Patents by Inventor Landreth L. Moran

Landreth L. Moran 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: 7998269
    Abstract: A cement includes a cement mixture and a permeable, micro-cluster silica material present in an amount from about 10 percent to about 30 percent by weight of the cement mixture. The cement blend may be used in casing a borehole when appropriate fluid loss agents are included in the cement blend. Additionally, a cement additive is added to a cement mixture to provide the cement blend. This cement additive can be formulated in a kit form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Catalyst Partners, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd Byron Spangle, Landreth L. Moran
  • Publication number: 20090283017
    Abstract: A cement blend includes a cement mixture and a permeable, micro-cluster silica material present in an amount from about 10 percent to about 30 percent by weight of the cement mixture. The cement blend may be used in casing a borehole when appropriate fluid loss agents are included in the cement blend. Additionally, a cement additive is added to a cement mixture to provide the cement blend. This cement additive can be formulated in a kit form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Catalyst Partners, Inc.
    Inventors: Lloyd Byron Spangle, Landreth L. Moran
  • Patent number: 5850880
    Abstract: Powdered and liquid fluid loss additives are disclosed for use in cementing wellbores, particularly oil and gas wellbores. Excellent fluid loss control is achieved over a wide range of conditions using various cements systems. The invention utilizes polyvinyl acetate polymers as a fluid loss additive. The polyvinyl acetate polymer is used in conjunction with a dispersing sulfonated polymer and surfactant. This highly effective combination is then adjusted to individual well conditions with chelating agent, cross-linking agent, biocides, antifoams, or combinations of these. The dispersants are novel dispersing agent polymers such as melamine sulfonate polymer, vinyl sulfonate polymer and styrene sulfonate polymer and mixtures of these. These dispersant materials are usually prepared at low pH and can be used in the acid form, or neutralized to form salts of the polymers, wherein the salt can be a Group I or Group II metal salt, or ammonium salts (common salts).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Conoco Inc.
    Inventors: Larry K. Moran, Landreth L. Moran
  • Patent number: 5728210
    Abstract: Powdered and liquid fluid loss additives are disclosed for use in cementing wellbores, particularly oil and gas wellbores. Excellent fluid loss control is achieved over a wide range of conditions using various cements systems. The invention utilizes polyvinyl acetate polymers as a fluid loss additive. The polyvinyl acetate polymer is used in conjunction with a dispersing sulfonated polymer and surfactant. This highly effective combination is then adjusted to individual well conditions with chelating agent, cross-linking agent, biocides, antifoams, or combinations of these. The dispersants are novel dispersing agent polymers such as melamine sulfonate polymer, vinyl sulfonate polymer and styrene sulfonate polymer and mixtures of these. These dispersant materials are usually prepared at low pH and can be used in the acid form, or neutralized to form salts of the polymers, wherein the salt can be a Group I or Group II metal salt, or ammonium salts (common salts).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Conoco Inc.
    Inventors: Larry K. Moran, Landreth L. Moran