Patents by Inventor Dmitry Potapenko

Dmitry Potapenko 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).

  • Technique and apparatus to form a downhole fluid barrier
    Patent number: 9546534
    Abstract: A technique that is usable with a well includes communicating a stabilized treatment slurry downhole into the well and dehydrating a portion of the slurry to form a barrier in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruno Lecerf, Dmitry Potapenko, Elena Tarasova, Robert A. Parrott, Michael Bertoja
  • TECHNIQUE AND APPARATUS TO FORM A DOWNHOLE FLUID BARRIER
    Publication number: 20150047838
    Abstract: A technique that is usable with a well includes communicating a stabilized treatment slurry downhole into the well and dehydrating a portion of the slurry to form a barrier in the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Bruno Lecerf, Dmitry Potapenko, Elena Tarasova, Robert A. Parrott, Michael Bertoja
  • DESTRUCTIBLE CONTAINERS FOR DOWNHOLE MATERIAL AND CHEMICAL DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20120285695
    Abstract: A method of treating a downhole region penetrated by a wellbore with a treatment agent is given, including delivering the treatment agent to the wellsite enclosed in one or more destructible containers, inserting the one or more destructible containers into the fluid being pumped down the well, and mechanically breaking the one or more destructible containers in the wellbore or in the formation to release the treatment agent. A method is also given for treating a downhole region penetrated by a wellbore with a special solid diverting material, which includes special shapes such as fibers or flakes and/or blends of specially sized particles, including delivering the special solid diverting material to the wellsite enclosed in one or more containers, inserting the one or more containers into fluid being pumped down the well, and allowing the one or more containers to release the special solid diverting material in the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Theodore Lafferty, John Daniels, Dmitry Potapenko, Bruno Lecerf, Marina Bulova