Patents by Inventor John Gottschling

John Gottschling 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: 11111766
    Abstract: The complexity of a fracture network may be enhanced during a hydraulic fracturing operation by monitoring operational parameters of the fracturing job and altering stress conditions in the well in response to the monitoring of the operational parameters. The operational parameters monitored may include the injection rate of the pumped fluid, the density of the pumped fluid or the bottomhole pressure of the well after the fluid is pumped. The method provides an increase to the stimulated reservoir volume (SRV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Harold Dean Brannon, Thomas Ray Starks, II, Scott Gregory Nelson, Charles Elmer Bell, Tom N. Royce, D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Jimie Devon Lemons, Curtis David Huff, John Gottschling, Angel F. Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20180202276
    Abstract: The complexity of a fracture network may be enhanced during a hydraulic fracturing operation by monitoring operational parameters of the fracturing job and altering stress conditions in the well in response to the monitoring of the operational parameters. The operational parameters monitored may include the injection rate of the pumped fluid, the density of the pumped fluid or the bottomhole pressure of the well after the fluid is pumped. The method provides an increase to the stimulated reservoir volume (SRV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Harold Dean Brannon, Thomas Ray Starks, II, Scott Gregory Nelson, Charles Elmer Bell, Tom N. Royce, D.V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Jimie Devon Lemons, Curtis David Huff, John Gottschling, Angel F. Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 9920607
    Abstract: The complexity of a fracture network may be enhanced during a hydraulic fracturing operation by monitoring operational parameters of the fracturing job and altering stress conditions in the well in response to the monitoring of the operational parameters. The operational parameters monitored may include the injection rate of the pumped fluid, the density of the pumped fluid or the bottomhole pressure of the well after the fluid is pumped. The method provides an increase to the stimulated reservoir volume (SRV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Harold Dean Brannon, Thomas Ray Starks, II, Scott Gregory Nelson, Charles Elmer Bell, Tom N. Royce, D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Jimie Devon Lemons, Curtis David Huff, John Gottschling, Angel F. Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20130341030
    Abstract: The complexity of a fracture network may be enhanced during a hydraulic fracturing operation by monitoring operational parameters of the fracturing job and altering stress conditions in the well in response to the monitoring of the operational parameters. The operational parameters monitored may include the injection rate of the pumped fluid, the density of the pumped fluid or the bottomhole pressure of the well after the fluid is pumped. The method provides an increase to the stimulated reservoir volume (SRV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Harold Dean Brannon, Thomas Ray Starks, II, Scott Gregory Nelson, Charles Elmer Bell, Tom N. Royce, D.V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Jimie Devon Lemons, Curtis David Huff, John Gottschling, Angel F. Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 4569394
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are shown for treating a subsurface earth formation penetrated by a well bore. A proppant is blended with a foamable carrier to form a slurry and the slurry is pressurized to a desired pressure. A gas is added to the pressurized slurry to form a foam. Proppant is then added pneumatically to the pressurized slurry after foaming the slurry and the pressurized fluid is injected into the well bore. The proppant is fed to a manifold which is connected to a source of pressurized gas whereby the application of gas pressure to the manifold serves to blow the proppant into the pressurized foam stream. The foam containing the proppant is then injected into the well in the conventional manner to prop open the fracture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Hughes Tool Company
    Inventors: Ronald E. Sweatman, Earl R. Freeman, John Gottschling
  • Patent number: 4512405
    Abstract: A method for pneumatically transferring particluate solid materials into an earth formation penetrated by a well bore is shown. A gas is flowed into the well bore to establish the desired injection rate and pressure. A particulate solid material is then added to the established gas flow passing into the well bore by flowing a gas containing an entrained particulate solid material into the established gas flow to thereby transfer the solid particulate material pneumatically into the well bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: Hughes Tool Company
    Inventors: Ronald E. Sweatman, Earl R. Freeman, John Gottschling, John Simon