Patents Examined by Doug Hutton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9441447
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods of treating a subterranean formation including introducing a coiled tubing string into a wellbore to a wellbore zone, wherein the string comprises a packer on a bottom hole assembly; introducing an acid fracture treatment through the string; introducing bridging fluid comprising particulates through the string; circulating a portion of fluid in the wellbore; introducing a final portion of fluid with a higher concentration of particulates to further form and consolidate bridge-packer, wherein the concentration of particulates in the final portion of fluid is higher than the introducing the bridging fluid comprising the particulates; squeezing the bridging fluid to isolate a perforation into the zone; moving the string to next zone; and repeating introducing and moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jamie Cochran
  • Patent number: 9441474
    Abstract: A method of backfilling a subsurface formation that includes forming a mixture tailings from at least two sources that have particles with different size distributions. The water content of the mixture is varied to control the rheology of the mixture. The mixture is injected through one or more pipes into a target location, such as a subsurface formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: David P. Yale, Andrey A. Troshko, Sergio A. Leonardi, Neal L. Adair
  • Patent number: 9441151
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a wellbore servicing fluid in the wellbore and/or subterranean formation, wherein the wellbore servicing fluid comprises a hydrophobically modified relative permeability modifier, an oxygenated alkylating agent, and an aqueous base fluid, and allowing the wellbore servicing fluid to modify the permeability of at least a portion of the wellbore and/or subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Serives, Inc.
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Larry S. Eoff, Christopher A. Lewis, Natalie L. Pascarella
  • Patent number: 9441455
    Abstract: A cement masking system includes a tubular having a wall with at least one radial port. At least one swellable member is arranged to cover the at least one port. The at least one swellable member is configured to at least partially displace cement radially of the tubular during radial expansion of the at least one swellable member. A method of masking ports in a tubular from cement employs the cement masking system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Edward J. O'Malley, Charles C. Johnson, James G. King
  • Patent number: 9435198
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for improving wellbores stability of a hydrocarbon bearing shale formation using nanoparticles to decrease swelling and plug pore throats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Martin E. Chenevert, Mukul M. Sharma
  • Patent number: 9435333
    Abstract: Corrosion resistant alloys in fluid ends to prolong the life of a well service pump. Methods of using such corrosion resistant alloys that provide a fluid end that has a corrosion resistant alloy having a fatigue limit greater than or equal to the tensile stress on the fluid end at maximum working pressure in the fluid end for an aqueous-based fluid; installing the fluid end in a well service pump; and pumping the aqueous-based fluid through the fluid end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry H. McCoy, David M. Stribling, John Dexter Brunet, Stanley V. Stephenson, Timothy A. Freeney
  • Patent number: 9435192
    Abstract: An electrochemical sensor of a downhole tool positionable in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation is provided. The downhole tool has a flowline to receive downhole fluid. The electrochemical sensor includes a bulkhead carried by the downhole tool, a membrane exposed to the downhole fluid in the flowline, and an electrochemical cell supported by the bulkhead about the membrane. The electrochemical cell includes a plurality of cell sensors, at least one cell electrode, and a sensing solution. The plurality cell sensors include an analyte sensor, a temperature sensor, and a pH sensor. The sensing solution is reactive to certain analytes in the downhole fluid to generate electrical signals measurable by the plurality of cell sensors whereby parameters of chemicals in the downhole fluid may be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan S. Lawrence, Andrew Meredith, Kay McGuinness, Markus Pagels, Timothy G. J. Jones, Andrew Howe, Richard Ferguson
  • Patent number: 9404031
    Abstract: Stabilizers that include hydrophobically modified amine-containing polymers may be utilized as compositions or in methods for controlling particulate migration in a subterranean formation. For example, a method may include providing a treatment fluid that comprises a base fluid and a hydrophobically modified amine-containing polymer (HMAP), the HMAP comprising a plurality of hydrophobic modifications on an amine-containing polymer; introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the subterranean formation comprising a plurality of particulates; and allowing the HMAP to coat at least some of the particulates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Tingji Tang, Feng Liang, Loan Vo, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9399903
    Abstract: A process and a system for enhancing recovery of oil from an oil-bearing formation are provided in which water having a total dissolved solids content is filtered to remove some solids in a filter assembly, the filtered water is treated to remove some ions in a capacitive deionization assembly, and the filtered deionized water is injected into the oil-bearing formation to mobilize crude oil and enhance oil recovery from the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Albert Joseph Hendrik Janssen, Guillo Alexander Schrader, Paulus Henricus Joannes Verbeek
  • Patent number: 9376901
    Abstract: Methods of resource recovery include reagents placed in a subterranean formation. The reagents generate heat, hydrogen gas and alkalinity which changes fluid flow characteristics. The forces of the reactions create fractures and cracks far from the well bore. These cracks and fractures are sealed if water is being transmitted through or near the reactions. As a result, the targeted fluids more efficiently flow to the well, along with decreased amounts of water waste, while stimulating generation of biogenic gases in the subterranean formations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Inventor: John Pantano
  • Patent number: 9365765
