Patents by Inventor Naima Bestaoui-Spurr
Naima Bestaoui-Spurr 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).
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Publication number: 20180156016Abstract: A well treatment fluid contains a surface modifying treatment agent having an anchor and a hydrophobic tail. The surface modifying treatment agent is an organophosphorus acid derivative. After the well treatment fluid is pumped into a well penetrating the subterranean formation, the anchor binds to the surface of the formation. The subterranean formation is a siliceous formation or a metal oxide-containing subterranean formation. The anchor bonds to a Si atom when the formation is a siliceous formation and to the metal of the metal oxide when the formation is a metal oxide-containing formation. After being bound to the surface of the formation, frictional drag within the well is reduced. This allows for faster recovery of formation fluids. The bonding of the surface modifying treatment agent onto the formation may further be enhanced by first pre-treating the formation with a non-aqueous fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Kimberly Spurlock Lant, Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Sumit Bhaduri, James B. Crews, Hoang Le, Terry D. Monroe, Qi Qu
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Patent number: 9938811Abstract: The flow of well treatment fluids may be diverted from a high permeability zone to a low permeability zone within a fracture network within a subterranean formation by use of a divert system comprising dissolvable diverter particulates and proppant. At least a portion of the high permeability zone is propped open with the proppant of the divert system and at least a portion of the high permeability zone is blocked with the diverter particulates. A fluid is then pumped into the subterranean formation and into a lower permeability zone of the formation farther from the wellbore. The diverter particulates in the high permeability zones may then be dissolved at in-situ reservoir conditions and hydrocarbons produced from the high permeability propped zones of the fracture network. The divert system has particular applicability in the enhancement of production or hydrocarbons from high permeability zones in a fracture network located far field from the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Baker Hughes, LLCInventors: Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Ahmed M. Gomaa, Harold Gene Hudson, D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Scott Gregory Nelson, Harold Dean Brannon
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Publication number: 20180003021Abstract: Proppants may be effectively placed within a hydraulic fracture of a subterranean formation by hydraulically fracturing the subterranean formation to form fractures in the formation using a fracturing fluid where proppants are introduced into the fractures during and/or after hydraulically fracturing the formation. During and/or after hydraulically fracturing the subterranean formation, a plurality of ribbons are introduced into the fractures, where the ribbons contact and inhibit or prevent the proppants from settling by gravity within the fractures; the ribbons comprise a crosslinked gel. Finally, the fractures are closed against the proppants.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLCInventors: James B. Crews, Naima Bestaoui-Spurr
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Patent number: 9822621Abstract: A well treatment fluid contains a surface modifying treatment agent having an anchor and a hydrophobic tail. The surface modifying treatment agent is an organophosphorus acid derivative. After the well treatment fluid is pumped into a well penetrating the subterranean formation, the anchor binds to the surface of the formation. The subterranean formation is a siliceous formation or a metal oxide-containing subterranean formation. The anchor bonds to a Si atom when the formation is a siliceous formation and to the metal of the metal oxide when the formation is a metal oxide-containing formation. After being bound to the surface of the formation, frictional drag within the well is reduced. This allows for faster recovery of formation fluids. The bonding of the surface modifying treatment agent onto the formation may further be enhanced by first pre-treating the formation with a non-aqueous fluid.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLCInventors: Kimberly Lant, Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Sumit Bhaduri, James B. Crews, Hoang Le, Terry D. Monroe, Qi Qu
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Patent number: 9683431Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation comprises pumping into a well penetrating the formation a surface modifying treatment agent having a metallic anchor and at least one hydrophobic tail attached to the metal of the anchor. The surface modifying treatment agent is covalently bound to the surface of the subterranean formation through the metal of the anchor.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Kimberly Lant, Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Sumit Bhaduri, James B. Crews, Hoang Le, Terry D. Monroe, Qi Qu
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Patent number: 9676993Abstract: Relatively low strength and/or relatively low density, but ductile materials may be folded or crumpled and finely divided to give proppants for introduction into hydraulic fractures, where the folded or crumpled structure of the proppants gives relatively increased strength relative to the relatively low strength and/or relatively low density of the materials. Materials not previously considered suitable for proppants may be considered when structure or configured in this manner. Similarly to the case where crumpled paper within a cardboard box keeps it from collapsing, the folded or crumpled material spontaneously develops structural rigidity at relatively low volume fractions without a specific externally imposed design. The folded or crumpled proppants may also be used alone or together with conventional proppants for sand control in gravel packs or frac packs.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Stephanie A. Weiss, Naima Bestaoui-Spurr
