Patents by Inventor Gregory Douglas Abbott, II

Gregory Douglas Abbott, II 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).

  • Methods and processes to recycle base oil fluids from spent invert emulsion drilling fluids
    Patent number: 9725973
    Abstract: Methods and processes for recycling base oils from spent invert emulsion drilling fluids may include frictionally heating a spent drilling fluid that comprises an invert emulsion and solids, wherein the solids are at about 50% or less by volume of the spent drilling fluid; and simultaneously evaporating oil and water from the invert emulsion at a temperature lower than an atmospheric boiling point for the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Yerzhan Ayapbergenov, Timothy N. Harvey, Gregory Douglas Abbott, II
  • Methods and processes to recycle base oil fluids from spent invert emulsion drilling fluids
    Patent number: 9677354
    Abstract: Methods and processes for recycling base oils from spent invert emulsion drilling fluids may include frictionally heating a spent drilling fluid that comprises an invert emulsion and solids, wherein the solids are at about 50% or less by volume of the spent drilling fluid; and simultaneously evaporating oil and water from the invert emulsion at a temperature lower than an atmospheric boiling point for the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Yerzhan Ayapbergenov, Timothy N. Harvey, Gregory Douglas Abbott, II
  • METHODS AND PROCESSES TO RECYCLE BASE OIL FLUIDS FROM SPENT INVERT EMULSION DRILLING FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20150345273
    Abstract: Methods and processes for recycling base oils from spent invert emulsion drilling fluids may include frictionally heating a spent drilling fluid that comprises an invert emulsion and solids, wherein the solids are at about 50% or less by volume of the spent drilling fluid; and simultaneously evaporating oil and water from the invert emulsion at a temperature lower than an atmospheric boiling point for the oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Yerzhan Ayapbergenov, Timothy N. Harvey, Gregory Douglas Abbott, II