Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Watters

Jeffrey 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).

  • Patent number: 10214988
    Abstract: A method for abandonment of a subsea well includes: setting a packer of a lower cementing tool against a bore of an inner casing hung from a subsea wellhead; fastening a pressure control assembly (PCA) to the subsea wellhead; hanging an upper cementing tool from the PCA and stabbing the upper cementing tool into a polished bore receptacle of the lower cementing tool; perforating a wall of the inner casing below the packer; perforating the inner casing wall above the packer by operating a perforator of the upper cementing tool; mixing a resin and a hardener to form a sealant; and pumping a fluid train through bores of the cementing tools and into an inner annulus formed between the inner casing and an outer casing hung from the subsea wellhead. The fluid train includes the sealant followed by a cement slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: CSI TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Fred Sabins, David Brown, Jeffrey Watters, Jorge Esteban Leal, Larry Watters, Xiaoxu Li
  • Publication number: 20170044864
    Abstract: A method for sealing a well includes: placing an obstruction in a bore of an inner tubular string disposed in a wellbore; forming an opening through a wall of the inner tubular string above the obstruction; mixing a resin and a hardener to form a sealant; and squeezing the sealant into the bore, through the opening, and into an annulus formed between the inner tubular string and an outer tubular string, thereby repairing a cement sheath present in the annulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Fred SABINS, Clifton MEADE, David BROWN, Jeffrey WATTERS, Jorge Esteban LEAL
  • Publication number: 20170044865
    Abstract: A method for abandonment of a subsea well includes: setting a packer of a lower cementing tool against a bore of an inner casing hung from a subsea wellhead; fastening a pressure control assembly (PCA) to the subsea wellhead; hanging an upper cementing tool from the PCA and stabbing the upper cementing tool into a polished bore receptacle of the lower cementing tool; perforating a wall of the inner casing below the packer; perforating the inner casing wall above the packer by operating a perforator of the upper cementing tool; mixing a resin and a hardener to form a sealant; and pumping a fluid train through bores of the cementing tools and into an inner annulus formed between the inner casing and an outer casing hung from the subsea wellhead. The fluid train includes the sealant followed by a cement slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Fred SABINS, David BROWN, Jeffrey WATTERS, Jorge Esteban LEAL, Larry WATTERS, Xiaoxu LI
  • Publication number: 20160348464
    Abstract: A method for sealing a well includes: placing an obstruction in a bore of an inner tubular string; forming an opening through a wall of the inner tubular string above the obstruction; mixing a resin and a hardener to form a sealant having a density greater than a density of fluid present in the bore and present in an annulus formed between the inner tubular string and an outer tubular string; and injecting the sealant into the annulus. The sealant falls down the annulus to the opening. A portion of the sealant is diverted through the opening and into the bore. The sealant cures to form a balanced plug in the annulus and the bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Fred SABINS, Clifton MEADE, David BROWN, Jeffrey WATTERS, Jorge Esteban LEAL
  • Publication number: 20110203795
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a sealant for forming durable plugs in wells and method for completing or abandoning wells. In one embodiment, a method of plugging a wellbore includes mixing sealant; mixing cement; pumping the cement and sealant into the wellbore. The cement is above the sealant and the sealant cures to become viscoelastic or semisolid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher John Murphy, Corey Eugene Hoffman, Larry Watters, Fred Sabins, Jeffrey Watters, Paul L. Sonnier