Patents by Inventor Dean S. Porter

Dean S. Porter 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: 10920517
    Abstract: An unbalanced sub-assembly includes a turbine and a shaft coupled to the turbine at a first end of the shaft. The unbalanced sub-assembly is capable of rotating and imparting a vibration to the casing in response to a fluid being passed through the casing. A rupture disc is positioned on one end of the unbalanced sub assembly. The rupture disc is configured to rupture above a specified differential pressure threshold caused by fluid flowing through the vibration assembly. The rupture disc is capable of allowing the fluid to bypass the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in a ruptured state. The rupture disc directs fluid through the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in an un-ruptured state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Dean S. Porter, Khaled K. Abouelnaaj
  • Patent number: 10487604
    Abstract: An unbalanced sub-assembly is located within the wellbore casing shoe. The unbalanced sub-assembly includes a turbine and a shaft coupled to the turbine at a first end of the shaft. The unbalanced sub-assembly is configured to rotate and to impart a vibration to the casing in response to a fluid being passed through the casing. A rupture disc is positioned on one end of the unbalanced sub assembly. The rupture disc is configured to rupture above a specified differential pressure threshold caused by fluid flowing through the vibration assembly. The rupture disc is configured to allow the fluid to bypass the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in a ruptured state. The rupture disc is configured to direct fluid through the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in an un-ruptured state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Dean S. Porter, Khaled K. Abouelnaaj
  • Publication number: 20190309591
    Abstract: An unbalanced sub-assembly includes a turbine and a shaft coupled to the turbine at a first end of the shaft. The unbalanced sub-assembly is capable of rotating and imparting a vibration to the casing in response to a fluid being passed through the casing. A rupture disc is positioned on one end of the unbalanced sub assembly. The rupture disc is configured to rupture above a specified differential pressure threshold caused by fluid flowing through the vibration assembly. The rupture disc is capable of allowing the fluid to bypass the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in a ruptured state. The rupture disc directs fluid through the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in an un-ruptured state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Dean S. Porter, Khaled K. Abouelnaaj
  • Patent number: 10378298
    Abstract: An unbalanced sub-assembly includes a turbine and a shaft coupled to the turbine at a first end of the shaft. The unbalanced sub-assembly is capable of rotating and imparting a vibration to the casing in response to a fluid being passed through the casing. A rupture disc is positioned on one end of the unbalanced sub assembly. The rupture disc is configured to rupture above a specified differential pressure threshold caused by fluid flowing through the vibration assembly. The rupture disc is capable of allowing the fluid to bypass the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in a ruptured state. The rupture disc directs fluid through the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in an un-ruptured state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Dean S. Porter, Khaled K. Abouelnaaj
  • Patent number: 10316619
    Abstract: A stage cementing tool includes a top sub-assembly; a bottom sub-assembly; a housing that connects the top and bottom sub-assembly and includes a bore therethrough from the top sub-assembly to the bottom sub-assembly, the housing including a plurality of ports radially arranged in the housing, each port including a fluid path between an interior radial surface of the housing and an outer radial surface of the housing; at least one sleeve that rides on a portion of the housing; and a controller mounted in the housing and configured to control the sleeve to adjust, based on receipt of a command to the controller from the terranean surface, between a first position such that the sleeve mandrel decouples fluid communication from the bore to an exterior of the housing through the fluid paths and a second position such that the sleeve mandrel fluidly couples the bore with the exterior of the housing through the fluid paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Rodny Benjamin Masoud Zuleta, Khaled K. Abouelnaaj, Dean S. Porter
  • Publication number: 20190040702
    Abstract: An unbalanced sub-assembly includes a turbine and a shaft coupled to the turbine at a first end of the shaft. The unbalanced sub-assembly is capable of rotating and imparting a vibration to the casing in response to a fluid being passed through the casing. A rupture disc is positioned on one end of the unbalanced sub assembly. The rupture disc is configured to rupture above a specified differential pressure threshold caused by fluid flowing through the vibration assembly. The rupture disc is capable of allowing the fluid to bypass the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in a ruptured state. The rupture disc directs fluid through the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in an un-ruptured state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Dean S. Porter, Khaled K. Abouelnaaj
  • Publication number: 20190040703
    Abstract: An unbalanced sub-assembly is located within the wellbore casing shoe. The unbalanced sub-assembly includes a turbine and a shaft coupled to the turbine at a first end of the shaft. The unbalanced sub-assembly is configured to rotate and to impart a vibration to the casing in response to a fluid being passed through the casing. A rupture disc is positioned on one end of the unbalanced sub assembly. The rupture disc is configured to rupture above a specified differential pressure threshold caused by fluid flowing through the vibration assembly. The rupture disc is configured to allow the fluid to bypass the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in a ruptured state. The rupture disc is configured to direct fluid through the unbalanced sub assembly when the rupture disc is in an un-ruptured state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Dean S. Porter, Khaled K. Abouelnaaj
  • Publication number: 20180266208
    Abstract: A stage cementing tool includes a top sub-assembly; a bottom sub-assembly; a housing that connects the top and bottom sub-assembly and includes a bore therethrough from the top sub-assembly to the bottom sub-assembly, the housing including a plurality of ports radially arranged in the housing, each port including a fluid path between an interior radial surface of the housing and an outer radial surface of the housing; at least one sleeve that rides on a portion of the housing; and a controller mounted in the housing and configured to control the sleeve to adjust, based on receipt of a command to the controller from the terranean surface, between a first position such that the sleeve mandrel decouples fluid communication from the bore to an exterior of the housing through the fluid paths and a second position such that the sleeve mandrel fluidly couples the bore with the exterior of the housing through the fluid paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Rodny Benjamin Masoud Zuleta, Khaled K. Abouelnaaj, Dean S. Porter
  • Patent number: 5232497
    Abstract: A clay control additive for cement composition of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein the R groups are selected from a C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 substituted alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: The Western Company of North America
    Inventors: Robert L. Dillenbeck, Scott G. Nelson, Bobby E. Hall, Dean S. Porter