Patents by Inventor Dora V. Galvan

Dora V. Galvan 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).

  • Patent number: 10641083
    Abstract: A method of treating a multi-zoned subterranean formation with composites having well treatment agents is disclosed. The well treatment agent treated in each zone is distinguishable. At least a portion of the well treatment agent is released from one of the composites into the well or formation. The formation of undesirable contaminants may be inhibited or prevented in the well or in the formation by the release of the well treatment agent from one or more of the composites. The well treatment agent also serves as a tracer. When fluid transported from the formation or well is collected, the source of the transported fluid may be determined by comparing a chemical or physical parameter of the well treatment agent with a working set of known taggants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Shen, Stephen J. Szymczak, William H. Steiner, Dora V. Galvan
  • Publication number: 20190338179
    Abstract: Scales are prevented or inhibited from forming in a well or in a formation penetrated by a well by pumping into the well a fluid comprising a hydratable polymer, a crosslinking agent, such as an organometallic crosslinking agent containing a polyvalent metal and a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl sulfonates, a polyacrylamidomethylpropane sulfonic acid, carboxymethyl inulin and sulfonated polyacrylates and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Dong Shen, Dora V. Galvan, Hoang V. Le, Qi Qu
  • Patent number: 10392553
    Abstract: Scales are prevented or inhibited from forming in a well or in a formation penetrated by a well by pumping into the well a fluid comprising a hydratable polymer, a crosslinking agent, such as an organometallic crosslinking agent containing a polyvalent metal and a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl sulfonates, a polyacrylamidomethylpropane sulfonic acid, carboxymethyl inulin and sulfonated polyacrylates and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Dong Shen, Dora V. Galvan, Hoang V. Le, Qi Qu
  • Publication number: 20170350236
    Abstract: A method of treating a multi-zoned subterranean formation with composites having well treatment agents is disclosed. The well treatment agent treated in each zone is distinguishable. At least a portion of the well treatment agent is released from one of the composites into the well or formation. The formation of undesirable contaminants may be inhibited or prevented in the well or in the formation by the release of the well treatment agent from one or more of the composites. The well treatment agent also serves as a tracer. When fluid transported from the formation or well is collected, the source of the transported fluid may be determined by comparing a chemical or physical parameter of the well treatment agent with a working set of known taggants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Dong Shen, Stephen J. Szymczak, William H. Steiner, Dora V. Galvan
  • Publication number: 20150060062
    Abstract: Scales are prevented or inhibited from forming in a well or in a formation penetrated by a well by pumping into the well a fluid comprising a hydratable polymer, a crosslinking agent, such as an organometallic crosslinking agent containing a polyvalent metal and a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl sulfonates, a polyacrylamidomethylpropane sulfonic acid, carboxymethyl inulin and sulfonated polyacrylates and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Dong Shen, Dora V. Galvan, Hoang V. Le, Qi Qu