Patents by Inventor Barry Richardson Main

Barry Richardson Main 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).

  • SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR WELLBORE OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20220389786
    Abstract: A sealing assembly is disclosed, the sealing assembly comprising a plurality of components including an upper sealing element and a lower sealing element, the sealing assembly configured to encircle a tubular string positioned within a casing of a wellbore. The sealing assembly is configured to be actuatable to extend sealing elements between the tubular string and an inner surface of the casing to form a fluid seal between the tubular element and the inner surface of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Barry Richardson Main, Scott Elliott Wallace, Peter D W Inglis, Shane Robert Burckhard
  • Insertion of a seal stinger into a packer positioned in a wellbore to facilitate straddling a damaged zone within the wellbore
    Patent number: 11180970
    Abstract: A lower packer, seal stinger, upper packer, running tool, and setting tool is positioned into the wellbore. A force is applied by the setting tool, which causes the seal stinger to be pushed into a seal receptacle of the lower packer. The seal stinger is pushed by pushing the running tool which causes the upper packer to be pushed which causes the seal stinger to be pushed. A force is also applied by an internal rod of the setting tool to pull the running tool which causes the running tool to hold the lower packer in place as the seal stinger is pushed into the seal receptacle. The running tool and setting tool is then removed from the wellbore, wherein the lower packer, seal stinger, and upper packer comprise the straddle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Richardson Main, Ronald George Taylor
  • INSERTION OF A SEAL STINGER INTO A PACKER POSITIONED IN A WELLBORE TO FACILITATE STRADDLING A DAMAGED ZONE WITHIN THE WELLBORE
    Publication number: 20210108481
    Abstract: A lower packer, seal stinger, upper packer, running tool, and setting tool is positioned into the wellbore. A force is applied by the setting tool, which causes the seal stinger to be pushed into a seal receptacle of the lower packer. The seal stinger is pushed by pushing the running tool which causes the upper packer to be pushed which causes the seal stinger to be pushed. A force is also applied by an internal rod of the setting tool to pull the running tool which causes the running tool to hold the lower packer in place as the seal stinger is pushed into the seal receptacle. The running tool and setting tool is then removed from the wellbore, wherein the lower packer, seal stinger, and upper packer comprise the straddle assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Barry Richardson Main, Ronald George Taylor