    Abstract: The Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process can be controlled to create water that has desirable characteristics for use in secondary processes such as fracking or irrigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Velocys, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Claude LeViness, Ivan Greager
  • Patent number: 9359544
    Abstract: A composition and method for performing a treatment of a subterranean formation. The composition includes an emulsified acid and a sulfobetaine surfactant. The emulsified acid and the sulfobetaine surfactant may be mixed to form a treatment composition, which may be injected into a subterranean formation as part of an acid fracturing or hydraulic fracturing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur William Milne, Emilio Miquilena, Syed A. Ali
  • Patent number: 9359883
    Abstract: A production logging tool (PLT) is conveyed within production tubing containing production fluid flow established by zonal fluid flow from formation zones. The PLT measures a flow rate of the production fluid flow at each of a plurality of depths associated with a corresponding one of the zones. A flow rate of the zonal fluid flow from each zone is determined based on the flow rates of the production fluid flow measured at each of the depths. The PLT measures proportions of compositional components of the production fluid flow at each of the depths. A flow rate of each compositional component of the zonal fluid flow from each zone is determined based on the determined flow rate of the zonal fluid flow from each zone and the proportions of compositional components of the production fluid flow measured at each of the depths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Colin Whittaker, A. Ballard Andrews, Andrew Speck
  • Patent number: 9353612
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a downhole tool, and method of using the downhole tool, for enhancing recovery of heavy oil from a formation. A method for enhancing recovery of heavy oil from a formation includes placing a downhole tool in a first wellbore. The downhole tool has an outer core having at least one ceramic portion and at least one electromagnetic antenna located within the outer core. Electromagnetic radiation is emitted from the at least one electromagnetic antenna to heat the at least one ceramic portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Sameeh Issa Batarseh
  • Patent number: 9346711
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for cementing operations that include pumice in geopolymer cement compositions comprising slag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jiten Chatterji, D. Chad. Brenneis, Crystal L. Keys
  • Patent number: 9334716
    Abstract: Treatment fluids can mitigate the occurrence or effects of precipitation in a subterranean formation through complexation of a metal ion therein. Methods for treating a subterranean formation can comprise: providing a treatment fluid comprising a hydroxypyridinecarboxylic acid, a salt thereof, or a tautomer thereof; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation; and complexing a metal ion in the subterranean formation with the hydroxypyridinecarboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Antonio Reyes, Alyssa Lynn Smith
  • Patent number: 9334720
    Abstract: Fracturing slurries are prepared on the fly using a solids pump to feed the solid such as a gel into a liquid stream of normally water for pumping downhole with a large capacity triplex pump. The solids pump is preferably a Posimetric® style which delivers the solid into the fluid pipeline in a manner that keeps fluid from backing into the solids hopper above the solids pump. A separate fluid tank is connected to a fluid pump to pressurize a suction line to a boost pump before reaching the triplex pump and pumping into the subterranean formation. The solids pump can deliver between the fluid and boost pumps in which case the solids go through the triplex pump or alternatively the solids can be delivered into the higher pressure discharge line of the triplex pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Blake C. Burnette, Ronnie D. Hughes, D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Gaurav Agrawal
  • Patent number: 9328594
    Abstract: A method for developing deposits and extracting oil and gas from formations is provided including pumping electrically conductive fluid under pressure into a first heating well and a second heating well, creating an electrically conductive zone between the first heating well and the second heating well, positioning at least one first electrical current source into the first well and at least one second electrical current source into the second well such that the first and second electrical current sources come into contact with the electrically conductive fluid, applying alternating current to the at least one first electrical current source and the at least one second electrical current source, and generating an electric arc in the electrically conductive zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Alexander Petrovich Linetskiy
  • Patent number: 9321954
    Abstract: Methods comprising providing a consolidation composition comprising the reaction product of a liquid curable resin and a liquid curing agent, wherein the liquid curable resin is an epoxy-functionalized alkoxysilane and wherein the liquid curing agent is selected from the group consisting of: a polyamine; a hydrophobically modified polyamine; a polyimine; a hydrophobically modified polyimine; a polyalcohol; hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide; a hydrophobically modified polyacrylate; and any combination thereof; coating proppant particulates with the consolidation composition, thereby creating coated proppant particulates; introducing the coated proppant particulates into a subterranean formation and placing the coated proppant particulates into a fracture therein; and curing the consolidation composition so as to consolidate the coated proppant particulates in the fracture and form a proppant pack therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Loan K. Vo, Philip D. Nguyen, James William Ogle, Feng Liang
  • Patent number: 9322246
    Abstract: A method that is usable with a well includes introducing solids into a pneumatic stream to produce a solids-containing pneumatic stream; communicating the solids-containing pneumatic stream to a blender assembly to mix the solids with at least one other material to produce a flow; and pumping the flow into the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy Lesko, Kim Hodgson, Edward Kent Leugemors, Rod Shampine