Patents by Inventor David WAGES

David WAGES 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: 12006803
    Abstract: A wellbore material transfer system is disclosed, and comprises a downhole fluid conductor defining a downhole-conducting fluid passage, an uphole fluid conductor defining an uphole-conducting fluid passage, a flow controller for opening and closing the uphole-conducting fluid passage, and a completion disposed within a wellbore and defining a wellbore interval between the completion and the wellbore, the completion including selectively openable first and second flow communicators. While the flow communicators are open and the uphole-conducting fluid passage is closed, a subterranean formation zone may be fractured, and flow communication is absent, via the second flow communicator and the uphole-conducting fluid passage, between the wellbore interval and the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Inventors: Rio Whyte, Doug Brunskill, Kurt Cooper, David Wages
  • Publication number: 20230050639
    Abstract: A wellbore material transfer system is disclosed, and comprises a downhole fluid conductor defining a downhole-conducting fluid passage, an uphole fluid conductor defining an uphole-conducting fluid passage, a flow controller for opening and closing the uphole-conducting fluid passage, and a completion disposed within a wellbore and defining a wellbore interval between the completion and the wellbore, the completion including selectively openable first and second flow communicators. While the flow communicators are open and the uphole-conducting fluid passage is closed, a subterranean formation zone may be fractured, and flow communication is absent, via the second flow communicator and the uphole-conducting fluid passage, between the wellbore interval and the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Rio WHYTE, Doug BRUNSKILL, Kurt COOPER, David WAGES
  • Patent number: 11434704
    Abstract: A method for flowing a fluid from and/or to a subsurface formation includes disposing a main production tubular in a main borehole penetrating the subsurface formation, the main production tubular being coupled to a shunt assembly, the shunt assembly defining an opening oriented and biased in a desired direction for a lateral borehole penetrating the subsurface formation and having a shunt tube that bypasses the opening. The method also includes drilling the lateral borehole through the opening in the shunt assembly and installing a completion having a lateral production tubular coupled to a completion device in the lateral borehole through the opening. The method further incudes flowing the fluid from the subsurface formation to the shunt tube and/or from the shunt tube to the subsurface formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Elliott Tuttle, David Wages
  • Publication number: 20220195817
    Abstract: A method for flowing a fluid from and/or to a subsurface formation includes disposing a main production tubular in a main borehole penetrating the subsurface formation, the main production tubular being coupled to a shunt assembly, the shunt assembly defining an opening oriented and biased in a desired direction for a lateral borehole penetrating the subsurface formation and having a shunt tube that bypasses the opening. The method also includes drilling the lateral borehole through the opening in the shunt assembly and installing a completion having a lateral production tubular coupled to a completion device in the lateral borehole through the opening. The method further incudes flowing the fluid from the subsurface formation to the shunt tube and/or from the shunt tube to the subsurface formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Elliott Tuttle, David Wages
  • Publication number: 20220003094
    Abstract: There is provided a hydrocarbon production process including stimulating a hydrocarbon material-containing reservoir by hydraulic fracturing of the hydrocarbon material-containing reservoir with a treatment material including proppant. The treatment material is injected such that a frac pack is obtained. During production, hydrocarbon material is conducted from the reservoir to the surface via the frac pack. Flow control members are manipulated to enable injection of the treatment material and, subsequently, production of the hydrocarbon material from the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: David WAGES, Michael WERRIES, Rio WHYTE
  • Publication number: 20210148206
    Abstract: There is provided a hydrocarbon production process including stimulating a hydrocarbon material-containing reservoir by hydraulic fracturing of the hydrocarbon material-containing reservoir with a treatment material including proppant. The treatment material is injected such that a frac pack is obtained. During production, hydrocarbon material is conducted from the reservoir to the surface via the frac pack. Flow control members are manipulated to enable injection of the treatment material and, subsequently, production of the hydrocarbon material from the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: David WAGES, Michael WERRIES, Rio WHYTE