Patents by Inventor James Fredrick Donham

James Fredrick Donham 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).

  • GRAVEL PACK CARRIER FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20140090840
    Abstract: A method of gravel packing a hole in a subterranean formation having a filter cake coated on the surface thereof is disclosed. The method may include: injecting into the hole a gravel pack composition comprising gravel and a carrier fluid comprising a base fluid and at least one alkyl glycoside. Also disclosed is a solution including an aqueous fluid, at least one alkyl glycoside, and gravel which may be used as a composition for a gravel pack operation, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: David P. Kippie, James Fredrick Donham
  • Gravel pack carrier fluids
    Patent number: 8596360
    Abstract: A method of gravel packing a hole in a subterranean formation having a filter cake coated on the surface thereof is disclosed. The method may include: injecting into the hole a gravel pack composition comprising gravel and a carrier fluid comprising a base fluid and at least one alkyl glycoside. Also disclosed is a solution including an aqueous fluid, at least one alkyl glycoside, and gravel which may be used as a composition for a gravel pack operation, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: David P. Kippie, James Fredrick Donham