Patents by Inventor Denise Nicole Benoit

Denise Nicole 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).

  • Patent number: 11926790
    Abstract: Compositions and methods using subterranean treatment fluids comprising water-soluble polymers are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: adding an anionic or amphoteric water-soluble polymer to a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid; adding a dewatering agent to the treatment fluid, wherein the dewatering agent comprises an aqueous phase, a solvent, a co-solvent, and one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of: ethoxylated alcohol, a polyamine polyether, a resin alkoxylated oligomer, and any combination thereof; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Recio, III, Gladys Rocio Montenegro-Galindo, Jason Maxey, Denise Nicole Benoit
  • Patent number: 11828725
    Abstract: Systems and methods wherein well-treatment fluids are evaluated for use in a subterranean reservoir. The systems and methods utilize quartz crystals configured to be quartz crystal microbalances (QCM). The QCM has a surface with a reservoir-specific material deposited on the surface. The reservoir-specific material is representative of formation material or proppant. Changes in mass of the reservoir-specific material are measured using the QCM. The changes reflect the interaction of the treatment fluid with the reservoir-specific material and/or hydrocarbons in the reservoir-specific material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise Nicole Benoit, I Wayan Rakananda Saputra, Antonio Recio, III, Kristina Henkel Holan
  • Patent number: 11767458
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing fluid comprising (a) a cationic formation stabilizer having (i) a molecular weight in a range of from equal to or greater than 0.05 to equal to or less than 2.0 kiloDaltons (kDa), or (ii) cationic charge functional groups of greater than 2 to equal to or less than 5 cationic charges per molecule, or (iii) both (i) and (ii), (b) an anionic friction reducer, and (c) an aqueous fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise Nicole Benoit, Kristina Henkel Holan, Antonio Recio, III
  • Patent number: 11668170
    Abstract: A method of producing natural resources from a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation with a Huff and Puff process comprising: (a) placing a recovery enhancing fluid system into the wellbore during an injection (Huff) period of time wherein placing the recovery enhancing fluid system comprises injecting under pressure; (b) ceasing injection of the recovery enhancing fluid system and allowing the composition to soak in the subterranean formation for a soak period of time; (c) producing fluids from the subterranean formation during a production (Puff) period of time; and (d) optionally repeating steps (a) to (c) for a plurality of Huff, soak, and Puff periods of time, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Glen Dusterhoft, Travis Hope Larsen, Denise Nicole Benoit, Enrique Antonio Reyes, Antonio Recio, III, Aaron Michael Beuterbaugh, Tatyana Vladimirov Khamatnurova, Jun Su An
  • Publication number: 20230060530
    Abstract: Compositions and methods using subterranean treatment fluids comprising water-soluble polymers are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: adding an anionic or amphoteric water-soluble polymer to a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid; adding a dewatering agent to the treatment fluid, wherein the dewatering agent comprises an aqueous phase, a solvent, a co-solvent, and one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of: ethoxylated alcohol, a polyamine polyether, a resin alkoxylated oligomer, and any combination thereof; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Antonio RECIO, III, Gladys Rocio MONTENEGRO-GALINDO, Jason MAXEY, Denise Nicole BENOIT
  • Patent number: 11566169
    Abstract: A well treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a wettability modifier, and a method using the well treatment fluid. The wettability modifier includes an alkylamine oxide surfactant, and an organic compound having a phosphonoalkyl moiety. As an example, the well treatment fluid is suitable for treating oil-wet formations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Recio, III, Aaron Michael BeuterBaugh, Denise Nicole Benoit, Enrique Antonio Reyes
  • Patent number: 11518929
    Abstract: Compositions and methods using subterranean treatment fluids comprising water-soluble polymers are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: adding an anionic or amphoteric water-soluble polymer to a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid; adding a dewatering agent to the treatment fluid, wherein the dewatering agent comprises an aqueous phase, a solvent, a co-solvent, and one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of: ethoxylated alcohol, a polyamine polyether, a resin alkoxylated oligomer, and any combination thereof; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Recio, III, Gladys Rocio Montenegro-Galindo, Jason Maxey, Denise Nicole Benoit
  • Patent number: 11499086
    Abstract: A method for strengthening a subterranean formation is disclosed herein. A method of strengthening a subterranean formation includes: introducing a first fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the first fluid includes polyvalent cations; and introducing a second fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the second fluid includes a dissolved silicate in an aqueous-base fluid; wherein the dissolved silicate reacts with the polyvalent cations in the subterranean formation to form a reaction product including precipitated silicate in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, Brian Alan Evans, William Walter Shumway, Denise Nicole Benoit
  • Patent number: 11459885
    Abstract: Provided are methods for selecting a treatment for a subterranean formation in accordance with the disclosure and the illustrated FIGs. An example method comprises obtaining a formation material, measuring a geomechanical property of the formation material, measuring a mineralogy of the formation material, preparing a predictive model for the formation material from the measured geomechanical property and the mineralogy of the formation material; wherein the predictive model analyzes production over time for a plurality of treatments for the formation material, wherein the formation material is treated with each treatment in the plurality of treatments and the geomechanical property and the mineralogy of the formation material are measured before and after an individual treatment, selecting the treatment having the greatest production from the plurality of treatments, and contacting the subterranean formation with the treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise Nicole Benoit, Enrique Antonio Reyes, Kristina Henkel Holan
  • Patent number: 11447685
