Patents by Inventor Julio Roberto Ronderos

Julio Roberto Ronderos 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).

  • Modeling and analysis of hydraulic fracture propagation to surface from a casing shoe
    Patent number: 10240444
    Abstract: A method of designing a well control operation includes obtaining sub-surface data related to a formation surrounding a well, building a geomechanical model of the formation based on the sub-surface data, obtaining operational data related to the well control operation, performing, on a processor, a hydraulic fracture simulation of the formation, wherein the simulation is based on the operational data and the geomechanical model, and determining an estimated volume of fluid required for a fracture to breach an upper surface of the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Salamat Gumarov, Talgat A. Shokanov, Julio Roberto Ronderos, Kevin Simpson, Viacheslav Viktorovich Anokhin, Said Benelkadi
  • MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PROPAGATION TO SURFACE FROM A CASING SHOE
    Publication number: 20150041120
    Abstract: A method of designing a well control operation includes obtaining sub-surface data related to a formation surrounding a well, building a geomechanical model of the formation based on the sub-surface data, obtaining operational data related to the well control operation, performing, on a processor, a hydraulic fracture simulation of the formation, wherein the simulation is based on the operational data and the geomechanical model, and determining an estimated volume of fluid required for a fracture to breach an upper surface of the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Salamat Gumarov, Talgat A. Shokanov, Julio Roberto Ronderos, Kevin Simpson, Viacheslav Viktorovich Anokhin, Said Benelkadi
  • Dewatering method
    Patent number: 8002991
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dewatering drilling fluid including a feeder, an aging tank, a polyductor configured between the feeder and the aging tank and a flocculant solution pump fluidly connected to the aging tank. Further, the system includes a portable skid to house the feeder, the aging tank, the polyductor, and the flocculant solution pump. In certain embodiments, the polyductor is configured to mix a liquid with a dry flocculant from the feeder, and disperse a resultant flocculant solution in the aging tank, the aging tank is configured to receive the flocculant solution, and the flocculant solution pump is configured to remove the flocculant solution from the aging tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: M-I LLC
    Inventors: Gary E. Fout, Julio Roberto Ronderos, Catalin Ivan
  • DEWATERING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100243576
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dewatering drilling fluid including a feeder, an aging tank, a polyductor configured between the feeder and the aging tank and a flocculant solution pump fluidly connected to the aging tank. Further, the system includes a portable skid to house the feeder, the aging tank, the polyductor, and the flocculant solution pump. In certain embodiments, the polyductor is configured to mix a liquid with a dry flocculant from the feeder, and disperse a resultant flocculant solution in the aging tank, the aging tank is configured to receive the flocculant solution, and the flocculant solution pump is configured to remove the flocculant solution from the aging tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: M-I LLC
    Inventors: Gary E. Fout, Julio Roberto Ronderos, Catalin Ivan
  • Dewatering system
    Patent number: 7736497
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dewatering drilling fluid including a feeder, an aging tank, a polyductor configured between the feeder and the aging tank and a flocculant solution pump fluidly connected to the aging tank. Further, the system includes a portable skid to house the feeder, the aging tank, the polyductor, and the flocculent solution pump. In certain embodiments, the polyductor is configured to mix a liquid with a dry flocculant from the feeder, and disperse a resultant flocculent solution in the aging tank, the aging tank is configured to receive the flocculant solution, and the flocculant solution pump is configured to remove the flocculant solution from the aging tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Gary E. Fout, Julio Roberto Ronderos, Catalin Ivan
  • Dewatering System
    Publication number: 20080029458
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dewatering drilling fluid including a feeder, an aging tank, a polyductor configured between the feeder and the aging tank and a flocculant solution pump fluidly connected to the aging tank. Further, the system includes a portable skid to house the feeder, the aging tank, the polyductor, and the flocculent solution pump. In certain embodiments, the polyductor is configured to mix a liquid with a dry flocculant from the feeder, and disperse a resultant flocculent solution in the aging tank, the aging tank is configured to receive the flocculant solution, and the flocculant solution pump is configured to remove the flocculant solution from the aging tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: M-I LLC
    Inventors: Gary E. Fout, Julio Roberto Ronderos, Catalin Ivan