Patents by Inventor Chandler C. Newhall

Chandler C. Newhall 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 fracturing using ultra lightweight proppant suspensions and gaseous streams
    Patent number: 9291045
    Abstract: In a method of hydraulically fracturing a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean formation, a proppant stage is introduced into the fracture which contains a gaseous fluid and an ultra lightweight proppant suspended in a viscosified aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the proppant stage contains at least about 90 volume percent of the combination of gaseous fluid and aqueous fluid. A pad fluid may first be introduced into the formation, the pad fluid containing a gaseous fluid and, optionally, an aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the pad fluid mixture typically contains at least 70 volume percent of the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard S. Wheeler, Chandler C. Newhall, Roger R. Myers, Brian Ward, Brian B. Beall, Harold D. Brannon
  • METHOD OF FRACTURING USING ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT PROPPANT SUSPENSIONS AND GASEOUS STREAMS
    Publication number: 20130032346
    Abstract: In a method of hydraulically fracturing a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean formation, a proppant stage is introduced into the fracture which contains a gaseous fluid and an ultra lightweight proppant suspended in a viscosified aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the proppant stage contains at least about 90 volume percent of the combination of gaseous fluid and aqueous fluid. A pad fluid may first be introduced into the formation, the pad fluid containing a gaseous fluid and, optionally, an aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the pad fluid mixture typically contains at least 70 volume percent of the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Richard S. Wheeler, Chandler C. Newhall, Roger R. Myers, Brian Ward, Brian B. Beall, Harold D. Brannon
  • Method of fracturing using ultra lightweight proppant suspensions and gaseous streams
    Patent number: 8109336
    Abstract: In a method of hydraulically fracturing a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean formation, a proppant stage is introduced into the fracture which contains a gaseous fluid and an ultra lightweight proppant suspended in a viscosified aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the proppant stage contains at least about 90 volume percent of the combination of gaseous fluid and aqueous fluid. A pad fluid may first be introduced into the formation, the pad fluid containing a gaseous fluid and, optionally, an aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the pad fluid mixture typically contains at least 70 volume percent of the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard S. Wheeler, Chandler C. Newhall, Roger R. Myers, Brian Ward, Brian B. Beall, Harold D. Brannon
  • METHOD OF FRACTURING USING ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT PROPPANT SUSPENSIONS AND GASEOUS STREAMS
    Publication number: 20110168396
    Abstract: In a method of hydraulically fracturing a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean formation, a proppant stage is introduced into the fracture which contains a gaseous fluid and an ultra lightweight proppant suspended in a viscosified aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the proppant stage contains at least about 90 volume percent of the combination of gaseous fluid and aqueous fluid. A pad fluid may first be introduced into the formation, the pad fluid containing a gaseous fluid and, optionally, an aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the pad fluid mixture typically contains at least 70 volume percent of the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Richard S. Wheeler, Chandler C. Newhall, Roger R. Myers, Brian Ward, Brian B. Beall, Harold D. Brannon
  • Method of fracturing using ultra lightweight proppant suspensions and gaseous streams
    Patent number: 7913762
    Abstract: In a method of hydraulically fracturing a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean formation, a proppant stage is introduced into the fracture which contains a gaseous fluid and an ultra lightweight proppant suspended in a viscosified aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the proppant stage contains at least about 90 volume percent of the combination of gaseous fluid and aqueous fluid. A pad fluid may first be introduced into the formation, the pad fluid containing a gaseous fluid and, optionally, an aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the pad fluid mixture typically contains at least 70 volume percent of the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard S. Wheeler, Chandler C. Newhall, Roger R. Myers, Brian Ward, Brian B. Beall, Harold D. Brannon
  • METHOD OF FRACTURING USING ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHT PROPPANT SUSPENSIONS AND GASEOUS STREAMS
    Publication number: 20100018707
    Abstract: In a method of hydraulically fracturing a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean formation, a proppant stage is introduced into the fracture which contains a gaseous fluid and an ultra lightweight proppant suspended in a viscosified aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the proppant stage contains at least about 90 volume percent of the combination of gaseous fluid and aqueous fluid. A pad fluid may first be introduced into the formation, the pad fluid containing a gaseous fluid and, optionally, an aqueous fluid. The gaseous fluid of the pad fluid mixture typically contains at least 70 volume percent of the mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Richard S. Wheeler, Chandler C. Newhall, Roger R. Myers, Brian Ward, Brian B. Beall, Harold D. Brannon