Patents Assigned to Oxy USA Inc.
  • Patent number: 12680443
    Abstract: A method for mapping a cased wellbore, the method comprising providing a cased wellbore; and routing a sensor assembly through said cased wellbore to measure forces applied to said sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Oxy USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Lightfoot, Carlos Yicon, Austin Haggard
  • Patent number: 12595731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for well planning and management in a field to maximize the production of hydrocarbons. Specifically, the present invention involves identifying microbial compositions (including phenotypic microbial compositions) of solid samples, such as cuttings or core samples, or fluid samples, such as produced or injected fluids and determining well communication or fracture height (frac height). With well communication and/or frac height analysis using microbial compositions, the operator can better plan the placement and geometry of wells in a field to maximize production and reduce the number of wells that need to be drilled to maximize that production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Oxy USA Inc.
    Inventors: Yael Tarlovsky Tucker, Ayelet Blattstein Harris
  • Patent number: 12288185
    Abstract: A system for managing well production equipment, the system comprising a) an RFID tag reader associated with a production well within a production well field, said RFID tag reader being positioned to read RFID tags associated with well production equipment as the well production equipment is run into said production well; and b) a data processing unit in communication with said RFID tag reader associated with a production well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Oxy USA Inc.
    Inventors: Terrell L. Rowe, John E. Stachowiak, Jr., Oscar Martinez, Jason W. Bailey
  • Publication number: 20230279775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for well planning and management in a field to maximize the production of hydrocarbons. Specifically, the present invention involves identifying microbial compositions (including phenotypic microbial compositions) of solid samples, such as cuttings or core samples, or fluid samples, such as produced or injected fluids and determining well communication or fracture height (frac height). With well communication and/or frac height analysis using microbial compositions, the operator can better plan the placement and geometry of wells in a field to maximize production and reduce the number of wells that need to be drilled to maximize that production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Oxy USA Inc.
    Inventors: Yael Tarlovsky TUCKER, Ayelet Blattstein HARRIS
  • Patent number: 11441410
    Abstract: A method of separating hydrocarbons from an oil field production stream may include providing a production stream having a gas phase and a liquid phase, the production stream including oil, hydrocarbon gas, carbon dioxide, and water; substantially separating the gas phase from the liquid phase; separating the liquid phase into a stream composed substantially of oil and a stream substantially composed of water, the stream substantially composed of water containing carbon dioxide absorbed therein; pressurizing the water stream containing carbon dioxide absorbed therein; and injecting the pressurized water stream containing carbon dioxide absorbed therein to a downhole injection location; the method may include operating each step at a pressure above 150 psig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Oxy USA Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick A. Forthuber, Byron Griffin, Ryan Littlefield, David Garner, Andres Sebastian Lopez, Benjamin Hays
  • Publication number: 20200240255
    Abstract: A method of separating hydrocarbons from an oil field production stream may include providing a production stream having a gas phase and a liquid phase, the production stream including oil, hydrocarbon gas, carbon dioxide, and water; substantially separating the gas phase from the liquid phase; separating the liquid phase into a stream composed substantially of oil and a stream substantially composed of water, the stream substantially composed of water containing carbon dioxide absorbed therein; pressurizing the water stream containing carbon dioxide absorbed therein; and injecting the pressurized water stream containing carbon dioxide absorbed therein to a downhole injection location; the method may include operating each step at a pressure above 150 psig.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: OXY USA INC.
    Inventors: Frederick A. FORTHUBER, Byron GRIFFIN, Ryan LITTLEFIELD, David GARNER, Andres Sebastian LOPEZ, Benjamin Hays
  • Patent number: 10704336
    Abstract: An earth-boring tool includes a body having a shank and a crown, a plurality of blades protruding from the crown of the body and extending at least substantially along a longitudinal length of the crown of the body, each blade extending radially outward and defining a respective radially outermost gage surface. The earth-boring tool further includes at least one rotatable cutting structure assembly including a leg and a rotatable cutting structure rotatably coupled to the leg. The earth-boring tool also includes at least one stabilizing structure secured to the crown of the body between an end of the leg opposite the rotatable cutting structure and the shank of the body, the at least one stabilizing structure being at least substantially circumferentially aligned with the leg of the at least one rotatable cutting structure assembly along a circumference of the crown of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC, Oxy USA Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Bradshaw, Roger Lee, Eric E. McClain, Saleh Al Esry
  • Patent number: 5082058
    Abstract: An acidizing composition and method for slowly dissolving siliceous material by the slow production of very low concentrations of hydrofluoric acid is provided by this invention. The continual generation of very low concentrations of hydrofluoric acid is accomplished by the hydrolysis of hexafluorotitanate-containing compounds. The acidizing composition is particularly useful and advantageous for the solubilization of siliceous clay in or adjacent the pores of subterranean hydrocarbon formations thereby increasing the permeability of said formations. Because of the very low concentration of hydrofluoric acid in the acidizing composition solubilization of siliceous clay deposits is possible at relatively large distances from the point of injection into the formation, for acidizing formations which are too sensitive for more reactive acidizing compositions, for acidizing formations containing chlorite clays, and/or for acidizing formations having an elevated temperature including formation temperatures of 125.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Oxy USA Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Blumer