Patents by Inventor Martin Santos

Martin Santos 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).

  • Publication number: 20240108547
    Abstract: Embodiments of an adapter, a system including the adapter, and methods of using the adapter may be for mixing a first substance and a second substance. The adapter may include a body having a first port configured to connect with a first container to receive a first substance, a second port configured to connect with a second container to receive a second substance, a third port configured to connect with a recipient container to output a mixture of the first substance and the second substance, and a mixing chamber having a first portion in communication with the first port and the second port and a second portion in communication with the third port. The adapter may further include a mixing pin inserted into the mixing chamber. In some embodiments, the mixing pin at least partially defines at least one microfluidic path for mixing the first substance and the second substance. In some embodiments, at least one of the first channel and the second channel are oriented offset of a central plane of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Dan LENNON, Emer MOLONEY, Aidan BYRNE, Martin McGARRY, Patrick DOWLING, Michael J. SULLIVAN, Rajiv KUMAR, Md Abu HASAN, Jorge SANTOS
  • Patent number: 11906688
    Abstract: A method of determining wettability may include: measuring an electrical property of a drilling fluid; and correlating the electrical property to wettability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, Jeffrey James Miller, Dale E. Jamison
  • Patent number: 11898086
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit shale are provided. In one embodiment, the methods include introducing an additive including a cationic clay stabilizer and an anionic clay stabilizer into a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the methods include introducing an additive including a cationic shale inhibitor and an anionic shale inhibitor into a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, Chunli Li, James William Ogle, Liang Xu
  • Patent number: 11773312
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, and systems directed to filter cake removal embodying a delayed breaker fluid for oil-based drill-in fluids. A wellbore treatment method comprising: introducing a delayed breaker fluid into a wellbore, wherein the delayed breaker fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid, an acid precursor, and a carbodiimide; and contacting a filter cake in the wellbore with the delayed breaker fluid such that the filter cake is at least partially degraded by acid released from the acid precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, William Walter Shumway, Jay Paul Deville
  • Publication number: 20230242803
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods that use a true crystallization temperature reduction additive in the aqueous internal phase. An example method may comprise providing an oil-based treatment fluid in the form of an invert emulsion comprising an aqueous internal phase and an oil external phase. The aqueous internal phase may include a bromide brine and a true crystallization temperature reduction additive, wherein the bromide brine has a density of about 14.2 lbs/gal or greater. The method may further include placing the oil-based treatment fluid into a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Paul Deville, Hui Zhou, Chesnee Lae Davis, Catherine Martin Santos
  • Publication number: 20230195096
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the field of detection of operational failures, more specifically with the monitoring of head loss in equipment such as reactors, heat exchangers and adsorption vessels. The invention uses a method for continuous monitoring of equipment head loss, in order to assist in the early identification and action on this type of problem, avoiding or reducing losses resulting from its occurrence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Bruno Martins Santos, Leonardo Fialho De Mello, Leandro Borges Grimaldi Molleri, Rodrigo Rosa Fernandes De Carvalho, Diego Telles Fernandes, Adriana De Souza Ferreira, Luiz Eduardo Borges Dos Santos, Vivian Passos De Souza, Ludmila Ribeiro De Francisco
  • Patent number: 11649391
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods that use a true crystallization temperature reduction additive in the aqueous internal phase. An example method may comprise providing an oil-based treatment fluid in the form of an invert emulsion comprising an aqueous internal phase and an oil external phase. The aqueous internal phase may include a bromide brine and a true crystallization temperature reduction additive, wherein the bromide brine has a density of about 14.2 lbs/gal or greater. The method may further include placing the oil-based treatment fluid into a wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Paul Deville, Hui Zhou, Chesnee Lae Davis, Catherine Martin Santos
  • Publication number: 20230127027
    Abstract: A method may include: performing a treatment operation on at least a portion of a subterranean formation using an oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluid that comprises an oleaginous phase and an aqueous phase; recovering at least a portion of the oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluid from the portion of the subterranean formation; introducing a quaternary ammonium compound into the recovered portion of the oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluid at a well site; and mechanically separating at least a portion of the recovered portion of the oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluid into an oleaginous fluid and an aqueous fluid
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, Li Guo
  • Publication number: 20230050542
    Abstract: The present invention addresses to obtaining a support of hydrorefining catalysts by an innovative preparation route that reduces the problem of loss (or leaching) of boron over the operating time of industrial units. As the presence of boron in catalysts contributes to increased activity (hydrogenating and acidic) and stability for the hydrorefining reactions (hydrotreating and hydrocracking), its maintenance in the catalyst guarantees the preservation of the properties in operation, throughout the entire cycle of campaign of industrial units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Vivian Passos De Souza, Carlos Alberto De Araujo Monteiro, Bruno Martins Santos
