Patents by Inventor Bruce E. Davis

Bruce E. Davis 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 for staged placement of gravel packs
    Patent number: 4915173
    Abstract: A well penetrating a subterranean fluid producing formation can effectively be gravel packed by a process which begins with an initial low gravel loading in the carrier fluid, the gravel loading gradually being increased over the course of the gravel packing operation to provide a complete gravel pack including a gravel reservoir without formation breakdown, fluid loss, bridging and/or sand-out of the gravel pack fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Dowell Schlumberger Incorporated
    Inventor: Bruce E. Davis