Patents by Inventor Brady Kevin Crane

Brady Kevin Crane 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).

  • Viscoelastic-Surfactant Fracturing Fluids Having Oxidizer
    Publication number: 20230383174
    Abstract: A method and hydraulic fracturing fluid that is a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fracturing fluid having a surfactant and an inorganic oxidizer salt for hydraulic fracturing of a geological formation. The VES fracturing fluid is provided through a wellbore into the geological formation to hydraulically fracture the geological formation to form hydraulic fractures in the geological formation. The method includes oxidizing organic material in the hydraulic fractures with the VES fracturing fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Katherine Leigh Hull, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Desmond Schipper, Brady Kevin Crane
  • Viscoelastic-surfactant fracturing fluids having oxidizer
    Patent number: 11713413
    Abstract: A method and hydraulic fracturing fluid that is a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fracturing fluid having a surfactant and an inorganic oxidizer salt for hydraulic fracturing of a geological formation. The VES fracturing fluid is provided through a wellbore into the geological formation to hydraulically fracture the geological formation to form hydraulic fractures in the geological formation. The method includes oxidizing organic material in the hydraulic fractures with the VES fracturing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Katherine Leigh Hull, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Desmond Schipper, Brady Kevin Crane
  • Viscoelastic-surfactant treatment fluids having oxidizer
    Patent number: 11597867
    Abstract: A method and reactive treatment fluid for treating a wellbore for filter cake removal, including providing the reactive treatment fluid having a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) into a wellbore in a subterranean formation and attacking the filter cake via the reactive treatment fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Katherine Leigh Hull, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Brady Kevin Crane, Amy J. Cairns
  • Viscoelastic-Surfactant Fracturing Fluids Having Oxidizer
    Publication number: 20220290039
    Abstract: A method and hydraulic fracturing fluid that is a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fracturing fluid having a surfactant and an inorganic oxidizer salt for hydraulic fracturing of a geological formation. The VES fracturing fluid is provided through a wellbore into the geological formation to hydraulically fracture the geological formation to form hydraulic fractures in the geological formation. The method includes oxidizing organic material in the hydraulic fractures with the VES fracturing fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Katherine Leigh Hull, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Desmond Schipper, Brady Kevin Crane
  • Viscoelastic-Surfactant Treatment Fluids Having Oxidizer
    Publication number: 20220243117
    Abstract: A method and reactive treatment fluid for treating a wellbore for filter cake removal, including providing the reactive treatment fluid having a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) into a wellbore in a subterranean formation and attacking the filter cake via the reactive treatment fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Katherine Leigh Hull, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Brady Kevin Crane, Amy J. Cairns
  • Viscoelastic-surfactant fracturing fluids having oxidizer
    Patent number: 11390796
    Abstract: A method and hydraulic fracturing fluid that is a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fracturing fluid having a surfactant and an inorganic oxidizer salt for hydraulic fracturing of a geological formation. The VES fracturing fluid is provided through a wellbore into the geological formation to hydraulically fracture the geological formation to form hydraulic fractures in the geological formation. The method includes oxidizing organic material in the hydraulic fractures with the VES fracturing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Katherine Leigh Hull, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Desmond Schipper, Brady Kevin Crane
  • Viscoelastic-surfactant treatment fluids having oxidizer
    Patent number: 11352548
    Abstract: A method and reactive treatment fluid for treating a wellbore for filter cake removal, including providing the reactive treatment fluid having a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) into a wellbore in a subterranean formation and attacking the filter cake via the reactive treatment fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Katherine Leigh Hull, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Brady Kevin Crane, Amy J. Cairns
  • Viscoelastic-Surfactant Fracturing Fluids Having Oxidizer
    Publication number: 20210198559
    Abstract: A method and hydraulic fracturing fluid that is a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fracturing fluid having a surfactant and an inorganic oxidizer salt for hydraulic fracturing of a geological formation. The VES fracturing fluid is provided through a wellbore into the geological formation to hydraulically fracture the geological formation to form hydraulic fractures in the geological formation. The method includes oxidizing organic material in the hydraulic fractures with the VES fracturing fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Katherine Leigh Hull, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Desmond Schipper, Brady Kevin Crane
  • Viscoelastic-Surfactant Treatment Fluids Having Oxidizer
    Publication number: 20210198553
    Abstract: A method and reactive treatment fluid for treating a wellbore for filter cake removal, including providing the reactive treatment fluid having a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) into a wellbore in a subterranean formation and attacking the filter cake via the reactive treatment fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Katherine Leigh Hull, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Brady Kevin Crane, Amy J. Cairns
  • IMAGING A POROUS ROCK SAMPLE USING A NANOPARTICLE SUSPENSION
    Publication number: 20170115200
    Abstract: Some aspects of what is described here relate to analyzing a porous rock sample. A suspension of nanoparticles is injected into a rock sample. The rock sample includes pore space defined within a rock medium. An image of the nanoparticles in the pore space is obtained, for example, by three-dimensional x-ray tomography or another non-destructive imaging technique. The pore space of the rock sample is analyzed based on the image. For example, the porosity and permeability of the rock sample can be computed in some cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Chen, Vladimir Nikolayevich Martysevich, Brady Kevin Crane, Scott Thomas Squires