Patents by Inventor Kevin Berscheidt
Kevin Berscheidt 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).
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Patent number: 10323478Abstract: The present disclosure provides a modular insert float system and method that can be inserted into a casing and attached to the casing internal surface by internal slips and sealing components. The system is modular in that three main components: an upper valve assembly, a lower valve assembly, and a pair of casing anchor and seal assemblies along with top and bottom shoes form a kit that can be used for virtually any casing of a given size regardless of the threads, casing material grades, length of joint, or other variations. Further, the system allows for insertion of the casing into the wellbore without damaging the formation from forcing wellbore fluid into the formation and causing the loss of wellbore fluid in the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Inventors: Kevin Berscheidt, Michael Sutton, Cleo Holland
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Publication number: 20180266206Abstract: The present disclosure provides a modular insert float system and method that can be inserted into a casing and attached to the casing internal surface by internal slips and sealing components. The system is modular in that three main components: an upper valve assembly, a lower valve assembly, and a pair of casing anchor and seal assemblies along with top and bottom shoes form a kit that can be used for virtually any casing of a given size regardless of the threads, casing material grades, length of joint, or other variations. Further, the system allows for insertion of the casing into the wellbore without damaging the formation from forcing wellbore fluid into the formation and causing the loss of wellbore fluid in the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2017Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Kevin BERSCHEIDT, Michael SUTTON, Cleo HOLLAND
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Patent number: 8322449Abstract: A method of removing a downhole tool from a wellbore comprising contacting the tool with a heat source wherein the tool comprises at least one load-bearing component comprising a thermally degradable material. A method of reducing the structural integrity of a downhole tool comprising fabricating the load-bearing components of the tool from a thermally degradable material. A method of removing a downhole tool comprising mechanically milling and/or drilling the tool from a wellbore wherein the tool comprises at least one load bearing component comprising a phenolic resin wherein the phenolic resin comprises a rosole, a novalac or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., MCR Oil Tools, LLCInventors: Robert Preston Clayton, Kevin Berscheidt, Michael C. Robertson
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Publication number: 20120031626Abstract: A method of removing a downhole tool from a wellbore comprising contacting the tool with a heat source wherein the tool comprises at least one load-bearing component comprising a thermally degradable material. A method of reducing the structural integrity of a downhole tool comprising fabricating the load-bearing components of the tool from a thermally degradable material. A method of removing a downhole tool comprising mechanically milling and/or drilling the tool from a wellbore wherein the tool comprises at least one load bearing component comprising a phenolic resin wherein the phenolic resin comprises a rosole, a novalac or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Robert P. CLAYTON, Kevin BERSCHEIDT, Michael C. ROBERTSON
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Patent number: 8056638Abstract: A method of removing a downhole tool from a wellbore comprising contacting the tool with a heat source wherein the tool comprises at least one load-bearing component comprising a thermally degradable material. A method of reducing the structural integrity of a downhole tool comprising fabricating the load-bearing components of the tool from a thermally degradable material. A method of removing a downhole tool comprising mechanically milling and/or drilling the tool from a wellbore wherein the tool comprises at least one load bearing component comprising a phenolic resin wherein the phenolic resin comprises a rosole, a novalac or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services Inc., MCR Oil Tools, LLCInventors: Robert P. Clayton, Kevin Berscheidt, Michael C. Robertson
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Publication number: 20100101803Abstract: A method of removing a downhole tool from a wellbore comprising contacting the tool with a heat source wherein the tool comprises at least one load-bearing component comprising a thermally degradable material. A method of reducing the structural integrity of a downhole tool comprising fabricating the load-bearing components of the tool from a thermally degradable material. A method of removing a downhole tool comprising mechanically milling and/or drilling the tool from a wellbore wherein the tool comprises at least one load bearing component comprising a phenolic resin wherein the phenolic resin comprises a rosole, a novalac or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Robert CLAYTON, Kevin BERSCHEIDT
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Publication number: 20080202764Abstract: A method of removing a downhole tool from a wellbore comprising contacting the tool with a heat source wherein the tool comprises at least one load-bearing component comprising a thermally degradable material. A method of reducing the structural integrity of a downhole tool comprising fabricating the load-bearing components of the tool from a thermally degradable material. A method of removing a downhole tool comprising mechanically milling and/or drilling the tool from a wellbore wherein the tool comprises at least one load bearing component comprising a phenolic resin wherein the phenolic resin comprises a rosole, a novalac or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Robert Clayton, Kevin Berscheidt
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Publication number: 20050247458Abstract: The present invention relates to subterranean cementing operations, and more particularly to an apparatus useful in loading cementing plugs and darts into tubulars, and methods of using such apparatus in subterranean cementing operations. An example of a method of the present invention is a method of placing a compressible object having a cross-section within a tubular, including the steps of: reducing the cross-section of the compressible object; placing the compressible object with the reduced cross-section in a tubular; and releasing the compressible object within the tubular. Another example of a method of the present invention is a method of reducing the radial cross-section of a compressible object. Other examples of apparatus of the present invention include apparatus for placing a compressible object into a tubular.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2004Publication date: November 10, 2005Inventors: Michael Stevens, David Szarka, Kevin Berscheidt, Henry Rogers, Brett Fears