Patents by Inventor Yamila Orrego

Yamila Orrego 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).

  • Heating production fluids in a wellbore
    Patent number: 9388667
    Abstract: A method for heating a production fluid in a wellbore. The method can include heating, using a packer fluid, a working fluid flowing through a first medium disposed in a first section of the wellbore, where the first medium transfers heat from the packer fluid to the working fluid. The method can also include circulating the working fluid into a second section of the wellbore through a second medium, where the second medium transfers heat from the working fluid to the production fluid. The method can further include returning the working fluid to the first section of the wellbore through the first medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC.
    Inventors: Yamila Orrego, Todd A. Jankowski
  • Heating Production Fluids in a Wellbore
    Publication number: 20140374101
    Abstract: A method for heating a production fluid in a wellbore. The method can include heating, using a packer fluid, a working fluid flowing through a first medium disposed in a first section of the wellbore, where the first medium transfers heat from the packer fluid to the working fluid. The method can also include circulating the working fluid into a second section of the wellbore through a second medium, where the second medium transfers heat from the working fluid to the production fluid. The method can further include returning the working fluid to the first section of the wellbore through the first medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Yamila Orrego, Todd A. Jankowski