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Publication number: 20170158953Abstract: Relatively low strength and/or relatively low density, but ductile materials may be folded or crumpled and finely divided to give proppants for introduction into hydraulic fractures, where the folded or crumpled structure of the proppants gives relatively increased strength relative to the relatively low strength and/or relatively low density of the materials. Materials not previously considered suitable for proppants may be considered when structure or configured in this manner. Similarly to the case where crumpled paper within a cardboard box keeps it from collapsing, the folded or crumpled material spontaneously develops structural rigidity at relatively low volume fractions without a specific externally imposed design. The folded or crumpled proppants may also be used alone or together with conventional proppants for sand control in gravel packs or frac packs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: STEPHANIE A. WEISS, NAIMA BESTAOUI-SPURR
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Patent number: 9644140Abstract: A well treatment composite is characterized by particulates wherein at least a portion of the substrate of the particulates is coated with a polycationic polymer. The presence of the polycationic polymer on the surface of the well treatment particulates reduces the generation of dust and fines during a well treatment operation. The polycationic polymer further reduces the amount of dust or fines generated during transport of the well treatment particulates to a remote location as well during the manufacture or processing of well treatment particulates.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Mark Alan Vorderbruggen, D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Harold Gene Hudson
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Patent number: 9637671Abstract: A composite is characterized by particulates of sand wherein at least a portion of the surface of the particulates is coated with a polycationic polymer. The presence of the polycationic polymer on the surface of the particulates reduces the amount of dust generated during handling and use of the sand. The polycationic polymer further reduces the amount of dust generated during transport of the sand as well during manufacture, treatment or processing of the sand.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Mark Alan Vorderbruggen, Harold Dean Brannon
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Patent number: 9624377Abstract: A composite is characterized by particulates of sand wherein at least a portion of the surface of the particulates is coated with a polycationic polymer. The presence of the polycationic polymer on the surface of the particulates reduces the amount of dust generated during handling and use of the sand. The polycationic polymer further reduces the amount of dust generated during transport of the sand as well during manufacture, treatment or processing of the sand.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Mark Alan Vorderbruggen, D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Harold Gene Hudson, Harold Dean Brannon
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Publication number: 20170081585Abstract: Various methods for redirecting a well treatment fluid to targeted zones of a subterranean formation within a reservoir and diverting the fluid away from high permeability or undamaged zones of the formation by temporarily blocking the high permeability zones are provided. A well treatment fluid can be diverted from a high permeability or undamaged zone of a formation within a reservoir having a high bottomhole temperature by introducing into the reservoir a biodegradable polymer that has excellent heat resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: NAIMA BESTAOUI-SPURR, FRANCES H. DEBENEDICTIS, DORIANNE CASTILLO
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Publication number: 20170073576Abstract: Cements, such as alkali activated binder, may be used as coatings on proppants, such as sand, to improve the strength thereof. The resulting chemically bonded phosphate ceramic (CBPC) coated proppants show increased compressive strength between about 60 to about 130 MPa, as well as produced fines of lower than about 10 wt % at 10,000 psi closure stress.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: NAIMA BESTAOUI-SPURR, QI QU, CHRISTOPHER J. STEPHENSON
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Publication number: 20170051599Abstract: The flow of well treatment fluids may be diverted from a high permeability zone to a low permeability zone within a fracture network within a subterranean formation by use of a divert system comprising dissolvable diverter particulates and proppant. At least a portion of the high permeability zone is propped open with the proppant of the divert system and at least a portion of the high permeability zone is blocked with the diverter particulates. A fluid is then pumped into the subterranean formation and into a lower permeability zone of the formation farther from the wellbore. The diverter particulates in the high permeability zones may then be dissolved at in-situ reservoir conditions and hydrocarbons produced from the high permeability propped zones of the fracture network. The divert system has particular applicability in the enhancement of production or hydrocarbons from high permeability zones in a fracture network located far field from the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2016Publication date: February 23, 2017Inventors: Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Ahmed M. Gomaa, Harold Gene Hudson, D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Scott Gregory Nelson, Harold Dean Brannon
