Patents by Inventor Lance Everett Brothers

Lance Everett Brothers 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).

  • Use of solid surfactant composites in well cementing
    Patent number: 11312893
    Abstract: Disclosed are spacer fluids and methods of use in subterranean formations. Embodiments may include use of solid surfactant composites in well cementing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Lennox Martin Leotaud, Jiten Chatterji, Darrell Chad Brenneis, James Robert Benkley, Lance Everett Brothers, Brandi R. Hargrove, William J. Dean, Logan Todd Robertson
  • USE OF SOLID SURFACTANT COMPOSITES IN WELL CEMENTING
    Publication number: 20200140740
    Abstract: Disclosed are spacer fluids and methods of use in subterranean formations. Embodiments may include use of solid surfactant composites in well cementing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Lennox Martin Leotaud, Jiten Chatterji, Darrell Chad Brenneis, James Robert Benkley, Lance Everett Brothers, Brandi R. Hargrove, William J. Dean, Logan Todd Robertson
  • Set-delayed cement compositions comprising pumice and associated methods
    Patent number: 10626057
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of spraying a surface with a set-delayed cement. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; spraying a surface with the set-delayed cement composition; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Kyriacos Agapiou, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Samuel Jason Lewis, Lance Everett Brothers
  • Use of solid surfactant composites in well spacer fluids
    Patent number: 10584273
    Abstract: Disclosed are spacer fluids and methods of use in subterranean formations. Embodiments may include use of solid surfactant composites in well cementing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Lennox Martin Leotaud, Jiten Chatterji, Darrell Chad Brenneis, James Robert Benkley, Lance Everett Brothers, Brandi R. Hargrove, William J. Dean, Logan Todd Robertson
  • Cement set activators for cement compositions and associated methods
    Patent number: 10544649
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cement compositions and methods of using cement compositions in subterranean formations. An embodiment comprises a method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising: providing a cement composition comprising water, a pozzolan, hydrated lime, and a zeolite activator; introducing the cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation, wherein the zeolite activator accelerates compressive strength development of the cement composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Lance Everett Brothers
  • Set-delayed cement compositions comprising pumice and associated methods
    Patent number: 10221095
    Abstract: A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method of cementing in a subterranean formation, comprising: providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; activating the set-delayed cement composition; introducing the set-delayed cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Lance Everett Brothers, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • Set-delayed cement compositions comprising pumice and associated methods
    Patent number: 10202751
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of cementing a surface with a set-delayed cement composition. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder. The method further comprises placing the set-delayed cement composition into or onto a surface to be cemented and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set in the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Kyriacos Agapiou, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Samuel Jason Lewis, Lance Everett Brothers
  • Set-delayed cement compositions comprising pumice and associated methods
    Patent number: 10195764
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of forming a set cement shape. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; forming the set-delayed cement composition into a shape; and allowing the shaped set-delayed cement composition to set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyriacos Agapiou, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Samuel Jason Lewis, Lance Everett Brothers
  • Cement Set Activators for Cement Compositions and Associated Methods
    Publication number: 20180347310
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cement compositions and methods of using cement compositions in subterranean formations. An embodiment comprises a method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising: providing a cement composition comprising water, a pozzolan, hydrated lime, and a zeolite activator; introducing the cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation, wherein the zeolite activator accelerates compressive strength development of the cement composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Lance Everett Brothers
  • Use of synthetic smectite in set-delayed cement compositions comprising pumice
    Patent number: 10087358
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cement compositions using set-delayed cement compositions in subterranean formations. The composition may comprise a set-delayed cement composition comprising pumice, hydrated lime, a cement set retarder, a synthetic smectite, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter James Boul, Kyriacos Agapiou, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Lance Everett Brothers, Pauline Akinyi Otieno
  • Cement set activators for cement compositions and associated methods
    Patent number: 10082001
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cement compositions and methods of using cement compositions in subterranean formations. An embodiment comprises a method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising: providing a cement composition comprising water, a pozzolan, hydrated lime, and a zeolite activator; introducing the cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation, wherein the zeolite activator accelerates compressive strength development of the cement composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Lance Everett Brothers
  • USE OF SOLID SURFACTANT COMPOSITES IN WELL CEMENTING
    Publication number: 20180265763
    Abstract: Disclosed are spacer fluids and methods of use in subterranean formations. Embodiments may include use of solid surfactant composites in well cementing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Lennox Martin Leotaud, Jiten Chatterji, Darrel Chad Brenneis, James Robert Benkley, Lance Everett Brothers, Brandi R. Hargrove, William J. Dean, Logan Todd Robertson
  • Cement set activators for set-delayed cement compositions and associated methods
    Patent number: 9920235
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cement compositions and methods of using set-delayed cement compositions in subterranean formations. In one embodiment, a method of cementing in a subterranean formation is described. The method may comprise providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; activating the set-delayed cement composition with a liquid additive to produce an activated cement composition, wherein the liquid additive comprises a monovalent salt, a polyphosphate, a dispersant, and water; and allowing the activated cement composition to set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Inc.
