Patents by Inventor Eric David SCHUMACKER

Eric David SCHUMACKER 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).

  • Lateral boreholes in an earth formation
    Patent number: 11846185
    Abstract: A horseshoe lateral is drilled having two substantially parallel lateral sections connected with a horseshoe section. The horseshoe section may be obtained by steering a drill bit within a first plane over an in-plane angle of about 180°, and then continuing drilling along a straight path. A second lateral well system may drilled from a second borehole section, to create an additional lateral section interdigitally arranged between the previous two substantially parallel lateral sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Theodore Hahn, Kareem Mouhannad El-Sadi, Brandon McFarlane Foote, Philip Adam Vogelsberg, Eric David Schumacker, Rene Hernandez Arces
  • LATERAL BOREHOLES IN AN EARTH FORMATION
    Publication number: 20210198948
    Abstract: A horseshoe lateral is drilled having two substantially parallel lateral sections connected with a horseshoe section. The horseshoe section may be obtained by steering a drill bit within a first plane over an in-plane angle of about 180°, and then continuing drilling along a straight path. A second lateral well system may drilled from a second borehole section, to create an additional lateral section interdigitally arranged between the previous two substantially parallel lateral sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Theodore HAHN, Kareem Mouhannad EL-SADI, Brandon McFarlane FOOTE, Philip Adam VOGELSBERG, Eric David SCHUMACKER, Rene Hernandez ARCES
  • Lateral boreholes in an earth formation
    Patent number: 10982490
    Abstract: A horseshoe lateral is drilled having two substantially parallel lateral sections connected with a horseshoe section. The horseshoe section may be obtained by steering a drill bit within a plane over an in-plane angle of more than 90°, and then continuing drilling along a straight path. The horseshoe section comprises a part that is tangential to a drilling rights limit line of a drilling plot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Theodore Hahn, Kareem Mouhannad El-Sadi, Brandon McFarlane Foote, Philip Adam Vogelsberg, Eric David Schumacker, Rene Hernandez Arces
  • LATERAL BOREHOLES IN AN EARTH FORMATION
    Publication number: 20200165874
    Abstract: A horseshoe lateral is drilled having two substantially parallel lateral sections connected with a horseshoe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Theodore HAHN, Kareem Mouhannad EL-SADI, Brandon McFarlane FOOTE, Philip Adam VOGELSBERG, Eric David SCHUMACKER, Rene Hernandez ARCES