Patents by Inventor Kenneth William Pober

Kenneth William Pober 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).

  • Invert emulsion treatment fluids comprising polar organic compounds and methods of use in subterranean operations
    Patent number: 10119062
    Abstract: Certain invert emulsion treatment fluids and methods for use in subterranean formations Certain of those methods herein include: providing an invert emulsion treatment fluid that comprises an oleaginous external phase, and an internal phase that comprises one or more alcohols and one or more polar organic compounds that are soluble in the internal phase; and introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth William Pober, Jay Paul Deville, William Walter Shumway, Dale E. Jamison
  • INVERT EMULSION TREATMENT FLUIDS COMPRISING POLAR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE IN SUBTERRANEAN OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20170369760
    Abstract: Certain invert emulsion treatment fluids for use in subterranean formations are provided. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise: providing an invert emulsion treatment fluid that comprises an oleaginous external phase, and an internal phase that comprises one or more alcohols and one or more polar organic compounds that are soluble in the internal phase; and introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth William Pober, Jay Paul Deville, William Walter Shumway, Dale E. Jamison
  • Water-soluble linear polyphosphazenes in water-based fluids for use in wells or pipelines
    Patent number: 9676987
    Abstract: Methods of drilling a wellbore into a subterranean formation or of treating a treatment zone along a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation or of treating a pipeline, the methods comprising steps of: (A) forming a fluid, the fluid comprising: (i) water; and (ii) a water-soluble linear polyphosphazene; and (B) introducing the fluid into the well or into the pipeline. In addition, a well system and methods are provided including such a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth William Pober
  • WATER-SOLUBLE LINEAR POLYPHOSPHAZENES IN WATER-BASED FLUIDS FOR USE IN WELLS OR PIPELINES
    Publication number: 20160251560
    Abstract: Methods of drilling a wellbore into a subterranean formation or of treating a treatment zone along a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation or of treating a pipeline, the methods comprising steps of: (A) forming a fluid, the fluid comprising: (i) water; and (ii) a water-soluble linear polyphosphazene; and (B) introducing the fluid into the well or into the pipeline. In addition, a well system and methods are provided including such a fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventor: Kenneth William Pober