Patents by Inventor Charles D. Armstrong

Charles D. Armstrong 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: 11193054
    Abstract: A method of enhancing carbonate precipitation in a downhole environment comprises introducing into the downhole environment a treatment composition comprising: a carbonate producing agent comprising a microbe, an enzyme, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, and a substrate comprising N-oxyurea, semicarbazide, N,N-dioxyurea, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing. An organic feedstock and a geobacter can also be used to treating a wellbore or a subterranean formation. Encapsulated carbonate producing agent such as encapsulated bacterial spores are used to form self-healing cemented structure in a downhole environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Vorderbruggen, Charles D. Armstrong, Michael Brendt Wilson, Harold Dean Brannon
  • Patent number: 11060013
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore comprises: introducing into the subterranean formation a treatment fluid comprising a carbonate producing agent, urea, and a cation source; allowing a carbonate precipitate to form, the carbonate precipitate comprising a cation from the cation source and having a water solubility of less than about 0.1 g/100 mL at 25° C. and atmospheric pressure; and reducing or substantially preventing the passage of formation particles from the subterranean formation into the wellbore while allowing passage of formation fluids from the subterranean formation into the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Brendt Wilson, Charles D. Armstrong, Mark A. Vorderbruggen
  • Patent number: 10947433
    Abstract: Proteins with antibacterial properties may be used in additive compositions, fluid compositions, and methods for decreasing or removing sulfur-containing compounds and/or acid-containing compounds from recovered downhole fluids and/or the subterranean reservoir wellbore from which the downhole fluid was recovered. The fluid composition may include at least protein and a base fluid. The protein(s) may be or include a labiase, a lysozyme, a lysostaphin, a hexose oxidase, a cecropin, a thermolysin, a serine protease, a cysteine protease, and combinations thereof. The base fluid may be or include a drilling fluid, a servicing fluid, a production fluid, a completion fluid, an injection fluid, a refinery fluids, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Prasad D. Dhulipala, Charles D. Armstrong
  • Patent number: 10913672
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention provides a recombinant protein comprising an affinity tag configured to attach the recombinant protein to a silicate surface, fused to a hydrogen sulfide scavenging enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Charles D. Armstrong, Frances H. Debenedictis
  • Patent number: 10913673
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention provides a recombinant protein comprising an affinity tag configured to attach the recombinant protein to a silicate surface, fused to a hydrogen sulfide scavenging enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Charles D. Armstrong, Frances H. Debenedictis
  • Patent number: 10556815
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention provides a recombinant protein comprising an affinity tag configured to attach the recombinant protein to a silicate surface, fused to a hydrogen sulfide scavenging enzyme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Charles D. Armstrong, Frances H. Debenedictis
  • Publication number: 20190264091
    Abstract: A method of enhancing carbonate precipitation in a downhole environment comprises introducing into the downhole environment a treatment composition comprising: a carbonate producing agent comprising a microbe, an enzyme, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, and a substrate comprising N-oxyurea, semicarbazide, N,N-dioxyurea, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing. An organic feedstock and a geobacter can also be used to treating a wellbore or a subterranean formation. Encapsulated carbonate producing agent such as encapsulated bacterial spores are used to form self-healing cemented structure in a downhole environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Vorderbruggen, Charles D. Armstrong, Michael Brendt Wilson, Harold Dean Brannon
  • Publication number: 20190002753
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore comprises: introducing into the subterranean formation a treatment fluid comprising a carbonate producing agent, urea, and a cation source; allowing a carbonate precipitate to form, the carbonate precipitate comprising a cation from the cation source and having a water solubility of less than about 0.1 g/100 mL at 25° C. and atmospheric pressure; and reducing or substantially preventing the passage of formation particles from the subterranean formation into the wellbore while allowing passage of formation fluids from the subterranean formation into the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Brendt Wilson, Charles D. Armstrong, Mark A. Vorderbruggen
  • Publication number: 20180208822
    Abstract: Proteins with antibacterial properties may be used in additive compositions, fluid compositions, and methods for decreasing or removing sulfur-containing compounds and/or acid-containing compounds from recovered downhole fluids and/or the subterranean reservoir wellbore from which the downhole fluid was recovered. The fluid composition may include at least protein and a base fluid. The protein(s) may be or include a labiase, a lysozyme, a lysostaphin, a hexose oxidase, a cecropin, a thermolysin, a serine protease, a cysteine protease, and combinations thereof. The base fluid may be or include a drilling fluid, a servicing fluid, a production fluid, a completion fluid, an injection fluid, a refinery fluids, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Prasad D. Dhulipala, Charles D. Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20180022983
    Abstract: A downhole fluid includes an additive composition, wherein the additive composition includes a flavonoid or a plant phenolic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventor: Charles D. Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20170137790
    Abstract: Cysteine synthase or O-Acetyl-L-Serine Sulfhydrylase enzymes, such as those derived from the Aeropyrum pernix bacterium, may be used in additive compositions, fluid compositions, and methods for decreasing or removing hydrogen sulfide from recovered downhole fluids and/or the subterranean reservoir wellbore from which the downhole fluid was recovered. The fluid composition may include at least one cysteine synthase enzyme and a base fluid, such as a drilling fluid, a servicing fluid, a production fluid, a completion fluid, an injection fluid, a refinery fluids, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Prasad D. Dhulipala, Charles D. Armstrong
  • Patent number: 9587159
    Abstract: Cysteine synthase or O-Acetyl-L-Serine Sulfhydrylase enzymes, such as those derived from the Aeropyrum pernix bacterium, may be used in additive compositions, fluid compositions, and methods for decreasing or removing hydrogen sulfide from recovered downhole fluids and/or the subterranean reservoir wellbore from which the downhole fluid was recovered. The fluid composition may include at least one cysteine synthase enzyme and a base fluid, such as a drilling fluid, a servicing fluid, a production fluid, a completion fluid, an injection fluid, a refinery fluids, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Prasad D. Dhulipala, Charles D. Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20160230068
    Abstract: Anionic polysaccharide polymers, derived from kelp may be used in additive compositions, and fluid compositions for viscosifying a base fluid, such as an aqueous-based fluid, a non-aqueous based fluid, and combinations thereof. In a non-limiting embodiment, a breaker additive may be used to break the viscosity of the viscosified fluid composition, which may have or include a breaker agent to break the viscosified fluid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Lawrence N. Kremer, Charles D. Armstrong, Stanley Gunawan
  • Publication number: 20160160105
    Abstract: Cysteine synthase or O-Acetyl-L-Serine Sulfhydrylase enzymes, such as those derived from the Aeropyrum pernix bacterium, may be used in additive compositions, fluid compositions, and methods for decreasing or removing hydrogen sulfide from recovered downhole fluids and/or the subterranean reservoir wellbore from which the downhole fluid was recovered. The fluid composition may include at least one cysteine synthase enzyme and a base fluid, such as a drilling fluid, a servicing fluid, a production fluid, a completion fluid, an injection fluid, a refinery fluids, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Prasad D. Dhulipala, Charles D. Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20150267105
    Abstract: Anionic polysaccharide polymers, derived from kelp may be used in additive compositions, and fluid compositions for viscosifying a base fluid, such as an aqueous-based fluid, a non-aqueous based fluid, and combinations thereof. In a non-limiting embodiment, a breaker additive may be used to break the viscosity of the viscosified fluid composition, which may have or include a breaker agent to break the viscosified fluid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Lawrence N. Kremer, Charles D. Armstrong, Stanley Gunawan