    Inventors: Peter James Boul, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel J. Lewis, Kyriacos Agapiou, Lance Everett Brothers, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Baya Adams, Cody Glenn Harris
  • Settable compositions and methods of use
    Patent number: 9903177
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are settable compositions and methods of using settable compositions in a wellbore. In one embodiment a method of introducing a settable composition into a wellbore is described. The method comprises providing a settable composition comprising pumice, hydrated lime, a set retarder, and water. Introducing the settable composition into a wellbore. Allowing the settable composition to remain static in the wellbore, wherein the settable composition remains in a pumpable fluid state for a period of about 1 day or longer while static in the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyriacos Agapiou, Juan Humberto Martinez, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Vivek S. Goel, Lance Everett Brothers, Benjamin John Iverson
  • Set-Delayed Cement Compositions Comprising Pumice and Associated Methods
    Publication number: 20180044251
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of spraying a surface with a set-delayed cement. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; spraying a surface with the set-delayed cement composition; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Kyriacos Agapiou, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Samuel Jason Lewis, Lance Everett Brothers
  • Set-delayed cement compositions comprising pumice and associated methods
    Patent number: 9878949
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cement compositions and methods of using set-delayed cement compositions in subterranean formations. An embodiment includes a method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprising: providing a cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, a set retarder, and a strength enhancer, wherein the strength enhancer comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of cement kiln dust, slag, amorphous silica, a pozzolan, and any combination thereof; introducing the cement composition into the subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Hallliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Kyriacos Agapiou, Juan Humberto Martinez, Samuel Jason Lewis, Lance Everett Brothers, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Peter James Boul, Matthew Grady Kellum, Ronnie Glen Morgan
  • Yielding of hydrated lime in set-delayed and other settable compositions
    Patent number: 9869155
    Abstract: Methods and systems directed to controlling the rheology of settable compositions in subterranean formations. Embodiments include a method of controlling the rheology of a set-delayed cement composition, the method comprising: providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; shearing the set-delayed cement composition in an amount sufficient to substantially prevent solids settling; storing the set-delayed cement in a pumpable fluid state for at least 1 day; activating the set-delayed cement composition; introducing the set-delayed cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. Additional methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel J. Lewis, Kyriacos Agapiou, Peter James Bou, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Lance Everett Brothers, Ronnie Glen Morgan
  • Mitigation of contamination effects in set-delayed cement compositions comprising pumice and hydrated lime
    Patent number: 9856167
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for cementing are disclosed. Embodiments include a method of cementing comprising: providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, a primary set retarder, a secondary set retarder; activating the set-delayed cement composition to produce an activated cement composition; introducing the activated cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the activated cement composition to set in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel J. Lewis, Kyriacos Agapiou, Peter James Boul, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Lance Everett Brothers
  • Lost circulation compositions comprising pumice and associated methods
    Patent number: 9856169
    Abstract: Disclosed are lost circulation treatment fluids and methods of sealing lost circulation zones. Embodiments include a lost circulation treatment fluid comprising pumice, hydrated lime, a set retarder, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin John Iverson, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Kyriacos Agapiou, Lance Everett Brothers
  • Foaming of set-delayed cement compositions comprising pumice and hydrated lime
    Patent number: 9828541
    Abstract: A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment a method a cementing in a subterranean formation comprising: providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; foaming the set-delayed cement composition; activating the set-delayed cement composition; introducing the set-delayed cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. Additional methods, foamed set-delayed cement composition, and systems for cementing are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyriacos Agapiou, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel J. Lewis, Peter James Boul, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Lance Everett Brothers