Patents by Inventor Denise BENOIT

Denise BENOIT 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).

  • Forming proppant packs having proppant-free channels therein in subterranean formation fractures
    Patent number: 10047281
    Abstract: Methods including pumping a fracturing fluid into a subterranean formation through an annulus between the subterranean formation and a pipe conveyance at a rate above a fracture gradient of the subterranean formation to create and/or open at least one fracture in the subterranean formation; continuously pumping a proppant-free fluid into the subterranean formation through the annulus at a first rate to extend the open fracture; continuously pumping a proppant fluid through an interior of the pipe conveyance and out the exit of the interior of the pipe conveyance at a second rate that is less than the first rate; and placing the proppant particulates into a portion of a fracture in the subterranean formation so as to form a proppant pack having proppant-free channels therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Denise Benoit, Gladys Rocio Montenegro-Galindo, Yuming Yang, Zheng Lu
  • FORMING PROPPANT PACKS HAVING PROPPANT-FREE CHANNELS THEREIN IN SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION FRACTURES
    Publication number: 20180044577
    Abstract: Methods including pumping a fracturing fluid into a subterranean formation through an annulus between the subterranean formation and a pipe conveyance at a rate above a fracture gradient of the subterranean formation to create and/or open at least one fracture in the subterranean formation; continuously pumping a proppant-free fluid into the subterranean formation through the annulus at a first rate to extend the open fracture; continuously pumping a proppant fluid through an interior of the pipe conveyance and out the exit of the interior of the pipe conveyance at a second rate that is less than the first rate; and placing the proppant particulates into a portion of a fracture in the subterranean formation so as to form a proppant pack having proppant-free channels therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Philip D. NGUYEN, Denise BENOIT, Gladys Rocio MONTENEGRO-GALINDO, Yuming YANG, Zheng LU