  • Patent number: 11578248
    Abstract: A method of drilling in a subterranean formation. A method may include providing a direct emulsion drilling fluid comprising an aqueous fluid, an oil, and a polysorbate emulsifier; circulating the direct emulsion drilling fluid from a surface, through a wellbore, and back to the surface; and extending the wellbore in the subterranean formation while circulating the direct emulsion drilling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, Li Guo
  • Patent number: 11566158
    Abstract: Quaternary ammonium compounds and methods of using such compounds to, for example, break oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluids are provided. In some embodiments, such methods include introducing a quaternary ammonium compound into an oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluid that comprises an oleaginous phase and an aqueous phase; and centrifuging at least the portion of the oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluid to separate at least a portion of the oil-in-water emulsion treatment fluid into an oleaginous fluid and an aqueous fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, Li Guo
  • Publication number: 20220220358
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, and systems directed to filter cake removal embodying a delayed breaker fluid for oil-based drill-in fluids. A wellbore treatment method comprising: introducing a delayed breaker fluid into a wellbore, wherein the delayed breaker fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid, an acid precursor, and a carbodiimide; and contacting a filter cake in the wellbore with the delayed breaker fluid such that the filter cake is at least partially degraded by acid released from the acid precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, William Walter Shumway, Jay Paul Deville
  • Patent number: 11319477
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, and systems directed to filter cake removal embodying a delayed breaker fluid for oil-based drill-in fluids. A wellbore treatment method comprising: introducing a delayed breaker fluid into a wellbore, wherein the delayed breaker fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid, an acid precursor, and a carbodiimide; and contacting a filter cake in the wellbore with the delayed breaker fluid such that the filter cake is at least partially degraded by acid released from the acid precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, William Walter Shumway, Jay Paul Deville
  • Patent number: 11034877
    Abstract: A method of drilling in a subterranean formation is disclosed. The method may include providing a direct emulsion drilling fluid comprising an aqueous-based fluid, an oil, and a poly-quaternary ammonium chloride emulsifier; circulating the direct emulsion drilling fluid from the surface, through a wellbore, and back to the surface; and extending the wellbore in the subterranean formation while circulating the direct emulsion drilling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, Li Guo
  • Publication number: 20210115320
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, and systems directed to filter cake removal embodying a delayed breaker fluid for oil-based drill-in fluids. A wellbore treatment method comprising: introducing a delayed breaker fluid into a wellbore, wherein the delayed breaker fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid, an acid precursor, and a carbodiimide; and contacting a filter cake in the wellbore with the delayed breaker fluid such that the filter cake is at least partially degraded by acid released from the acid precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, William Walter Shumway, Jay Paul Deville
  • Publication number: 20210115319
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, and systems directed to filter cake removal embodying a delayed breaker fluid for oil-based drill-in fluids. A wellbore treatment method comprising: introducing a delayed breaker fluid into a wellbore, wherein the delayed breaker fluid comprises an aqueous fluid, a brine-soluble weak base, and an acid precursor; and contacting a filter cake in the well bore with the delayed breaker fluid such that the filter cake is at least partially degraded by acid released from the acid precursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, William Walter Shumway, Jay Paul Deville
  • Publication number: 20210103070
    Abstract: A method of determining wettability may include: measuring an electrical property of a drilling fluid; and correlating the electrical property to wettability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, Jeffrey James Miller, Dale E. Jamison
  • Publication number: 20210071059
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit shale are provided. In one embodiment, the methods include introducing an additive including a cationic clay stabilizer and an anionic clay stabilizer into a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the methods include introducing an additive including a cationic shale inhibitor and an anionic shale inhibitor into a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, Chunli Li, James William Ogle, Liang Xu
  • Publication number: 20210062064
    Abstract: A method of using a high temperature treatment fluid containing nanocellulose including: providing a treatment fluid that includes a base fluid, a synthetic crosslinked polymer composition including a plurality of monomeric units, and at least one crosslinker, and a nanocellulose. The treatment fluid is introduced into at least a portion of a well bore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jay Paul Deville, Ayten Khaled Rady, Catherine Martin Santos, Bill Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200369941
    Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods that use a true crystallization temperature reduction additive in the aqueous internal phase. An example method may comprise providing an oil-based treatment fluid in the form of an invert emulsion comprising an aqueous internal phase and an oil external phase. The aqueous internal phase may include a bromide brine and a true crystallization temperature reduction additive, wherein the bromide brine has a density of about 14.2 lbs/gal or greater. The method may further include placing the oil-based treatment fluid into a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Paul Deville, Hui Zhou, Chesnee Lae Davis, Catherine Martin Santos