Patents by Inventor Gopal Nevandram AHUJA

Gopal Nevandram AHUJA 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).

  • Measuring critical shear stress for mud filtercake removal
    Patent number: 9945771
    Abstract: Methods include: forming a first mud filtercake with a first mud; and determining a relationship between an impinging jet of a fluid at varying pressures against a surface of the first mud filtercake to a first erosion characteristic of the first mud filtercake. In various embodiments, the methods can additionally include: using the first erosion characteristic to design an operation to remove a second mud filtercake formed or to be formed in a wellbore with a second mud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Gopal Nevandram Ahuja
  • MEASURING CRITICAL SHEAR STRESS FOR MUD FILTERCAKE REMOVAL
    Publication number: 20160356697
    Abstract: Methods include: forming a first mud filtercake with a first mud; and determining a relationship between an impinging jet of a fluid at varying pressures against a surface of the first mud filtercake to a first erosion characteristic of the first mud filtercake. In various embodiments, the methods can additionally include: using the first erosion characteristic to design an operation to remove a second mud filtercake formed or to be formed in a wellbore with a second mud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventor: Gopal Nevandram AHUJA