Patents by Inventor Leldon Mark Farabee
Leldon Mark Farabee 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: 9677362Abstract: A casing cutting tool including a top mandrel operatively coupled to a conveyance; a first retractable wedge operatively coupled to the top mandrel; a jetting tool operatively coupled to the retractable wedge, the retractable wedge thereby interposing the top mandrel and the jetting tool, wherein the jetting tool has one or more jetting nozzles arranged thereon; and a bottom terminal operatively coupled to the jetting tool, the jetting tool thereby interposing the retractable wedge and the bottom terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jim B. Surjaatmadja, Leldon Mark Farabee, Jorn Tore Giskemo
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Patent number: 9670734Abstract: Embodiments herein include a casing cutting tool comprising a top mandrel operatively coupled to a conveyance; a first retractable wedge operatively coupled to the top mandrel; a jetting tool operatively coupled to the retractable wedge, the retractable wedge thereby interposing the top mandrel and the jetting tool, wherein the jetting tool has one or more jetting nozzles arranged thereon; and a bottom terminal operatively coupled to the jetting tool, the jetting tool thereby interposing the retractable wedge and the bottom terminal.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Jim B. Surjaatmadja, Leldon Mark Farabee, Jorn Tore Giskemo
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Publication number: 20160273293Abstract: A casing cutting tool including a top mandrel operatively coupled to a conveyance; a first retractable wedge operatively coupled to the top mandrel; a jetting tool operatively coupled to the retractable wedge, the retractable wedge thereby interposing the top mandrel and the jetting tool, wherein the jetting tool has one or more jetting nozzles arranged thereon; and a bottom terminal operatively coupled to the jetting tool, the jetting tool thereby interposing the retractable wedge and the bottom terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jim B. Surjaatmadja, Leldon Mark Farabee, Jorn Tore Giskemo
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Publication number: 20150144340Abstract: Embodiments herein include a casing cutting tool comprising a top mandrel operatively coupled to a conveyance; a first retractable wedge operatively coupled to the top mandrel; a jetting tool operatively coupled to the retractable wedge, the retractable wedge thereby interposing the top mandrel and the jetting tool, wherein the jetting tool has one or more jetting nozzles arranged thereon; and a bottom terminal operatively coupled to the jetting tool, the jetting tool thereby interposing the retractable wedge and the bottom terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jim B. Surjaatmadja, Leldon Mark Farabee, Jorn Tore Giskemo
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Patent number: 7766083Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of isolating hydrajet stimulated zones from subsequent well operations. The method includes the step of drilling a wellbore into the subterranean formation of interest. Next, the wellbore may or may not be cased depending upon a number of factors including the nature and structure of the subterranean formation. Next, the casing, if one is installed, and wellbore are perforated using a high pressure fluid being ejected from a hydrajetting tool. A first zone of the subterranean formation is then fractured and stimulated. Next, the first zone is temporarily plugged or partially sealed by installing an isolation fluid into the wellbore adjacent to the one or more fractures and/or in the openings thereof, so that subsequent zones can be fractured and additional well operations can be performed.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ronald M. Willett, Jim B. Surjaatmadja, Billy W. McDaniel, Leldon Mark Farabee, David M. Adams, Lloyd E. East
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Patent number: 7681635Abstract: An example of a method includes providing a hydrajetting tool in a well bore in a formation; injecting a fluid through the tool into a first region of the formation at a velocity sufficient to form one or more perforation tunnels; maintaining the flow of fluid into the perforation tunnels at a pressure greater than the fracture closure pressure, so as to create one or more fractures in the first region; plugging at least partially the fractures with an isolation fluid; injecting a fluid through the hydrajetting tool into a second region of the formation at a velocity sufficient to form one or more perforation tunnels in the second region; and maintaining the flow of fluid into the perforation tunnels in the second region at a pressure greater than the fracture closure pressure, so as to create one or more fractures in the second region.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2005Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Leldon Mark Farabee, Ruben A. Alba
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Patent number: 7225869Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of isolating hydrajet stimulated zones from subsequent well operations. The method includes the step of drilling a wellbore into the subterranean formation of interest. Next, the wellbore may or may not be cased depending upon a number of factors including the nature and structure of the subterranean formation. Next, the casing, if one is installed, and wellbore are perforated using a high pressure fluid being ejected from a hydrajetting tool. A first zone of the subterranean formation is then fractured and stimulated. Next, the first zone is temporarily plugged or partially sealed by installing an isolation fluid into the wellbore adjacent to the one or more fractures and/or in the openings thereof, so that subsequent zones can be fractured and additional well operations can be performed.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2004Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ronald M. Willett, Jim B. Surjaatmadja, Billy W. McDaniel, Leldon Mark Farabee, David M. Adams, Loyd E. East
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Publication number: 20040065440Abstract: Methods and apparatus for drilling subsea wells in deep water using dual-gradient drilling techniques. One preferred embodiment includes a high pressure riser running from a drilling platform at the surface to the seafloor. The base of the riser is connected to a wellhead that is anchored to the seafloor. Pressure control equipment is disposed on the upper end of the riser at the drilling platform. A coiled tubing drill string is run through the riser and into the subsea formation. The drill string preferably includes a pressure sensing device that can be used in transmitting real-time downhole pressure data to the surface. A riser injection system is provided to inject a lower density fluid into the riser annulus in order to reduce the density of the fluids in the riser annulus and therefore reduce the hydrostatic pressure within the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2002Publication date: April 8, 2004Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Leldon Mark Farabee, Carey John Naquin, Patrick Emmett Laursen