Patents by Inventor Douglas Ray Scott

Douglas Ray Scott 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).

  • Method for generating discrete fracture initiation sites and propagating dominant planar fractures therefrom
    Patent number: 8919443
    Abstract: A method for performing a downhole perforating and fracturing operation from a wellbore (12) positioned within a subterranean formation (18). The method includes locating a perforating gun string (24) within the wellbore (12), detonating a first perforating gun (28) to create a first discrete fracture initiation site (42) in the formation (18), repositioning the perforating gun string (24) within the wellbore (12) and detonating a second perforating gun (30) to create a second discrete fracture initiation site (44) in the formation (18). Thereafter, the method also includes pumping a fracture fluid into the wellbore (12) and propagating a single dominant planar fracture (56, 58) from each of the discrete fracture initiation sites (42, 44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Allen Parker, Neil Joseph Modeland, Cam Le, Kenneth Lee Borgen, Douglas Ray Scott
  • Method for Generating Discrete Fracture Initiation Sites and Propagating Dominant Planar Fractures Therefrom
    Publication number: 20130032347
    Abstract: A method for performing a downhole perforating and fracturing operation from a wellbore (12) positioned within a subterranean formation (18). The method includes locating a perforating gun string (24) within the wellbore (12), detonating a first perforating gun (28) to create a first discrete fracture initiation site (42) in the formation (18), repositioning the perforating gun string (24) within the wellbore (12) and detonating a second perforating gun (30) to create a second discrete fracture initiation site (44) in the formation (18). Thereafter, the method also includes pumping a fracture fluid into the wellbore (12) and propagating a single dominant planar fracture (56, 58) from each of the discrete fracture initiation sites (42, 44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Allen Parker, Neil Joseph Modeland, Cam Le, Kenneth Lee Borgen, Douglas Ray Scott