Patents by Inventor Enrique Antonio Reyes

Enrique Antonio Reyes 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: 10738237
    Abstract: The rapid reaction of hydrofluoric acid with siliceous materials can make it difficult to increase the permeability of subterranean formations containing siliceous minerals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron M. Beuterbaugh, Enrique Antonio Reyes
  • Patent number: 10711181
    Abstract: Interaction of particulates of a chelating agent with an acid-reactive surface, such as various surfaces found in a wellbore, can provide a number of benefits during a treatment process. Methods for utilizing particulates of a chelating agent in a treatment process can comprise: introducing a foamed treatment fluid having a continuous liquid phase and a discontinuous gas phase into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the foamed treatment fluid comprising: a plurality of particulates comprising an N-(phosphonoalkyl)iminodiacetic acid, and an acid in which the N-(phosphonoalkyl)iminodiacetic acid is substantially insoluble; and depositing at least a portion of the plurality of particulates at one or more locations within the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Beuterbaugh, Enrique Antonio Reyes
  • Publication number: 20200190396
    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: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Antonio Reyes, Denise Nicole Benoit, Ronald Glen Dusterhoft
  • Publication number: 20200173034
    Abstract: A method of treating in a subterranean formation including placing a corrosion inhibitor composition into a subterranean formation, where the formation includes an acidic environment having a pH of about 5 or below, where the composition includes: an organic solvent comprising an alcohol with a flash point of at least about 75° C.; a nitrogen containing compound; an aqueous acid solution comprising HCl; and contacting a metal surface with the corrosion inhibitor composition. A corrosion inhibitor composition includes an organic solvent comprising an alcohol with a flash point of at least about 75° C.; a nitrogen containing compound; and an aqueous acid solution comprising HCl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Antonio Reyes, Alyssa Lynn Lablanc, Aaron M. Beuterbaugh
  • Publication number: 20200165512
    Abstract: Provided are methods and systems for treating a subterranean formation. One such method includes preparing an emulsion comprising: an aqueous liquid; a multifunction hydrolysable oil; a co-solvent; and a surfactant. The method further includes combining the emulsion with a carrier fluid to provide a treatment fluid. The method additionally includes introducing the treatment fluid to the subterranean formation. The method also includes contacting hydrocarbons within the subterranean formation with the treatment fluid, and hydrolyzing the multifunction hydrolysable oil to provide an organic acid and an alcohol within the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Jeremy HOLTSCLAW, Enrique Antonio REYES, Antonio RECIO
  • Publication number: 20200157413
    Abstract: Methods and systems for protecting acid-reactive surfaces, particularly during subterranean treatment operations in which acids are used. In some embodiments, the methods include: providing a fluid additive including an organic compound and a base, wherein the organic compound includes a phosphonoalkyl moiety; providing an acid or acid generating source; mixing at least the fluid additive and the acid or acid generating source to form a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron M. Beuterbaugh, Renata Vieira Pires, Enrique Antonio Reyes, Victor Daniel Escobar, Travis Hope Larsen, Cesar Edmundo Meza
  • Patent number: 10655058
    Abstract: Method comprising introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, the treatment fluid comprising a pseudo-crosslinking agent and an acidic viscoelastic surfactant (AVS) base fluid, wherein the treatment fluid has a pH of less than 5. The AVS base fluid includes a zwitterionic viscoelastic surfactant, an acidic constituent, and a polar solvent and the zwitterionic viscoelastic surfactant is present in an amount in the range of from about 0.001% to about 15% by weight of active surfactant of the AVS base fluid. The treatment fluid performs a subterranean formation operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijaya Kumar Patnana, Sairam Eluru, Enrique Antonio Reyes
  • Publication number: 20200140747
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to corrosion inhibition, and, more specifically, to corrosion inhibition in acidic treatment fluids. The treatment fluids may comprise an aqueous base fluid, an acid, a corrosion inhibitor, and a corrosion inhibitor intensifier. The corrosion inhibitor intensifier enhances the inhibitor corrosion action of a metal surface by the corrosion inhibitor at high temperatures. The corrosion inhibitor intensifier may be tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, tetrahydrofurfuryl amine, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Enrique Antonio Reyes
  • Patent number: 10640697
    Abstract: Certain metal surfaces are often unable to be effectively contacted with fluids containing hydrofluoric acid due to significant corrosion issues. Titanium and titanium alloy surfaces represent but one example. Corrosion inhibitor compositions comprising an N-(phosphonoalkyl)iminodiacetic acid or any salt thereof can be used to suppress metal corrosion, including that taking place on titanium and titanium alloy surfaces. Methods for suppressing corrosion of a metal surface can comprise: contacting a metal surface with a corrosive environment, the corrosive environment comprising hydrofluoric acid; introducing a corrosion inhibitor composition to the corrosive environment, the corrosion inhibitor composition comprising an N-(phosphonoalkyl)iminodiacetic acid or any salt thereof; contacting the metal surface with the corrosion inhibitor composition; and allowing the corrosion inhibitor composition to suppress corrosion of the metal surface being contacted by the corrosive environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Antonio Reyes, Natalie Lynn Pascarella, Aaron M. Beuterbaugh
  • Patent number: 10633580
    Abstract: Methods and systems for treating a fracture. An example method comprises providing a treatment fluid comprising a solubilized polyester and a water-miscible solvent; dispersing the treatment fluid into an aqueous fluid; wherein the dispersing the treatment fluid into an aqueous fluid precipitates the solubilized polyester and forms an amorphous polymeric structure comprising the solid polyester; introducing the amorphous polymeric structure into a fracture within a subterranean formation; and allowing the amorphous polymeric structure to degrade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron M Beuterbaugh, Michael W. Sanders, Ubong Inyang, Tyler Austen Anderson, Enrique Antonio Reyes
