Patents by Inventor Jorge Esteban LEAL

Jorge Esteban LEAL 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).

  • Patent number: 10428261
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of formulating a sealant to span an opening and form a seal with surfaces across the opening is provided. The method further includes selecting a fluid material capable of contacting and adhering to the surface of the opening and which reacts to form a solid material as a result of a thermal reaction. The method further includes selecting and intermixing one or more solids with the fluid material to form a composite, wherein the solids migrate within a column of the composite sealant before the composite sealant cures from a fluid to a solid and bonds to the surfaces of the opening, and the change in volume of the lower portion of the composite sealant into which the solids have migrated, as the temperature thereof changes during curing, is insufficient to cause it to pull away from the surfaces of the opening or fail internally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: CSI TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Freddie Lynn Sabins, Jorge Esteban Leal, Larry Thomas Watters
  • Patent number: 10378299
    Abstract: In one embodiment of this disclosure, method of formulating a sealant to span an opening and form a seal with surfaces across the opening is provided. The method further includes selecting a fluid material capable of contacting and adhering to the surface of the opening and which reacts to form a solid material as a result of a thermal reaction. The method further includes selecting and intermixing one or more solids with the fluid material to form a composite, wherein the composite cures from a fluid to a solid and bond to the surfaces of the opening and the change in volume of the composite as the temperature thereof changes during curing is insufficient to cause it to pull away from the surfaces of the opening or fail internally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: CSI TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Freddie Lynn Sabins, Jorge Esteban Leal, Larry Thomas Watters
  • Patent number: 10214988
    Abstract: A method for abandonment of a subsea well includes: setting a packer of a lower cementing tool against a bore of an inner casing hung from a subsea wellhead; fastening a pressure control assembly (PCA) to the subsea wellhead; hanging an upper cementing tool from the PCA and stabbing the upper cementing tool into a polished bore receptacle of the lower cementing tool; perforating a wall of the inner casing below the packer; perforating the inner casing wall above the packer by operating a perforator of the upper cementing tool; mixing a resin and a hardener to form a sealant; and pumping a fluid train through bores of the cementing tools and into an inner annulus formed between the inner casing and an outer casing hung from the subsea wellhead. The fluid train includes the sealant followed by a cement slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: CSI TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Fred Sabins, David Brown, Jeffrey Watters, Jorge Esteban Leal, Larry Watters, Xiaoxu Li
  • Publication number: 20180355692
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of formulating a sealant to span an opening and form a seal with surfaces across the opening including selecting a fluid material capable of contacting and adhering to the surface of the opening and which reacts to form a solid material as a result of a thermal reaction, and selecting and intermixing one or more solids with the fluid material to form a composite, wherein the composite cures from a fluid to a solid and bond to the surfaces of the opening and the change in volume of the composite as the temperature thereof changes during curing is insufficient to cause it to pull away from the surfaces of the opening or fail internally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Freddie Lynn SABINS, Jorge Esteban LEAL, Larry Thomas WATTERS
  • Publication number: 20180355237
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of formulating a sealant to span an opening and form a seal with surfaces across the opening including selecting a fluid material capable of contacting and adhering to the surface of the opening and which reacts to form a solid material as a result of a thermal reaction, and selecting and intermixing one or more solids with the fluid material to form a composite, wherein the solids migrate within a column of the composite sealant before the composite sealant cures from a fluid to a solid and bonds to the surfaces of the opening, and the change in volume of the lower portion of the lower portion composite sealant into which the solids have migrated, as the temperature thereof changes during curing, is insufficient to cause it to pull away from the surfaces of the opening or fail internally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Freddie Lynn SABINS, Jorge Esteban LEAL, Larry Thomas WATTERS
  • Publication number: 20170044864
    Abstract: A method for sealing a well includes: placing an obstruction in a bore of an inner tubular string disposed in a wellbore; forming an opening through a wall of the inner tubular string above the obstruction; mixing a resin and a hardener to form a sealant; and squeezing the sealant into the bore, through the opening, and into an annulus formed between the inner tubular string and an outer tubular string, thereby repairing a cement sheath present in the annulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Fred SABINS, Clifton MEADE, David BROWN, Jeffrey WATTERS, Jorge Esteban LEAL
  • Publication number: 20170044865
    Abstract: A method for abandonment of a subsea well includes: setting a packer of a lower cementing tool against a bore of an inner casing hung from a subsea wellhead; fastening a pressure control assembly (PCA) to the subsea wellhead; hanging an upper cementing tool from the PCA and stabbing the upper cementing tool into a polished bore receptacle of the lower cementing tool; perforating a wall of the inner casing below the packer; perforating the inner casing wall above the packer by operating a perforator of the upper cementing tool; mixing a resin and a hardener to form a sealant; and pumping a fluid train through bores of the cementing tools and into an inner annulus formed between the inner casing and an outer casing hung from the subsea wellhead. The fluid train includes the sealant followed by a cement slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Fred SABINS, David BROWN, Jeffrey WATTERS, Jorge Esteban LEAL, Larry WATTERS, Xiaoxu LI
  • Publication number: 20160348464
    Abstract: A method for sealing a well includes: placing an obstruction in a bore of an inner tubular string; forming an opening through a wall of the inner tubular string above the obstruction; mixing a resin and a hardener to form a sealant having a density greater than a density of fluid present in the bore and present in an annulus formed between the inner tubular string and an outer tubular string; and injecting the sealant into the annulus. The sealant falls down the annulus to the opening. A portion of the sealant is diverted through the opening and into the bore. The sealant cures to form a balanced plug in the annulus and the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Fred SABINS, Clifton MEADE, David BROWN, Jeffrey WATTERS, Jorge Esteban LEAL