Patents by Inventor Golchi Salamat

Golchi Salamat 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).

  • Viscosity reduction of viscoelastic surfactant based fluids
    Patent number: 6881709
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed for controlled addition of components that decrease the viscosity of the viscoelastic surfactant fluids or for controlled changes in the electrolyte concentration or composition of the viscoelastic surfactant fluids. One aspect of the invention relates to the use of internal breakers with a delayed activation. Another aspect of the invention relates to the use of precursors that release a breaking system such as alcohol by a process such as melting, slow dissolution, reaction with a compound present in the fluid or added to the fluid during or after the step of injecting, rupture of an encapsulating coating and de-adsorption of a breaking agent absorbed into solid particles. In another aspect of the invention, alcohols are included in a pad to reduce the low-shear viscosity and reduce the resistance to flow of the treatment fluids during a desired phase of the treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Erik B. Nelson, Bernhard Lungwitz, Keith Dismuke, Mathew Samuel, Golchi Salamat, Trevor Hughes, Jesse Lee, Philip Fletcher, Diankui Fu, Richard Hutchins, Michael Parris, Gary John Tustin
  • Viscosity reduction of viscoelastic surfactant based fluids
    Publication number: 20020004464
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed for controlled addition of components that decrease the viscosity of the viscoelastic surfactant fluids or for controlled changes in the electrolyte concentration or composition of the viscoelastic surfactant fluids. One aspect of the invention relates to the use of internal breakers with a delayed activation. Another aspect of the invention relates to the use of precursors that release a breaking system such as alcohol by a process such as melting, slow dissolution, reaction with a compound present in the fluid or added to the fluid during or after the step of injecting, rupture of an encapsulating coating and de-adsorption of a breaking agent absorbed into solid particles. In another aspect of the invention, alcohols are included in a pad to reduce the low-shear viscosity and reduce the resistance to flow of the treatment fluids during a desired phase of the treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Erik B. Nelson, Bernhard Lungwitz, Keith Dismuke, Mathew Samuel, Golchi Salamat, Trevor Hughes, Jesse Lee, Philip Fletcher, Diankui Fu, Richard Hutchins, Michael Parris, Gary John Tustin