Patents by Inventor Joseph Jude Boudreaux

Joseph Jude Boudreaux 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: 11634954
    Abstract: A system for controlling surge pressure and deployed into a wellbore drilled using a managed pressure drilling technique includes auto-fill float equipment allowing flow into a liner casing string, a drillpipe diverter providing a flow path between a drillpipe landing string and an annulus, and a drillpipe flow restrictor selectively blocking the flow path from the top of the drillpipe landing string while allowing fluid to be displaced up the liner casing string and into the annulus. The drillpipe flow restrictor and the drillpipe diverter are convertible to provide a flow path from the wellbore through the auto-fill float equipment to a top surface while blocking flow through the diverter into the annulus. The auto-fill float equipment is convertible to block the flow path from the wellbore into the liner casing string, while allowing fluid to flow from the liner casing string into the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: FRANK'S INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventors: John Christopher Jordan, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Roland Taylor Hennigan, Tony Wooley, Keith Thomas Lutgring
  • Publication number: 20210317711
    Abstract: A system for controlling surge pressure and deployed into a wellbore drilled using a managed pressure drilling technique includes auto-fill float equipment allowing flow into a liner casing string, a drillpipe diverter providing a flow path between a drillpipe landing string and an annulus, and a drillpipe flow restrictor selectively blocking the flow path from the top of the drillpipe landing string while allowing fluid to be displaced up the liner casing string and into the annulus. The drillpipe flow restrictor and the drillpipe diverter are convertible to provide a flow path from the wellbore through the auto-fill float equipment to a top surface while blocking flow through the diverter into the annulus. The auto-fill float equipment is convertible to block the flow path from the wellbore into the liner casing string, while allowing fluid to flow from the liner casing string into the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: John Christopher Jordan, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Taylor Hennigan, Tony Wooley, Keith Thomas Lutgring
  • Patent number: 7520328
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cement shoe assembly for use on a string of tubulars in a well. In one aspect of the invention, the cement shoe assembly includes a housing having a lower portion with an enlarged inside diameter and a drillable cement shoe disposed therein. The shoe includes a weakened portion of material adjacent the enlarged inside diameter portion of the housing and ensures that as a cutting tool passes through the housing, all portions of the cement shoe are removed from the enlarged inside diameter portion, leaving a connection surface clear of debris for a subsequent tubular string. When a smaller tubular is expanded into the enclosed diameter portion of the housing, a connection is made therebetween without enlarging the outer diameter of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: John Emile Hebert, Patrick John Seely, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Thomas A. Dupré
  • Publication number: 20080121396
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cement shoe assembly for use on a string of tubulars in a well. In one aspect of the invention, the cement shoe assembly includes a housing having a lower portion with an enlarged inside diameter and a drillable cement shoe disposed therein. The shoe includes a weakened portion of material adjacent the enlarged inside diameter portion of the housing and ensures that as a cutting tool passes through the housing, all portions of the cement shoe are removed from the enlarged inside diameter portion, leaving a connection surface clear of debris for a subsequent tubular string. When a smaller tubular is expanded into the enclosed diameter portion of the housing, a connection is made therebetween without enlarging the outer diameter of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: John Emile Hebert, Patrick John Seely, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Thomas A. Dupre
  • Patent number: 7325609
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cement shoe assembly for use on a string of tubulars in a well. In one aspect of the invention, the cement shoe assembly includes a housing having a lower portion with an enlarged inside diameter and a drillable cement shoe disposed therein. The shoe includes a weakened portion of material adjacent the enlarged inside diameter portion of the housing and ensures that as a cutting tool passes through the housing, all portions of the cement shoe are removed from the enlarged inside diameter portion, leaving a connection surface clear of debris for a subsequent tubular string. When a smaller tubular is expanded into the enclosed diameter portion of the housing, a connection is made therebetween without enlarging the outer diameter of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: John Emile Hebert, Patrick John Seely, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Thomas A. Dupré
  • Patent number: 7163057
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cement shoe assembly for use on a string of tubulars in a well. In one aspect of the invention, the cement shoe assembly includes a housing having a lower portion with an enlarged inside diameter and a drillable cement shoe disposed therein. The shoe includes a weakened portion of material adjacent the enlarged inside diameter portion of the housing and ensures that as a cutting tool passes through the housing, all portions of the cement shoe are removed from the enlarged inside diameter portion, leaving a connection surface clear of debris for a subsequent tubular string. When a smaller tubular is expanded into the enclosed diameter portion of the housing, a connection is made therebetween without enlarging the outer diameter of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: John Emile Hebert, Patrick John Seely, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Thomas A. Dupré
  • Patent number: 6845820
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cement shoe assembly for use on a string of tubulars in a well. In one aspect of the invention, the cement shoe assembly includes a housing having a lower portion with an enlarged inside diameter and a drillable cement shoe disposed therein. The shoe includes a weakened portion of material adjacent the enlarged inside diameter portion of the housing and ensures that as a cutting tool passes through the housing, all portions of the cement shoe are removed from the enlarged inside diameter portion, leaving a connection surface clear of debris for a subsequent tubular string. When a smaller tubular is expanded into the enclosed diameter portion of the housing, a connection is made therebetween without enlarging the outer diameter of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: John Emile Hebert, Patrick John Seely, Joseph Jude Boudreaux, Thomas A. Dupré