Patents by Inventor Taimur Malik

Taimur Malik 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).

  • Compositions and methods for pressure protection
    Patent number: 11939524
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for the pressure protection of existing wells during infill drilling operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Samiha Said Elsayed Morsy, Nabijan Nizamidin, Taimur Malik, Mohsen S. Tagavifar
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE SOLIDIFICATION
    Publication number: 20240067860
    Abstract: Described are compositions and methods of using them. The methods can be used to sequester carbon dioxide within a subterranean formation. The methods can include contacting carbon dioxide present in the subterranean formation with a complexing agent, resulting in precipitation of a carbonate or bicarbonate salt of the complexing agent within the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sriram Chandrasekhar, Taimur Malik, Behdad Aminzadeh Goharrizi, Sujeewa S. Palayangoda
  • Methods for foam stimulation
    Patent number: 11905461
    Abstract: Disclosed are foam precursor compositions, foamed compositions, and methods of using these foamed compositions for the stimulation of unconventional reservoirs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Taimur Malik, Lin Zuo, Jimin Daniel Zhou, Nabijan Nizamidin, Gregory A. Winslow, Reza Banki, Mohamad Salman
  • USE OF A BORATE-ACID BUFFER IN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20240052234
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising borate-acid buffers, as well as methods of using these compositions in oil and gas operations, including enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations, fracturing operations, stimulation operations, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Nabijan NIZAMIDIN, Gayani W. PINNAWALA, Guo-Qing TANG, Varadarajan DWARAKANATH, Gregory A. WINSLOW, Jordan Taylor ISBELL, Taimur MALIK
  • Compositions for use in oil and gas operations
    Patent number: 11884879
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for use in oil and gas operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., CHEVRON ORONITE COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Dennis A. Alexis, Gayani Pinnawala Arachchilage, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Do Hoon Kim, Taimur Malik, Gregory A. Winslow, Aaron Wilhelm
  • Injection fluids for stimulating fractured formations
    Patent number: 11834609
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include compositions and methods that stabilize a injection fluid when exposed to reservoir conditions, reducing formation damage and increasing the amount of hydrocarbon recovered. Specifically, the formulation is a single-phase liquid surfactant package which comprises a surfactant and optionally one or more secondary surfactants. Also provided are methods of using the stabilized injection fluids in stimulation operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Dustin L. Walker, Gayani W. Pinnawala, Nabijan Nizamidin, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Guo-Qing Tang, Dustin J. Lowry, Tetsuo Art Inouye, Taimur Malik
  • COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING FRICTION REDUCERS AND METHODS OF USING THEREOF IN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20230383636
    Abstract: Described are compositions and methods for use in oil and gas operations. The methods can decrease pressure drop along a lateral segment of a wellbore in an unconventional subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Gojko Matovic, Nabijan Nizamidin, Michael Ogechukwuka Unomah, Do Hoon Kim, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Taimur Malik, Gayani W. Pinnawala, Dennis A. Alexis, Samuel Wei-en Lau
  • Compositions and methods for pressure protection
    Patent number: 11802236
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for the pressure protection of existing wells during infill drilling operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Ruth Ellen Hahn, Taimur Malik, Samiha Said Elsayed Morsy, Nabijan Nizamidin, Mohsen S. Tagavifar
  • Use of a borate-acid buffer in oil and gas operations
    Patent number: 11787998
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising borate-acid buffers, as well as methods of using these compositions in oil and gas operations, including enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations, fracturing operations, stimulation operations, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Nabijan Nizamidin, Gayani W. Pinnawala, Guo-Qing Tang, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Gregory A. Winslow, Jordan Taylor Isbell, Taimur Malik
  • Injection fluids comprising a non-ionic surfactant for treating unconventional formations
    Patent number: 11760921
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include compositions and methods that stabilize a injection fluid when exposed to reservoir conditions, reducing formation damage and increasing the amount of hydrocarbon recovered. Specifically, the formulation is a single-phase liquid surfactant package which comprises a non-ionic surfactant and optionally one or more secondary surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Dustin L. Walker, Gayani W. Pinnawala, Nabijan Nizamidin, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Guo-Qing Tang, Dustin J. Lowry, Tetsuo Art Inouye, Taimur Malik
  • Injection fluids comprising an anionic surfactant for treating unconventional formations
    Patent number: 11753582