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Patent number: 9562188Abstract: A composite having a solid particulate and a surface modifying treatment agent on the solid particulate wherein the surface modifying treatment agent has a hydrophobic tail and an anchor for adhering the hydrophobic tail onto the solid particulate. The anchor may be metal and the hydrophobic tail may be an organo-silicon material, a fluorinated hydrocarbon or both an organo-silicon material and a fluorinated hydrocarbon. The composite may be used as a proppant in a hydraulic fracturing operation as well as a sand control particulate in a gravel packing operation. The presence of the surface modifying treatment agent on the surface of the solid particulate reduces the generation of fines and dust as well as the migration of sand during a hydraulic fracturing operation or a sand control operation. The presence of the surface modifying treatment agent on the surface of the solid particulate further enhances the crush resistance of the solid particulate.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Terry D. Monroe, Brian B. Beall, Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Sumit Bhaduri, Kimberly Lant, Hoang Le, Qi Qu
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Publication number: 20160326859Abstract: Improving the knowledge about how hydraulic fracture networks are generated in subsurface shale volumes in unconventional wellbores may be accomplished with various configurations of at least one diagnostic lateral wellbore using at least one diagnostic device disposed in the diagnostic lateral wellbore. By extending diagnostic lateral wellbores from adjacent lateral wellbores and/or separately drilling diagnostic lateral wellbores, and analyzing signals received by diagnostic devices placed in the diagnostic lateral wellbores, knowledge about fracture networks, the parameters that control fracture geometry and reservoir production and how reservoirs react to refracturing techniques may be greatly improved. Additionally, such diagnostic lateral wellbores can provide quicker location of sweet-spot horizons in reservoirs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATEDInventors: James B. Crews, ROBERT SAMUEL HURT, HYUNIL JO, TIANPING HUANG, NAIMA BESTAOUI-SPURR
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Publication number: 20160024360Abstract: A composite is characterized by particulates of sand wherein at least a portion of the surface of the particulates is coated with a polycationic polymer. The presence of the polycationic polymer on the surface of the particulates reduces the amount of dust generated during handling and use of the sand. The polycationic polymer further reduces the amount of dust generated during transport of the sand as well during manufacture, treatment or processing of the sand.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2015Publication date: January 28, 2016Inventors: Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Mark Alan Vorderbruggen, Harold Dean Brannon
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Patent number: 9168565Abstract: Well treatment particulates are coated with polyionic material and a composite is formed comprising multiple layers of polyelectrolyte, each layer composed of polyionic material counter to the polyionic material of the polyelectrolyte layer to which it is adjacent.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Mark Alan Vorderbruggen, Christopher John Stephenson, Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Qi Qu
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Publication number: 20150299559Abstract: Relatively low strength and/or relatively low density, but ductile materials may be folded or crumpled and finely divided to give proppants for introduction into hydraulic fractures, where the folded or crumpled structure of the proppants gives relatively increased strength relative to the relatively low strength and/or relatively low density of the materials. Materials not previously considered suitable for proppants may be considered when structure or configured in this manner. Similarly to the case where crumpled paper within a cardboard box keeps it from collapsing, the folded or crumpled material spontaneously develops structural rigidity at relatively low volume fractions without a specific externally imposed design. The folded or crumpled proppants may also be used alone or together with conventional proppants for sand control in gravel packs or frac packs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Stephanie A. Weiss, Naima Bestaoui-Spurr
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Publication number: 20150114640Abstract: Cements, such as alkali activated aluminosilicate, may be used as coatings on proppants, such as brown sand and white sand, to improve the strength thereof. The resulting coated proppants show increased strength as well as produced fines of lower than about 10 wt % at 10,000 psi closure stress.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: NAIMA BESTAOUI-SPURR, QI QU, CHRISTOPHER J. STEPHENSON
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Publication number: 20150114641Abstract: A deformable particulate material made of cement materials such as aluminosilicate cement and having an aspect ratio of greater than 1 to about 25 may be mixed with conventional proppants to give a blend with improved flow back capacity when the blend is injected into a hydraulic fracture created in a subterranean formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Naima Bestaoui-Spurr, Qi Qu, Christopher J. Stephenson