Patents by Inventor James William OGLE

James William OGLE 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: 20170210974
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for use for hydraulic fracturing and creating high porosity propped fractures in portions of subterranean formations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods include introducing a fracturing fluid into the well bore at or above a pressure to create or enhance at least one fracture in the subterranean formation; providing a carrier fluid including reticulated materials, wherein the carrier fluid is substantially proppant free; providing a proppant slurry; and introducing the carrier fluid and the proppant slurry into the at least one fracture to form a plurality of proppant aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, James William Ogle
  • Publication number: 20170183561
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation includes providing a treatment fluid comprising a crosslinkable polymer prepared by a redox reaction with vinyl phosphonic acid monomers or polymers and a polysaccharide, and at least one of a hydrolysable in-situ acid generator and a chelating agent, providing a carrier fluid comprising a brine, providing a metal crosslinker, placing all into a formation, allowing the polymer of to crosslink, and allowing the crosslinked polymer to become uncrosslinked. A wellbore fluid includes a crosslinkable polymer prepared by a redox reaction with vinyl phosphonic acid monomers or polymers and hydroxyethyl cellulose; at least one of a hydrolysable in-situ acid generator, a chelating agent, and mixtures thereof; a carrier fluid comprising a brine; and a metal crosslinker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Aaron M. Beuterbaugh, Dipti Singh
  • Patent number: 9683167
    Abstract: Methods for treating a wellbore include providing a wellbore in a low permeability subterranean formation; providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and drag-reducing propping fibers; introducing the treatment fluid into the wellbore at a rate and pressure sufficient to create or enhance at least one micro-fracture therein, wherein the drag-reducing propping fibers are capable of reducing the friction created within the treatment fluid as it is introduced into the wellbore; and placing the drag-reducing propping fibers into the at least one micro-fracture so as to prop open the micro-fracture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, James William Ogle, Ali Alwattari
  • Publication number: 20170114272
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to scale inhibitors and methods of treating a subterranean formation with the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation including obtaining or providing a composition including a scale inhibitor, wherein at least one of A and B is satisfied. In A, the scale inhibitor can include at least one of 1) a copolymer including a repeating unit including at least one sulfonic acid or sulfonate group and a repeating unit including at least two carboxylic acid or carboxylate groups, and 2) a protected scale inhibitor including hydrolyzably-unmaskable coordinating groups. In B, the composition includes an aqueous phase and a lipophilic phase, wherein the lipophilic phase protectively encapsulates the scale inhibitor. The method includes placing the composition in a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Loan K. Vo, James William Ogle, Bradley J. Sparks
  • Patent number: 9562186
    Abstract: Crosslinked gelling agents employed during subterranean operations use electronically-modified boronic acids to enable higher operating temperatures while allowing reduced gelling agent loadings; the boronic acids having Formula I: wherein X1 and X2 are independently selected from the group consisting of O, CH2, CH2O, OCH2, bond, and null and wherein either X1 or X2 is null, Y1 and Y2 are independently N or C, Ar is phenyl; m is 1 or 2, n is 0, 1, 2, or 3, and each Z is independently an electron withdrawing group selected from nitro, ester, carboxylic acids, carboxylates, halogen, cyano, amide, acyl, alkylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfonyl, CF3, a quaternary ammonium salt, polyhaloalkyl, and carbamate, with the proviso that when n is 0, the link L between M1 and Ar includes an electron withdrawing group attached to Ar, and introducing the treatment fluids into subterranean formations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Jeremy Holtsclaw, David Loveless
  • Publication number: 20160376495
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for storing, transporting, and/or delivering micron- and/or nano-sized solid materials in subterranean operations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a fluid comprising an aqueous fluid and one or more gelling agents; mixing one or more small-sized solid materials into the fluid to form a slurry; storing the slurry for a period of storage time; mixing at least a portion of the slurry with a base fluid after the period of storage time to form a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, James William Ogle, Bradley J. Sparks, Brian D. Mock
  • Patent number: 9518207
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore comprising placing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a modified friction reducer into the wellbore. A modified friction reducer comprising a degradable polymer having functional degradable moieties, a polymer having a molecular weight of from about 5M to about 30M, a polymer having a PDI of from about 1.0 to about 2.5, a weakly crosslinked polymer, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Xiangnan Ye, Pinmanee Boontheung, Rajesh Kumar Saini, Narongsak Tonmukayakul
  • Publication number: 20160347986
    Abstract: It can sometimes be desirable to form a temporary fluid seal in a subterranean formation in conjunction with performing various subterranean operations. Methods for forming a temporary fluid seal in a subterranean formation can comprise: providing a sealing composition that comprises a plurality of degradable particulates and a plurality of water-insoluble microparticulates; introducing the sealing composition into a subterranean formation; and forming a degradable fluid seal with the sealing composition in the subterranean formation, the water-insoluble microparticulates being substantially non-degradable. The temporary fluid seal can block or divert fluid flow in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Janette Cortez Montalvo, James William Ogle
  • Publication number: 20160333261
    Abstract: Treatment fluids (e.g., fracturing fluids) comprising ionic water, and associated methods of use are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid comprising one or more ionic species, a polymeric viscosifying agent carrying a first ionic charge, and an ionic surfactant carrying a second ionic charge that is the opposite of the first ionic charge; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Bradley J. Sparks, Loan K. Vo, James William Ogle
  • Publication number: 20160326427
