Patents by Inventor James Milton Parmeter

James Milton Parmeter 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).

  • Integral gas separator and pump
    Patent number: 12024990
    Abstract: A downhole integral gas separator and pump assembly, The assembly comprises a drive shaft; a separation chamber concentrically disposed around the drive shaft; a gas flow path and liquid flow path separator having a gas phase discharge port open to an exterior of the assembly, and having a liquid phase discharge port; a fluid mover mechanically coupled to the drive shaft having an inlet fluidically coupled to the liquid phase discharge port of the gas flow path and liquid flow path separator, and having an outlet; a housing that retains the drive shaft, the gas flow path and liquid flow path separator, and the fluid mover; and a pump discharge coupled to a downstream end of the housing, wherein the pump discharge is fluidically coupled to the outlet of the fluid mover and is configured to connect to a production tubing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Donn J. Brown, Ketankumar Kantilal Sheth, James Milton Parmeter
  • Integral Gas Separator and Pump
    Publication number: 20230358129
    Abstract: A downhole integral gas separator and pump assembly, The assembly comprises a drive shaft; a separation chamber concentrically disposed around the drive shaft; a gas flow path and liquid flow path separator having a gas phase discharge port open to an exterior of the assembly, and having a liquid phase discharge port; a fluid mover mechanically coupled to the drive shaft having an inlet fluidically coupled to the liquid phase discharge port of the gas flow path and liquid flow path separator, and having an outlet; a housing that retains the drive shaft, the gas flow path and liquid flow path separator, and the fluid mover; and a pump discharge coupled to a downstream end of the housing, wherein the pump discharge is fluidically coupled to the outlet of the fluid mover and is configured to connect to a production tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Donn J. Brown, Ketankumar Kantilal Sheth, James Milton Parmeter