Patents by Inventor Bryan Don MULLINS

Bryan Don MULLINS 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).

  • Patent number: 11371510
    Abstract: A fluid pump test system. The fluid pump test system comprises a plurality of fluid tanks, each different fluid tank holding a different test fluid, a fluid plumbing, a plurality of valves coupling the fluid tanks to the fluid plumbing, and a compressed air source coupled to the fluid plumbing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Vance Lee Fielder, Bryan Don Mullins, Trevor Alan Kopecky, Donn J. Brown
  • Patent number: 11255177
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing of downhole multiphase fluid handling systems used in oil and gas production allows test personnel to visually observe the testing. The apparatus is constructed from housings and/or casings made partly or entirely of a see-through material. The see-through material allows for unaided visual observation of the flow regime of the fluid flowing through fluid handling equipment. This eliminates most all of the assumptions that typically need to be made about how well the equipment operates. The ability to clearly observe the flow regimes unassisted allows for accurate study of individual equipment effects, vortices interactions and formation, the effects of different velocities of fluid flow, the optimization of flow paths, remixing and flow regimes external of a system, slug creation, and other parameters known to those skilled in the art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Alan Kopecky, Donn J. Brown, Bryan Don Mullins, Vance Lee Fielder
  • Publication number: 20210172310
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing of downhole multiphase fluid handling systems used in oil and gas production allows test personnel to visually observe the testing. The apparatus is constructed from housings and/or casings made partly or entirely of a see-through material. The see-through material allows for unaided visual observation of the flow regime of the fluid flowing through fluid handling equipment. This eliminates most all of the assumptions that typically need to be made about how well the equipment operates. The ability to clearly observe the flow regimes unassisted allows for accurate study of individual equipment effects, vortices interactions and formation, the effects of different velocities of fluid flow, the optimization of flow paths, remixing and flow regimes external of a system, slug creation, and other parameters known to those skilled in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Trevor Alan KOPECKY, Donn J. BROWN, Bryan Don MULLINS, Vance Lee FIELDER
  • Publication number: 20210079921
    Abstract: A fluid pump test system. The fluid pump test system comprises a plurality of fluid tanks, each different fluid tank holding a different test fluid, a fluid plumbing, a plurality of valves coupling the fluid tanks to the fluid plumbing, and a compressed air source coupled to the fluid plumbing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Vance Lee FIELDER, Bryan Don MULLINS, Trevor Alan KOPECKY, Donn J. BROWN