    Abstract: Methods and systems of delivering a treatment chemical are disclosed, including providing a plurality of porous particles each having an outer surface, wherein each of the plurality of porous particles comprises a plurality of pores; infusing the plurality of porous particles with the treatment chemical; coating the plurality of porous particles with a degradable film; adding the plurality of porous particles to a carrier fluid, wherein the degradable film substantially separates the treatment chemical from the carrier fluid; introducing the carrier fluid into a formation; and allowing the degradable film to degrade within the formation
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Nicholas H. Gardiner, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20160319183
    Abstract: Methods including preparing a surface modification agent emulsion comprising an aqueous base fluid, a surfactant, and a hydrophobically-modified amine-containing polymer (HMAP), the HMAP comprising a plurality of hydrophobic modifications on an amine-containing polymer, and wherein the aqueous base fluid forms an external phase of the surface modification agent emulsion and the HMAP forms an internal phase of the surface modification agent emulsion; and introducing the surface modification agent emulsion into a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Loan K. Vo, Philip D. Nguyen, James William Ogle, Feng Liang
  • Publication number: 20160312112
    Abstract: Methods including providing memory particulates having a compressed configuration and a decompressed configuration; providing a treatment fluid comprising a treatment base fluid and memory particulates in a configuration; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation comprising at least one fracture therein, so as to place the memory particulates in the at least one fracture in their compressed configuration; and expanding the memory particulates to the decompressed configuration, thereby mechanically interlocking the memory particulates and propping open at least a portion of the at least one fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20160304773
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore comprising providing a degradable polymer and a delayed action construct within a portion of a wellbore, a subterranean formation or both; wherein the delayed action construct comprises (i) a degradation accelerator comprising an alkanolamine, an oligomer of aziridine, a polymer of azridine, a diamine, or combinations thereof, (ii) a solid support, and (iii) an encapsulating material; and placing the wellbore servicing fluid comprising the degradable polymer and delayed action construct into the wellbore, the subterranean formation or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Janette Cortez, James William Ogle
  • Publication number: 20160272869
    Abstract: A method comprises obtaining or providing a treatment fluid comprising a viscosifier polymer; an aqueous carrier fluid comprising high total dissolved solids; and a polymer composition comprising at least one of polyvinyl alcohol and polylactic acid. In some embodiments, the treatment fluid has a viscosity at 140 C and at a shear rate of about 0.1 s?1 to about 1 s?1 of about 1,500 cP to about 10,000 cP. The method includes placing the treatment fluid in a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Dipti Singh, Janette Cortez, James William Ogle
  • Publication number: 20160258256
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a sand control screen assembly includes determining an anatomy of a facsimile sand control screen assembly, the sand control screen assembly including one or more component parts. A virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of the facsimile sand control screen assembly is then generated based on the anatomy. The virtual 3D model of the facsimile sand control screen assembly is provided to a 3D printer, and the 3D printer forms at least a portion of the facsimile sand control screen assembly based on the virtual 3D model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, James William Ogle, Michael W. Sanders
  • Publication number: 20160230066
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to treatment fluids comprising a compound of the formula (I): wherein G1, G2, L1, L2, L3, q, and r are defined herein. Various other embodiments relates to methods of treating subterranean formations with such treatment fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Jimmie Dean Weaver, JR., James William Ogle
  • Patent number: 9410076
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore comprising providing a degradable polymer and a delayed action construct within a portion of a wellbore, a subterranean formation or both; wherein the delayed action construct comprises (i) a degradation accelerator comprising an alkanolamine, an oligomer of aziridine, a polymer of azridine, a diamine, or combinations thereof, (ii) a solid support, and (iii) an encapsulating material; and placing the wellbore servicing fluid comprising the degradable polymer and delayed action construct into the wellbore, the subterranean formation or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Janette Cortez, James William Ogle
  • Publication number: 20160208161
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to preparation of expandable particulates and their use in fracturing operations. An embodiment provides a method for treating a subterranean formation comprising: introducing a treatment fluid comprising expandable particulates into the subterranean formation, wherein the expandable particulates each comprise a particulate substrate, a swellable material coating the particulate substrate, and an exterior coating comprising a resin; and depositing at least a portion of the expandable particulates in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, James William Ogle, Ali Alwattari, Loan Kim Vo
  • Publication number: 20160200960
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation including providing a treatment fluid comprising a hardenable acid curable resin and a hydrolysable dimer acid ester. The treatment fluid is combined with a carrier fluid and is introduced into a subterranean formation. Upon the hydrolyzing of the ester in the formation and the contacting of unconsolidated proppants, the treatment method produces consolidated proppants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Loan K. Vo, James William Ogle
  • Patent number: 9359547
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising placing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a coupling agent, a hardenable resin and a hardening agent into the wellbore wherein the coupling agent comprises a multihydroxy phenyl, a dihydroxy phenyl, a trihydroxy phenyl, ascorbic acid, a hydroxymethylnaphthol, an oxidation product thereof, a derivative thereof, or combinations thereof. A wellbore servicing fluid comprising a coupling agent, a hardenable resin, a hardening agent and a proppant wherein the coupling agent comprises a multihydroxy phenyl, a dihydroxy phenyl, a trihydroxy phenyl, ascorbic acid, a hydroxymethylphenol, a hydroxymethylnaphthol, an oxidation product thereof, a derivative thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Philip D. Nguyen, Feng Liang