Patents by Inventor Jody M. Burks

Jody M. Burks 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).

  • Multiple well gravity-assisted column flow testing
    Patent number: 10400582
    Abstract: A method of flow testing can include dispensing at least one solid material and at least one liquid into each of multiple wells in a filter plate, and allowing the liquid to flow from the filter plate only by force of gravity. A flow testing system can include a multiple well filter plate, each of the wells having disposed therein a selected combination of formation particles, a fracturing fluid composition and a liquid hydrocarbon, and a collection plate vertically below the filter plate. The fracturing fluid composition and the liquid hydrocarbon flow from the filter plate to the collection plate only by force of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jody M Burks, Kristina M Henkel, Denise Nicole Benoit
  • Multiple well elevated temperature column flow testing
    Patent number: 10301928
    Abstract: A method of flow testing can include dispensing at least one solid material and at least one liquid into each of multiple wells in a filter plate, and then heating the filter plate with the solid material and liquid therein to an elevated temperature. A flow testing system can include a multiple well filter plate, each of the wells having disposed therein a selected combination of formation particles, a fracturing fluid and a liquid hydrocarbon, and a heating device that heats the filter plate to an elevated temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jody M. Burks, Ajish Sreeni Radhakrishnan Potty, Zheng Lu
  • Fluidic device that emulates a fracture in a formation and is used to test flow of a treatment fluid through the device
    Patent number: 10302544
    Abstract: A fluidic device that can emulate a fracture is provided and includes a body with a first region that can emulate a propped fracture and a second region that can emulate an earth formation material. A test fluid flows into the device at a test pressure and temperature, and substantially fills the first and second regions. A portion of the test fluid flows back out of the device when the pressure is reduced. A method of emulating fluid flow through a fracture is provided, the method including a fluidic device that includes a body, a first region that emulates the fracture, and a second region that emulates an earth formation material. Flowing a test fluid at a test pressure and temperature into the first region, and reducing a pressure of the test fluid, thereby allowing some of the test fluid to flow from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick L. Drake, Jody M. Burks
  • FLUIDIC DEVICE THAT EMULATES A FRACTURE IN A FORMATION AND IS USED TO TEST FLOW OF A TREATMENT FLUID THROUGH THE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180156708
    Abstract: A fluidic device that can emulate a fracture is provided and includes a body with a first region that can emulate a propped fracture and a second region that can emulate an earth formation material. A test fluid flows into the device at a test pressure and temperature, and substantially fills the first and second regions. A portion of the test fluid flows back out of the device when the pressure is reduced. A method of emulating fluid flow through a fracture is provided, the method including a fluidic device that includes a body, a first region that emulates the fracture, and a second region that emulates an earth formation material. Flowing a test fluid at a test pressure and temperature into the first region, and reducing a pressure of the test fluid, thereby allowing some of the test fluid to flow from the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Frederick L. Drake, Jody M. Burks
  • MULTIPLE WELL ELEVATED TEMPERATURE COLUMN FLOW TESTING
    Publication number: 20170218751
    Abstract: A method of flow testing can include dispensing at least one solid material and at least one liquid into each of multiple wells in a filter plate, and then heating the filter plate with the solid material and liquid therein to an elevated temperature. A flow testing system can include a multiple well filter plate, each of the wells having disposed therein a selected combination of formation particles, a fracturing fluid and a liquid hydrocarbon, and a heating device that heats the filter plate to an elevated temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Jody M. Burks, Ajish Sreeni Radhakrishnan Potty, Zheng Lu
  • MULTIPLE WELL GRAVITY-ASSISTED COLUMN FLOW TESTING
    Publication number: 20160290909
    Abstract: A method of flow testing can include dispensing at least one solid material and at least one liquid into each of multiple wells in a filter plate, and allowing the liquid to flow from the filter plate only by force of gravity. A flow testing system can include a multiple well filter plate, each of the wells having disposed therein a selected combination of formation particles, a fracturing fluid composition and a liquid hydrocarbon, and a collection plate vertically below the filter plate. The fracturing fluid composition and the liquid hydrocarbon flow from the filter plate to the collection plate only by force of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Jody M. Burks, Kristina M. Henkel, Denise Nicole Benoit