Patents by Inventor Blake Brockerville

Blake Brockerville 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).

  • Method of improving solids separation efficiency
    Patent number: 7947628
    Abstract: A method to control drilling fluid properties, including: circulating a drilling fluid through a wellbore to form a suspension of drilled solids in the drilling fluid; and separating the suspension in a separator to form a particulate fraction and an effluent, wherein the particulate fraction includes at least a portion of the drilled solids and the effluent includes the drilling fluid. The particulate fraction may include particulates having a minimum particle size of 100 microns or greater, and the effluent may include a micronized weighting agent having a particle size d90 of 10 microns or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Doug Oakley, Blake Brockerville, Todd Reid, Jarrod Massam
  • METHOD OF IMPROVING SOLIDS SEPARATION EFFICIENCY
    Publication number: 20080093072
    Abstract: A method to control drilling fluid properties, including: circulating a drilling fluid through a wellbore to form a suspension of drilled solids in the drilling fluid; and separating the suspension in a separator to form a particulate fraction and an effluent, wherein the particulate fraction includes at least a portion of the drilled solids and the effluent includes the drilling fluid. The particulate fraction may include particulates having a minimum particle size of 100 microns or greater, and the effluent may include a micronized weighting agent having a particle size d90 of 10 microns or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: M-I LLC
    Inventors: Doug Oakley, Blake Brockerville, Todd Reid, Jarrod Massam