Patents by Inventor Dave E. Reese

Dave E. Reese 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for enhancing well production using sonic energy
    Patent number: 6186228
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for enhancing the production of liquid hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation penetrated by a well bore. The methods basically comprise placing one or more electric powered sonic energy transducers actuated by magnetostrictive actuators which preferably have drive rods formed of terfenol alloy in the well bore, and causing sonic energy to be emitted from the transducers in the form of pressure waves through the liquid hydrocarbons in the well bore and/or in the formation thereby causing the liquid hydrocarbons to flow into the well bore and to the surface more freely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Dennis C. Wegener, Daniel R. Maloney, David R. Zornes, Dave E. Reese, Michael Lee Fraim