Patents by Inventor Jeff Allen Hurd

Jeff Allen Hurd 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).

  • Methods for wastewater treatment using alcohol ethoxylate surfactants
    Patent number: 11655168
    Abstract: Methods for treating wastewater in conjunction with subterranean operations with a wastewater treatment additive. In some embodiments, the methods include providing wastewater recovered from at least a portion of a subterranean formation, wherein the wastewater includes water and an organic foulant material, and introducing a wastewater treatment additive that includes an alcohol ethoxylate surfactant into the recovered wastewater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Allen Hurd, Chunli Li
  • METHODS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT USING ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATE SURFACTANTS
    Publication number: 20210363035
    Abstract: Methods for treating wastewater in conjunction with subterranean operations with a wastewater treatment additive. In some embodiments, the methods include providing wastewater recovered from at least a portion of a subterranean formation, wherein the wastewater includes water and an organic foulant material, and introducing a wastewater treatment additive that includes an alcohol ethoxylate surfactant into the recovered wastewater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jeff Allen Hurd, Chunli Li