Patents by Inventor Denise N. BENOIT

Denise N. 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).

  • Publication number: 20230115715
    Abstract: Methods and treatments fluids for treating a wellbore. One example method introduces the treatment fluid into the wellbore. The treatment fluid comprises an aqueous fluid, an aminopolycarboxylic acid, a nanoparticle dispersed, and an organic solvent. The treatment fluid has a pH in a range between about 5 to about 9. The method further includes contacting a rock surface in the subterranean formation; wherein at least a portion of the rock surface is coated with a hydrocarbon. The treatment fluid removes a portion of the hydrocarbon from the rock surface and alters the rock surface to be water-wet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Antonio RECIO, III, Enrique A. REYES, Denise N. BENOIT, Aaron M. BEUTERBAUGH
  • Patent number: 10011764
    Abstract: A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising: introducing a fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation to create or enhance one or more fractures in the subterranean formation; introducing a cement composition into the one or more fractures, wherein the cement composition comprises: (A) cement; (B) water; and (C) an additive; and allowing the cement composition to set, wherein the additive creates a plurality of pores within the set cement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkata Satya Srikalyan Bhamidipati, Denise N. Benoit, Jimmie D. Weaver, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20160237341
    Abstract: A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising: introducing a fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation to create or enhance one or more fractures in the subterranean formation; introducing a cement composition into the one or more fractures, wherein the cement composition comprises: (A) cement; (B) water; and (C) an additive; and allowing the cement composition to set, wherein the additive creates a plurality of pores within the set cement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Venkata Satya Srikalyan BHAMIDIPATI, Denise N. BENOIT, Jimmie D. WEAVER, Philip D. NGUYEN