Patents by Inventor Jeff Watters

Jeff Watters 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).

  • Method of improving hydrocarbon production from a gravel packed oil and gas well
    Patent number: 7896080
    Abstract: This invention relates to enhancing hydrocarbon production from a subterranean formation via a well completed with a gravel pack. Gravel packs suffer plugging and damage over time from produced particles and other plugging materials brought into the pack as production continues. This invention relates to a chemical treatment for the gravel pack designed to remove damaging particulate matter from the pack via dissolution or displacement. Damaging material is forced sufficiently far into the producing reservoir to prevent its remigration back into the pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventors: Larry Watters, Jeff Watters, Mahadev Ammachathram