Patents by Inventor David Michael Loveless

David Michael Loveless 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: 8985213
    Abstract: A subterranean zone surrounding a well bore is fractured with a fracturing fluid. Micro proppant of 200 mesh or smaller is pumped into far field fractures of the subterranean zone and props the far field fractures open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Saini, Bradley L. Todd, Jimmie D. Weaver, James W. Ogle, David Michael Loveless, Philip Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8720569
    Abstract: A composition of a treatment fluid and method for treating a zone of well. In an embodiment, the composition includes at least: (i) an aqueous phase; (ii) at least 5 ppm iron ion in the aqueous phase; (iii) a source of at least 5 ppm iodide ion to be dissolved in the aqueous phase; (iv) a water-soluble viscosity-increasing agent dissolved in the aqueous phase; and (v) a source of an oxidative breaker to be dissolved in the aqueous phase. In an embodiment, a method of treating a zone of a subterranean formation of a well includes at least the steps of: (a) forming a treatment fluid according to the composition; and (b) introducing the treatment fluid into the zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Loveless, Lucas Kurtis Fontenelle, Rajesh Kumar Saini
  • Publication number: 20140041874
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing system comprising a flowpath comprising a first conduit from a water source to a mixer, a first fluid stream being communicated via the first conduit, the mixer, a wellbore servicing fluid being mixed within the mixer, and a second conduit from the fluid mixer to a wellbore, a wellbore servicing fluid stream being communicated via the second conduit, wherein at least a portion of the first fluid stream, the wellbore servicing fluid, the wellbore servicing fluid stream, or combinations thereof, are in contact with a quantity of template-assisted crystallization beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Carl SCHULTHEISS, David Michael LOVELESS
  • Publication number: 20140034309
    Abstract: A subterranean zone surrounding a well bore is fractured with a fracturing fluid. Micro proppant of 200 mesh or smaller is pumped into far field fractures of the subterranean zone and props the far field fractures open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Saini, Bradley L. Todd, Jimmie D. Weaver, James W. Ogle, David Michael Loveless, Philip Nguyen