Patents by Inventor Laurie A. Hodgins

Laurie A. Hodgins 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).

  • Method of reducing water influx into gas wells
    Patent number: 8016039
    Abstract: A method of reducing water influx into a wellbore, wherein the wellbore is in fluid communication with a subterranean formation such as a gas producing formation or gas reservoir. The method particularly places a gelant in a desired position down the wellbore and into the formation in order to thereby reduce the influx of water and enhance the resulting gas production. The method includes the steps of first introducing a gelant into the wellbore and second introducing a temporarily stable foam into the wellbore in order to overdisplace the gelant from the wellbore and into the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Alberta Research Council, Inc.
    Inventors: Laurie A. Hodgins, Fred Wassmuth
  • Method of Reducing Water Influx Into Gas Wells
    Publication number: 20080135243
    Abstract: A method of reducing water influx into a wellbore, wherein the wellbore is in fluid communication with a subterranean formation such as a gas producing formation or gas reservoir. The method particularly places a gelant in a desired position down the wellbore and into the formation in order to thereby reduce the influx of water and enhance the resulting gas production. The method includes the steps of first introducing a gelant into the wellbore and second introducing a temporarily stable foam into the wellbore in order to overdisplace the gelant from the wellbore and into the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL INC.
    Inventors: Laurie A. Hodgins, Fred Wassmuth