Patents by Inventor Horton Colby Ballew

Horton Colby Ballew 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).

  • Transportation and delivery of set-delayed cement compositions
    Patent number: 9850419
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for the transportation and delivery of set-delayed cement compositions to a well site. A method of cementing may comprise preparing a set-delayed cement composition. The method further may comprise storing the set-delayed cement composition. The method further may comprise transporting the set-delayed cement composition to a well site in a containment vessel. The method further may comprise discharging the set-delayed cement composition from the containment vessel and into a wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Horton Colby Ballew, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Paul Alan Brown
  • Transportation and Delivery of Set-Delayed Cement Compositions
    Publication number: 20170009123
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for the transportation and delivery of set-delayed cement compositions to a well site. A method of cementing may comprise preparing a set-delayed cement composition. The method further may comprise storing the set-delayed cement composition. The method further may comprise transporting the set-delayed cement composition to a well site in a containment vessel. The method further may comprise discharging the set-delayed cement composition from the containment vessel and into a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Horton Colby Ballew, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Paul Alan Brown
  • Plugging and abandoning a well using a set-delayed cement composition comprising pumice
    Patent number: 9212534
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cement compositions and methods of using set-delayed cement compositions in subterranean formations. In one embodiment a method of plugging a wellbore is described. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising pumice, hydrated lime, a cement set retarder, and water; activating the set-delayed cement composition to produce an activated set-delayed cement composition; introducing the activated set-delayed cement composition into the wellbore; and allowing the activated set-delayed cement composition to form a plug in the wellbore that has a permeability of less than 0.1 millidarcy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Horton Colby Ballew, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Kyriacos Agapiou, Peter James Boul, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Lance Everett Brothers, Ronnie Glen Morgan
  • Plugging and Abandoning a Well Using a Set-Delayed Cement Composition Comprising Pumice
    Publication number: 20140216746
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cement compositions and methods of using set-delayed cement compositions in subterranean formations. In one embodiment a method of plugging a wellbore is described. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising pumice, hydrated lime, a cement set retarder, and water; activating the set-delayed cement composition to produce an activated set-delayed cement composition; introducing the activated set-delayed cement composition into the wellbore; and allowing the activated set-delayed cement composition to form a plug in the wellbore that has a permeability of less than 0.1 millidarcy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Horton Colby Ballew, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Kyriacos Agapiou, Peter James Boul, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Lance Everett Brothers, Ronnie Glen Morgan