Patents by Inventor Alan D. Black

Alan D. Black 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).

  • Optimizing drilling performance using a selected drilling fluid
    Patent number: 7926588
    Abstract: To improve drilling performance, a drilling fluid is selected based on one or more criteria and to have at least one target characteristic. Drilling equipment is used to drill a wellbore, and the selected drilling fluid is provided into the wellbore during drilling with the drilling equipment. The at least one target characteristic of the drilling fluid includes an ability of the drilling fluid to penetrate into formation cuttings during drilling to weaken the formation cuttings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignees: Terratek Inc., Baker Hughes, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnis Judzis, Alan D. Black, Sidney J. Green, Homer A. Robertson, Ronald G. Bland, David Alexander Curry, Leroy W. Ledgerwood, III
  • OPTIMIZING DRILLING PERFORMANCE USING A SELECTED DRILLING FLUID
    Publication number: 20090152007
    Abstract: To improve drilling performance, a drilling fluid is selected based on one or more criteria and to have at least one target characteristic. Drilling equipment is used to drill a wellbore, and the selected drilling fluid is provided into the wellbore during drilling with the drilling equipment. The at least one target characteristic of the drilling fluid includes an ability of the drilling fluid to penetrate into formation cuttings during drilling to weaken the formation cuttings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicants: TERRA TEK, INC., BAKER HUGHES, INC.
    Inventors: Arnis Judzis, Alan D. Black, Sidney J. Green, Homer A. Robertson, Ronald G. Bland, David Alexander Curry, Leroy W. Ledgerwood, III