Patents by Inventor Donald Ray Smith

Donald Ray Smith 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: 11859458
    Abstract: Dissolvable pump down devices, dissolvable pump down assemblies, and methods to propel a bottomhole assembly through a lateral section are presented. A dissolvable pump down device includes an engageable portion, and one or more expandable pieces that are initially in a first position before the dissolvable pump down device is deployed in a wellbore, and configured to expand from the first position to a second position in response to a force generated by fluid flow of fluid through the wellbore. A diameter of the expandable pieces while the expandable pieces are in the first position is less than the diameter of the one or more expandable pieces while the one or more expandable pieces are in the second position. The engageable portion and the one or more expandable pieces are configured to dissolve after the dissolvable pump down device is positioned at the desired wellbore location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Cale Porter, Donald Ray Smith, Zachery Ryan Olson, Aaron Jacob Miller
  • Patent number: 11377923
    Abstract: An isolation device can include a packer element that is actuated via a slip system to engage with an inner diameter of a tubing string to set the plug. The isolation device can be a frac plug. Top and bottom slip props of the slip system can be shaped such that the packer element is inhibited or prevented from engaging with an inner mandrel after the plug has been set within a wellbore. The slip props can be self-supporting; thus, the inner mandrel can be removed from the isolation device after setting and can be reused in other downhole tools. The isolation device can be used for zonal isolation to treat a zone of interest within a subterranean formation. The treatment can be a fracturing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Donald Ray Smith
  • Publication number: 20220090458
    Abstract: Dissolvable pump down devices, dissolvable pump down assemblies, and methods to propel a bottomhole assembly through a lateral section are presented. A dissolvable pump down device includes an engageable portion, and one or more expandable pieces that are initially in a first position before the dissolvable pump down device is deployed in a wellbore, and configured to expand from the first position to a second position in response to a force generated by fluid flow of fluid through the wellbore. A diameter of the expandable pieces while the expandable pieces are in the first position is less than the diameter of the one or more expandable pieces while the one or more expandable pieces are in the second position. The engageable portion and the one or more expandable pieces are configured to dissolve after the dissolvable pump down device is positioned at the desired wellbore location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jesse Cale PORTER, Donald Ray SMITH, Zachery Ryan OLSON, Aaron Jacob MILLER
  • Publication number: 20210293112
    Abstract: An isolation device can include a packer element that is actuated via a slip system to engage with an inner diameter of a tubing string to set the plug. The isolation device can be a frac plug. Top and bottom slip props of the slip system can be shaped such that the packer element is inhibited or prevented from engaging with an inner mandrel after the plug has been set within a wellbore. The slip props can be self-supporting; thus, the inner mandrel can be removed from the isolation device after setting and can be reused in other downhole tools. The isolation device can be used for zonal isolation to treat a zone of interest within a subterranean formation. The treatment can be a fracturing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventor: Donald Ray SMITH
  • Patent number: 8875799
    Abstract: A downhole apparatus suitable for downhole application may include a mandrel; a packer element assembly disposed about the mandrel that comprises at least one packer element disposed about the mandrel; and a retaining shoe disposed about the mandrel and adjacent to a first packer element of the packer element assembly. The retaining shoe may be configured such that in an unset position at least a portion of the first packer element covers at least a portion of a retaining shoe distal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Ray Smith, Anthony Valencia
  • Patent number: 8807210
    Abstract: A downhole tool for use in a well. A pumpable plug is used to urge bottom hole assemblies to a desired location in a well. The pumpable plug has a diameter greater than the maximum outer diameter of the casing in which the bottom hole assembly is to be located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Ray Smith, Daniel Keith Moeller, Shawn Ray Webb
  • Patent number: 8695695
    Abstract: A downhole tool for use in a well. The tool has a packer assembly and a pumpable plug associated with the packer assembly. The pumpable plug has a diameter greater than the maximum outer diameter of the packer assembly. The pumpable plug may be pumped through a casing having a diameter larger than that for which the packer assembly is designed and will urge the packer assembly through the large diameter casing into a smaller diameter casing for which the packer assembly is designed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Keith Moeller, Shawn Ray Webb, Donald Ray Smith
  • Publication number: 20130008673
    Abstract: A downhole apparatus suitable for downhole application may include a mandrel; a packer element assembly disposed about the mandrel that comprises at least one packer element disposed about the mandrel; and a retaining shoe disposed about the mandrel and adjacent to a first packer element of the packer element assembly. The retaining shoe may be configured such that in an unset position at least a portion of the first packer element covers at least a portion of a retaining shoe distal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Ray Smith, Anthony Valencia
  • Publication number: 20130000887
    Abstract: A downhole tool for use in a well. A pumpable plug is used to urge bottom hole assemblies to a desired location in a well. The pumpable plug has a diameter greater than the maximum outer diameter of the casing in which the bottom hole assembly is to be located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Donald Ray Smith, Daniel Keith Moeller, Shawn Ray Webb
  • Publication number: 20120247775
    Abstract: A downhole tool for use in a well. The tool has a packer assembly and a pumpable plug associated with the packer assembly. The pumpable plug has a diameter greater than the maximum outer diameter of the packer assembly. The pumpable plug may be pumped through a casing having a diameter larger than that for which the packer assembly is designed and will urge the packer assembly through the large diameter casing into a smaller diameter casing for which the packer assembly is designed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel Keith Moeller, Shawn Ray Webb, Donald Ray Smith