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for inhibiting dissolution of carbonates in a subterranean formation are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises a base fluid and a carbonate dissolution inhibiting additive; contacting a portion of a carbonate-bearing subterranean formation with the treatment fluid; and allowing the carbonate dissolution inhibiting additive to chemically interact with the portion of the carbonate-bearing subterranean formation to inhibit dissolution of one or more carbonate minerals in the formation, whereby the susceptibility of at least a portion of the carbonate-bearing subterranean formation to fluid-induced damage is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mallikarjuna Shroff Rama, Denise Nicole Benoit, Sumit Shivshankar Konale, Kristina Henkel Holan, Enrique Reyes
  • Patent number: 11377938
    Abstract: Techniques of the present disclosure relate to downhole perforation operations using fluid containing hollow spheres. A method comprising: disposing a perforating apparatus in a volume of hollow particles in a wellbore; and detonating the perforating apparatus to collapse a portion of the hollow particles to increase flow through at least one perforation resulting from a detonation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, Brian Alan Evans, Denise Nicole Benoit, Daniel Joshua Stark
  • Patent number: 11377587
    Abstract: Treatment fluids and associated methods and systems for demulsifying an emulsified well fluid. An example method includes contacting the emulsified well fluid with a treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous base fluid; an alcohol; a resin alkoxylated oligomer; a polyol; and a polyamine polyether. The emulsified well fluid is separated into an aqueous phase and an oleaginous phase after contact with the treatment fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Recio, III, Kristina Henkel Holan, Paul Ashcraft, Denise Nicole Benoit
  • Publication number: 20220162496
    Abstract: A method of servicing one or more wellbores penetrating a subterranean formation comprising placing into at least one of one or more injection wells a communication enhancing fluid, wherein the subterranean formation comprises a plurality of zones having a natural resource proximate to the at least one of the one or more injection wells, wherein the communication enhancing fluid establishes a fluid communication network between at least a portion of the plurality of zones, and wherein establishing of the fluid communication network results in an increased production of the natural resource from one or more production wells penetrating the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Denise Nicole BENOIT, Enrique Antonio REYES, Antonio RECIO, III, Ronald Glen DUSTERHOFT
  • Publication number: 20220162930
    Abstract: A method of producing natural resources from a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation with a Huff and Puff process comprising: (a) placing a recovery enhancing fluid system into the wellbore during an injection (Huff) period of time wherein placing the recovery enhancing fluid system comprises injecting under pressure; (b) ceasing injection of the recovery enhancing fluid system and allowing the composition to soak in the subterranean formation for a soak period of time; (c) producing fluids from the subterranean formation during a production (Puff) period of time; and (d) optionally repeating steps (a) to (c) for a plurality of Huff, soak, and Puff periods of time, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald Glen DUSTERHOFT, Travis Hope LARSEN, Denise Nicole BENOIT, Enrique Antonio REYES, Antonio RECIO, III, Aaron Michael BEUTERBAUGH, Tatyana Vladimirov KHAMATNUROVA, Jun Su AN
  • Publication number: 20220162498
    Abstract: A method of enhanced oil recovery comprising placing into a subterranean formation a treatment fluid comprising (i) a compound comprising a phosphonoalkyl moiety; and (ii) a base fluid wherein a pH of the treatment fluid ranges from about 5 to about 9 wherein the treatment fluid is placed into the subterranean formation via one or more injection wells and travels a distance into the subterranean formation in a direction of one or more recovery/production wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Antonio RECIO, III, Enrique Antonio REYES, Aaron Michael BEUTERBAUGH, Denise Nicole BENOIT
  • Publication number: 20220162383
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to a silane-functionalized polyalkyleneimine (PAI) clay stabilizer for treatment of subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method can include placing in the subterranean formation a silane-functionalized PAI clay stabilizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Tatyana V. Khamatnurova, Gladys Rocio Montenegro-Galindo, Denise Nicole Benoit
  • Publication number: 20220154062
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing fluid comprising (a) a cationic formation stabilizer having (i) a molecular weight in a range of from equal to or greater than 0.05 to equal to or less than 2.0 kiloDaltons (kDa), or (ii) cationic charge functional groups of greater than 2 to equal to or less than 5 cationic charges per molecule, or (iii) both (i) and (ii), (b) an anionic friction reducer, and (c) an aqueous fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Denise Nicole BENOIT, Kristina Henkel HOLAN, Antonio RECIO, III
  • Patent number: 11306241
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and compositions that provide an energized natural gas (ENG) fracturing fluid including a complexing agent. A fracturing fluid may include: methane; water; a complexing agent; a surfactant; and wherein the fracturing fluid is an emulsion, the water is in a continuous phase of the emulsion, and methane is in a discrete phase of the emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Antonio Reyes, Denise Nicole Benoit, Ronald Glen Dusterhoft
  • Patent number: 11279801
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to a silane-functionalized polyalkyleneimine (PAI) clay stabilizer for treatment of subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method can include placing in the subterranean formation a silane-functionalized PAI clay stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Tatyana V. Khamatnurova, Gladys Rocio Montenegro-Galindo, Denise Nicole Benoit
  • Patent number: 11274240
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing fluid comprising (a) a cationic formation stabilizer having (i) a molecular weight in a range of from equal to or greater than 0.05 to equal to or less than 2.0 kiloDaltons (kDa), or (ii) cationic charge functional groups of greater than 2 to equal to or less than 5 cationic charges per molecule, or (iii) both (i) and (ii), (b) an anionic friction reducer, and (c) an aqueous fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise Nicole Benoit, Kristina Henkel Holan, Antonio Recio, III