  • Patent number: 10633581
    Abstract: A composition and method for using seawater as a treatment fluid is provided. The treatment fluid comprises N-(phosphonomethyl)iminodiacetic acid and seawater. The provided treatment fluid is stable and viscous, even at high temperatures and a high pH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Edward LaBlanc, Enrique Antonio Reyes, Alyssa Lynn Smith, Aaron Michael Beuterbaugh
  • Patent number: 10604850
    Abstract: A method of treating in a subterranean formation including placing a corrosion inhibitor composition into a subterranean formation, where the formation includes an acidic environment having a pH of about 5 or below, where the composition includes: an organic solvent comprising an alcohol with a flash point of at least about 75° C.; a nitrogen containing compound; an aqueous acid solution comprising HCl; and contacting a metal surface with the corrosion inhibitor composition. A corrosion inhibitor composition includes an organic solvent comprising an alcohol with a flash point of at least about 75° C.; a nitrogen containing compound; and an aqueous acid solution comprising HCl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Antonio Reyes, Alyssa Lynn Lablanc, Aaron M. Beuterbaugh
  • Patent number: 10590335
    Abstract: The rapid reaction of hydrofluoric acid with siliceous materials can make it difficult to achieve localized dissolution of siliceous minerals during subterranean stimulation operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron M. Beuterbaugh, Enrique Antonio Reyes
  • Patent number: 10577535
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to compositions for treatment of a subterranean formation, and methods and systems including the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation that can include obtaining or providing a substantially solid composition. The substantially solid composition can include a hydrogen fluoride precursor salt and an amide hydrochloride salt. The method includes combining the substantially solid composition with a carrier fluid to form a mixture. The method includes placing the mixture in a subterranean formation downhole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Baireddy Raghava Reddy, Enrique Antonio Reyes, Alyssa Lynn Smith, Aaron M Beuterbaugh, Drew Henry Gaugler
  • Patent number: 10563484
    Abstract: Some metal surfaces are often unable to be contacted effectively with fluids containing hydrofluoric acid or acidic fluoride ions due to significant corrosion issues. Metal surfaces comprising titanium or a titanium alloy represent but one example. Corrosion inhibitor compositions comprising boric acid and other boron-containing compounds may at least partially suppress corrosion of titanium and titanium alloy surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Antonio Reyes, Aaron M. Beuterbaugh
  • Publication number: 20200048528
    Abstract: Systems and methods for the use of degradable polymers that are dissolved and/or plasticized in an organic solvent in subterranean treatments. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises at least one organic solvent and one or more degradable polymers, wherein the treatment fluid does not comprise a significant amount of solid material comprising the one or more degradable polymers; introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation; and contacting the treatment fluid with one or more aqueous fluids to form a solid precipitate comprising the one or more degradable polymers in the portion of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Beuterbaugh, Enrique Antonio Reyes
  • Publication number: 20200048540
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for stimulating oil or gas production from a well with a single treatment fluid for use in a combined acidizing and hydraulic fracturing treatment are provided. An embodiment is a method comprising: coating a plurality of proppant particulates with oil to form oil-coated proppant particulates; adding the oil-coated proppant particulates to a solution comprising water, an acid source, and an emulsifier, wherein the ratio of the oil coating the proppant particulates to the water in the solution is less than 20:80 by volume; and mixing the solution and the oil-coated proppant particulates to form a treatment fluid comprising a water-in-oil emulsion and the oil-coated proppant particulates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Prashant D. CHOPADE, Rajender SALLA, Monica Rajendra DANDAWATE, Enrique Antonio REYES, Walter T. STEPHENS
  • Publication number: 20200032633
    Abstract: Methods of diverting fluid flow, controlling fluid loss, and/or providing zonal isolation in subterranean formations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: providing a particulate material that comprises an electrically controlled propellant; placing the particulate material in at least a first portion of the subterranean formation; introducing a treatment fluid into the subterranean formation; and allowing the particulate material to at least partially divert the flow of the treatment fluid away from the first portion of the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Norman R. Warpinski, Vladimir Nikolayevich Martysevich, Ronald Glen Dusterhoft, Enrique Antonio Reyes
  • Publication number: 20200003052
    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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Denise Nicole BENOIT, Enrique Antonio REYES, Kristina Henkel HOLAN
  • Publication number: 20190359881
    Abstract: Provide are methods and systems for inhibiting corrosion of a metal surface. An example method comprises providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous carrier fluid and a polyhydroxyetheramine corrosion inhibitor; contacting the metal surface with the treatment fluid; and contacting the metal surface with a mineral acid. Another example method comprises providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous carrier fluid, a non-polyhydroxyetheramine corrosion inhibitor, and a polyhydroxyetheramine corrosion inhibitor intensifier; contacting the metal surface with the treatment fluid; and contacting the metal surface with an organic acid. An example system comprises a treatment fluid comprising a polyhydroxyetheramine, an acid, and an aqueous carrier fluid; mixing equipment capable of containing the treatment fluid; pumping equipment capable of pumping the treatment fluid into a wellbore; and the metal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Enrique Antonio REYES, Antonio RECIO