Patents by Inventor KAY ELAINE CAWIEZEL

KAY ELAINE CAWIEZEL 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: 9951262
    Abstract: A well servicing fluid formulated with ingredients comprising a viscosifying polymer that is a crosslinked copolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride and an alkyl vinyl ether, or the di-acid thereof; a pH adjuster capable of maintaining a pH of 5.5 or greater; and a solvent. Methods of treating a well formation with the wellbore servicing fluid and methods of making the wellbore servicing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: D.V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Kay Elaine Cawiezel, Rupa Venugopal, Tanhee Ary Galindo
  • Patent number: 9518213
    Abstract: A nano-dispersion well servicing fluid is disclosed. The well servicing fluid is formulated with components comprising: nanoparticles comprising at least one material chosen from aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, aluminum hydroxyoxides, zirconium oxides, zirconium hydroxides, zirconium hydroxyoxides, wherein the concentration of nanoparticles is greater than 0.5% by weight based on the total weight of the nano-dispersion well servicing fluid. The well servicing fluid also comprises an aqueous base continuous phase. Methods of employing the nano-dispersion to service a wellbore are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Kay Elaine Cawiezel
  • Publication number: 20160068740
    Abstract: A well servicing fluid formulated with ingredients comprising a viscosifying polymer that is a crosslinked copolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride and an alkyl vinyl ether, or the di-acid thereof; a pH adjuster capable of maintaining a pH of 5.5 or greater; and a solvent. Methods of treating a well formation with the wellbore servicing fluid and methods of making the wellbore servicing fluid are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: D.V. SATYANARAYANA GUPTA, KAY ELAINE CAWIEZEL, RUPA VENUGOPAL, TANHEE ARY GALINDO
  • Patent number: 9217103
    Abstract: A well servicing fluid is formulated with ingredients comprising a viscosifying polymer that is a crosslinked copolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride and an alkyl vinyl ether, or the di-acid thereof; a pH adjuster capable of maintaining a pH of 5.5 or greater; and a solvent. Methods include treating a well formation with the wellbore servicing fluid and methods also include making the wellbore servicing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Kay Elaine Cawiezel, Rupa Venugopal, Tanhee Ary Galindo
  • Publication number: 20150307771
    Abstract: A nano-dispersion well servicing fluid is disclosed. The well servicing fluid is formulated with components comprising: nanoparticles comprising at least one material chosen from aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, aluminum hydroxyoxides, zirconium oxides, zirconium hydroxides, zirconium hydroxyoxides, wherein the concentration of nanoparticles is greater than 0.5% by weight based on the total weight of the nano-dispersion well servicing fluid. The well servicing fluid also comprises an aqueous base continuous phase. Methods of employing the nano-dispersion to service a wellbore are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: D.V. SATYANARAYANA GUPTA, KAY ELAINE CAWIEZEL
  • Patent number: 9080097
    Abstract: A nano-dispersion well servicing fluid is formulated with components comprising: nanoparticles comprising at least one material chosen from aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, aluminum hydroxyoxides, zirconium oxides, zirconium hydroxides, zirconium hydroxyoxides, wherein the concentration of nanoparticles is greater than 0.5% by weight based on the total weight of the nano-dispersion well servicing fluid. The well servicing fluid also comprises an aqueous base continuous phase. Methods of employing the nano-dispersion to service a wellbore are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Kay Elaine Cawiezel
  • Publication number: 20150101818
    Abstract: Crosslinking of a crosslinkable viscosifying agent and a crosslinking agent may be delayed in a well treatment fluid by incorporated within the fluid a glutamic-N,N-diacetic acid salt, such as a glutamic-N,N-diacetic acid sodium salt like tetrasodium glutamate diacetate. The crosslinking agent may be a zirconium containing crosslinking agent like zirconium (IV) acetyl acetonate. The viscosifying agent may be guar or a guar derivative such as carboxyalkyl guars and hydroxyalkylated guars like carboxymethyl guar, hydroxypropyl guar, hydroxyethyl guar, hydroxybutyl guar and carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: D.V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Kay Elaine Cawiezel
  • Publication number: 20130203637
    Abstract: Crosslinking of a crosslinkable viscosifying agent and a crosslinking agent may be delayed in a well treatment fluid by incorporated within the fluid a glutamic-N,N-diacetic acid salt, such as a glutamic-N,N-diacetic acid sodium salt like tetrasodium glutamate diacetate. The crosslinking agent may be a zirconium containing crosslinking agent like zirconium (IV) acetyl acetonate. The viscosifying agent may be guar or a guar derivative such as carboxyalkyl guars and hydroxyalkylated guars like carboxymethyl guar, hydroxypropyl guar, hydroxyethyl guar, hydroxybutyl guar and carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Kay Elaine Cawiezel
  • Publication number: 20130126163
    Abstract: Subterranean formations may be stimulated by introducing into the formation a fluid containing a viscosifying agent and aphrons. The viscosifying agent may be a linear gel, crosslinked gel or a viscoelastic surfactant. The aphrons in the fluid move faster than the liquid phase of the fluid and thus move toward the front of the fluid as the fluid is being pumped into the formation. The bubble barrier and radial-flow pattern of the fluid rapidly reduce the shear rate and raise the fluid viscosity, severely curtailing fluid invasion into the formation especially in those formations where high leak-off potential exists.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: D.V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Kay Elaine Cawiezel
  • Publication number: 20130048292
    Abstract: The production of hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon bearing formation is enhanced by introduction into the formation an aqueous fluid containing a carboxyalkyl tamarind powder. The fluid may be linear or crosslinked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Kay Elaine Cawiezel, Tanhee A. Galindo
  • Publication number: 20120006549
    Abstract: A well servicing fluid formulated with ingredients comprising a viscosifying polymer that is a crosslinked copolymer of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride and an alkyl vinyl ether, or the di-acid thereof; a pH adjuster capable of maintaining a pH of 5.5 or greater; and a solvent. Methods of treating a well formation with the wellbore servicing fluid and methods of making the wellbore servicing fluid are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: D.V. SATYANARAYANA GUPTA, Kay Elaine Cawiezel, Rupa Venugopal, Tanhee Ary Galindo
  • Publication number: 20110290491
    Abstract: A nano-dispersion well servicing fluid is disclosed. The well servicing fluid is formulated with components comprising: nanoparticles comprising at least one material chosen from aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, aluminum hydroxyoxides, zirconium oxides, zirconium hydroxides, zirconium hydroxyoxides, wherein the concentration of nanoparticles is greater than 0.5% by weight based on the total weight of the nano-dispersion well servicing fluid. The well servicing fluid also comprises an aqueous base continuous phase. Methods of employing the nano-dispersion to service a wellbore are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: D.V. SATYANARAYANA GUPTA, KAY ELAINE CAWIEZEL