Patents by Inventor Edwin Gnanakumar Solomon Raja

Edwin Gnanakumar Solomon Raja 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).

  • Methods of making and using a superabsorbent polymer fluid
    Patent number: 11091681
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, wherein the subterranean formation comprises one or more permeable zones, comprising introducing a superabsorbent polymer (SAP) fluid into the wellbore, wherein the SAP fluid comprises an aqueous fluid and an SAP material comprising a reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising one or more viscosifying polymeric materials, one or more crosslinking agents, and water, allowing the SAP fluid to flow into at least a portion of the one or more permeable zones in the subterranean formation, and allowing the SAP material to absorb water and form a swollen SAP material, wherein the swollen SAP material impedes fluid flow through at least a portion of the one or more permeable zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nivika Rajendra Gupta, Edwin Gnanakumar Solomon Raja, Jay Paul Deville
  • Methods Of Making And Using A Superabsorbent Polymer Fluid
    Publication number: 20210130673
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, wherein the subterranean formation comprises one or more permeable zones, comprising introducing a superabsorbent polymer (SAP) fluid into the wellbore, wherein the SAP fluid comprises an aqueous fluid and an SAP material comprising a reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising one or more viscosifying polymeric materials, one or more crosslinking agents, and water, allowing the SAP fluid to flow into at least a portion of the one or more permeable zones in the subterranean formation, and allowing the SAP material to absorb water and form a swollen SAP material, wherein the swollen SAP material impedes fluid flow through at least a portion of the one or more permeable zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Nivika Rajendra Gupta, Edwin Gnanakumar Solomon Raja, Jay Paul Deville