Patents by Inventor Jonathan Mark Getliff

Jonathan Mark Getliff 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).

  • Manufacture of intermediate strength proppant or lost circulation material from drill cuttings
    Patent number: 9714377
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and techniques for manufacturing proppant or lost circulation material from drilling cuttings. In an example embodiment, a method for manufacturing proppant or lost circulation material from drilling cuttings includes obtaining solid drilling cuttings from drilling fluid, removing any remaining hydrocarbon from the solid drilling cuttings, and rending the solid drilling cuttings into a powder form. The method further includes using the powdered drilling cuttings as raw material in a proppant or lost circulation material manufacturing process. In an example embodiment, the proppant or lost circulation material manufacturing process can be sintering or flame spheroidization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Edward Malachosky, Jonathan Mark Getliff
  • Manufacture of Intermediate Strength Proppant or Lost Circulation Material From Drill Cuttings
    Publication number: 20160194555
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and techniques for manufacturing proppant or lost circulation material from drilling cuttings. In an example embodiment, a method for manufacturing proppant or lost circulation material from drilling cuttings includes obtaining solid drilling cuttings from drilling fluid, removing any remaining hydrocarbon from the solid drilling cuttings, and rending the solid drilling cuttings into a powder form. The method further includes using the powdered drilling cuttings as raw material in a proppant or lost circulation material manufacturing process. In an example embodiment, the proppant or lost circulation material manufacturing process can be sintering or flame spheroidization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: Edward Malachosky, Jonathan Mark Getliff