication number: 20220228484
    Abstract: An economical process in which cement sheath integrity, perforation cluster spacing and frac plug integrity can be assessed for every frac stage, potentially leading to improvements in stimulation, completion, cementing and drilling practices. It is based on analyzing wellbore pressure responses occurring at key segments of the wireline pump-down and perforating operation and correlating the results among multiple frac stages and wells in a field or play. A special requirement is that the frac ball (ball check) is inserted in the frac plug and pumped to seat prior to performing perforating operations. A complementary benefit of this process is that selectively establishing injectivity in the most distant perforation cluster can be used to establish inhibited HCl acid (wireline acid) coverage across all perforation intervals for uniform reduction in near-wellbore tortuosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventor: David D. CRAMER
  • Patent number: 6367548
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for stimulating multiple intervals in wells by diverting well treatment fluids into multiple intervals by alternately displacing diverting agent from the annulus into a subterranean formation and displacing treatment fluid from a tubing string into the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignees: BJ Services Company, Ocean Energy Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald L. Purvis, David D. Cramer, David D. Smith, Douglas L. Walton