Patents by Inventor JAMES L. MCGOWIN

JAMES L. MCGOWIN 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).

  • Publication number: 20100307770
    Abstract: A junction selective contaminant exclusion tool includes a tubular positionable within the junction and having an opening through a wall thereof, a material disposed on an outside surface of the tubular, the material being capable of increasing a radial dimension between a surface of the material in contact with the tubular and an opposite surface of the material upon exposure to a selected species. A method for excluding selected contaminants from a wellbore junction is also disclosed. The method includes: disposing a junction at a wellbore casing window; disposing a tubular member having at least one opening through a wall thereof at the junction, the tubular member including an exclusion material thereon capable of existing in a first configuration and a second configuration, the second configuration obtainable upon exposure to a selected species; and exposing the material to the selected species.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: BARTON F. SPONCHIA, AMY L. FARRAR, AUBREY C. MILLS, DOUGLAS J. MURRAY, JOHN J. JOHNSON, JAMES L. MCGOWIN