    Abstract: Described herein are compositions and methods that stabilize an injection fluid when exposed to reservoir conditions, reducing formation damage and increasing the amount of hydrocarbon recovered. Specifically, the formulation is a single-phase liquid surfactant package which comprises an anionic surfactant including a hydrophobic tail comprising from 6 to 60 carbon atoms and optionally one or more secondary surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Dustin L. Walker, Gayani W. Pinnawala, Nabijan Nizamidin, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Guo-Qing Tang, Dustin J. Lowry, Tetsuo Art Inouye, Taimur Malik
  • Methods for use in oil and gas operations
    Patent number: 11739254
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for use in oil and gas operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., CHEVRON ORONITE COMPANY LLC
    Inventors: Dennis A. Alexis, Gayani Pinnawala Arachchilage, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Do Hoon Kim, Taimur Malik, Gregory A. Winslow, Aaron Wilhelm
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRESSURE PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20230183562
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for the pressure protection of existing wells during infill drilling operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Samiha Said Elsayed MORSY, Nabijan NIZAMIDIN, Taimur MALIK, Mohsen S. TAGAVIFAR
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PRESSURE PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20230084576
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for the pressure protection of existing wells during infill drilling operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ruth Ellen HAHN, Taimur MALIK, Samiha Said Elsayed MORSY, Nabijan NIZAMIDIN, Mohsen S. TAGAVIFAR
  • COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20220372363
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for use in oil and gas operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Dennis A. Alexis, Gayani Pinnawala Arachchilage, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Do Hoon Kim, Taimur Malik, Gregory A. Winslow, Aaron Wilhelm
  • USE OF A BORATE-ACID BUFFER IN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20220333003
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising borate-acid buffers, as well as methods of using these compositions in oil and gas operations, including enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations, fracturing operations, stimulation operations, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Nabijan Nizamidin, Gayani W. Pinnawala, Guo-Qing Tang, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Gregory A. Winslow, Jordan Taylor Isbell, Taimur Malik
  • Methods for improving hydrocarbon production from an unconventional subterranean formation
    Patent number: 11421150
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for the pressure protection of existing wells during infill drilling operations. The methods can include injecting an aqueous pressure protection composition into an unconventional subterranean formation via an existing wellbore in fluid communication with a rock matrix of the unconventional subterranean formation prior to and/or during injection of a fracturing fluid into the unconventional subterranean formation via a new wellbore in fluid communication with the rock matrix of the unconventional subterranean formation; and producing a hydrocarbon from the existing wellbore during and/or after the injection of the fracturing fluid into the unconventional subterranean formation via the new wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Samiha Said Elsayed Morsy, Nabijan Nizamidin, Taimur Malik, Mohsen S. Tagavifar
  • Methods for pressure protection using a foamed pressure protection composition
    Patent number: 11384284
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for the pressure protection of existing wells during infill drilling operations. The methods can include injecting a foamed pressure protection composition into the existing wellbore in fluid communication with an unconventional subterranean formation prior to and/or during fracturing of the new wellbore in fluid communication with the unconventional subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Ruth Ellen Hahn, Taimur Malik, Samiha Said Elsayed Morsy, Nabijan Nizamidin, Mohsen S. Tagavifar
  • Use of a borate-acid buffer in oil and gas operations
    Patent number: 11377586
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising borate-acid buffers, as well as methods of using these compositions in oil and gas operations, including enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations, fracturing operations, stimulation operations, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Nabijan Nizamidin, Gayani W. Pinnawala, Guo-Qing Tang, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, Gregory A. Winslow, Jordan Taylor Isbell, Taimur Malik
  • Polymer compositions and methods of use
    Patent number: 11299409
    Abstract: Provided herein are liquid polymer (LP) compositions comprising an acrylamide (co)polymer, as well as methods for preparing inverted polymer solutions by inverting these LP compositions in an aqueous fluid. The resulting inverted polymer solutions can have a concentration of acrylamide (co)polymer of from about 50 to about 15,000 ppm, and a filter ratio of 1.5 or less at 15 psi using a 1.2 ?m filter. Also provided are methods of using these inverted polymer solutions in dewatering, clarification, flocculation and/or thickening applications, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: KEMIRA OYJ, CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Logan Jackson, Thomas J. Lynch, Ronald Robinson, Frances Fournier, Hong Yang, Sukhjit Aujla, Do Hoon Kim, Dennis Arun Alexis, Varadarajan Dwarakanath, David Espinosa, Taimur Malik