Patents by Inventor Kenneth Paul Hagar

Kenneth Paul Hagar 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).

  • Systems and processes for automated sand separation
    Patent number: 11607628
    Abstract: A sand handling system having, for example, one to three sand separators are configured to be operatively connected to a well and an inlet of a common dumping vessel. Advantageously, the dumping vessel has a sensor to measure an amount of sand in the dumping vessel and provide a signal to a programmable controller which is arranged to dump the dumping vessel when a specified amount of sand is in the dumping vessel. The system automates the sand handling process and also measures and records data associated with a number of flowback parameters. The data can then be used in well design to improve oil and/or gas production, lessen sand production, reduce well damage and/or equipment corrosion due to, for example, sand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Koby Byron Carlson, Matthew Allen Kieke, Shawn Marshall Woodard, Kenneth Paul Hagar
  • SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR AUTOMATED SAND SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20210077923
    Abstract: A sand handling system having, for example, one to three sand separators are configured to be operatively connected to a well and an inlet of a common dumping vessel. Advantageously, the dumping vessel has a sensor to measure an amount of sand in the dumping vessel and provide a signal to a programmable controller which is arranged to dump the dumping vessel when a specified amount of sand is in the dumping vessel. The system automates the sand handling process and also measures and records data associated with a number of flowback parameters. The data can then be used in well design to improve oil and/or gas production, lessen sand production, reduce well damage and/or equipment corrosion due to, for example, sand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Koby Byron Carlson, Matthew Allen Kieke, Shawn Marshall Woodard, Kenneth Paul Hagar