Patents by Inventor Michael L. Mana

Michael L. Mana 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: 4875525
    Abstract: A porous, consolidated proppant pack which can be formed within the fractures of a producing formation and/or within the wellbore of an earthen well adjacent a producing formation wherein both particles of a dissolvable material (e.g., calcium carbonate) and proppants (e.g., sand) that have been coated with an unset consolidating material (e.g., a thermosetting resin) are mixed into a carrier liquid, (e.g., diesel) and then flowed down the well and into or adjacent the producing formation where the consolidating material on the proppants sets and consolidates to form the porous, consolidated proppant pack. The dissolvable material is then dissolved out of the pack (e.g., by an acid overflush) to increase the porosity and hence, the permeability of the pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1989
    Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company
    Inventor: Michael L. Mana