Patents by Inventor Mark Hodder

Mark Hodder 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).

  • COOLING FOR GEOTHERMAL WELL DRILLING
    Publication number: 20250034947
    Abstract: A method for drilling a geothermal well in a subterranean zone includes drilling, with a drill string, a wellbore of the geothermal well in the subterranean zone. An inherent temperature of the rock adjacent a rock face at a downhole end of the wellbore is at least 250 degrees Celsius. While drilling, a drilling fluid is flowed at a temperature at the rock face such that a difference between the inherent temperature of the rock adjacent the rock face and the temperature of the drilling fluid at the rock face is at least 100 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Matthew Toews, Michael Holmes, Ariel Torre, Aleksandr Vetsak, Mark Hodder
  • Cooling for geothermal well drilling
    Patent number: 12140028
    Abstract: A method for drilling a geothermal well in a subterranean zone includes drilling, with a drill string, a wellbore of the geothermal well in the subterranean zone. An inherent temperature of the rock adjacent a rock face at a downhole end of the wellbore is at least 250 degrees Celsius. While drilling, a drilling fluid is flowed at a temperature at the rock face such that a difference between the inherent temperature of the rock adjacent the rock face and the temperature of the drilling fluid at the rock face is at least 100 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Toews, Michael Holmes, Ariel Torre, Aleksandr Vetsak, Mark Hodder
  • COOLING FOR GEOTHERMAL WELL DRILLING
    Publication number: 20230228155
    Abstract: A method for drilling a geothermal well in a subterranean zone includes drilling, with a drill string, a wellbore of the geothermal well in the subterranean zone. An inherent temperature of the rock adjacent a rock face at a downhole end of the wellbore is at least 250° C. While drilling, a drilling fluid is flowed at a temperature at the rock face such that a difference between the inherent temperature of the rock adjacent the rock face and the temperature of the drilling fluid at the rock face is at least 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Toews, Michael Holmes, Ariel Torre, Aleksandr Vetsak, Mark Hodder