Patents by Inventor Hélène Heurdier

Hélène Heurdier 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 of characterizing the self-healing properties of a set cement based material in contact with hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 8236100
    Abstract: Methods of characterizing the self-healing properties of a set cement based material in contact with hydrocarbons in an oil- and/or gas-well are described. The methods comprise: providing a test cell (10); providing said test cell (10) with a sample (31, 40) of the set cement based material; damaging the sample to simulate a loss of zonal isolation resulting from damages made to the set cement based material in the oil- or gas-well; injecting a hydrocarbon fluid in the test cell; allowing the cement based material to heal by itself; measuring the differential pressure (?P) across the sample (31, 40); and characterizing the self-healing properties of the cement based material from the measure of said differential pressure (?P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Sylvaine Le Roy-Delage, Hélène Bulté-Loyer, Bernard Dargaud, Hélène Heurdier
  • METHOD OF CHARACTERIZING THE SELF-HEALING PROPERTIES OF A SET CEMENT BASED MATERIAL IN CONTACT WITH HYDROCARBONS
    Publication number: 20110107848
    Abstract: Methods of characterizing the self-healing properties of a set cement based material in contact with hydrocarbons in an oil- and/or gas-well are described. The methods comprise: providing a test cell (10); providing said test cell (10) with a sample (31, 40) of the set cement based material; damaging the sample to simulate a loss of zonal isolation resulting from damages made to the set cement based material in the oil- or gas-well; injecting a hydrocarbon fluid in the test cell; allowing the cement based material to heal by itself; measuring the differential pressure (?P) across the sample (31, 40); and characterizing the self-healing properties of the cement based material from the measure of said differential pressure (?P).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Sylvaine Le Roy-Delage, Hélène Bulté-Loyer, Bernard Dargaud, Hélène Heurdier