Patents by Inventor Matthew Hilfiger

Matthew Hilfiger 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).

  • Patent number: 11028043
    Abstract: Methods of making N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines are provided, in which the method includes reacting a polyamine comprising Formula (XXIV): with a cyclic oxide to produce the N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine, where R1 and R2 are independently a —C or —CH group; R3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl; and R4 and R5 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls, or are covalently connected to form an unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Matthew Hilfiger, B. Raghava Reddy
  • Patent number: 10934249
    Abstract: N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, methods of making N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, and drilling fluids containing N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines are provided, in which the N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine includes Formula (I): where R1 and R2 are independently a —C or —CH group; R3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl; R4 and R5 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls, or R1, R2, R4, and R5 are covalently connected to form a cyclic hydrocarbyl; and R6, R7, R8, and R9 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls or acyclic heterohydrocarbyls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Matthew Hilfiger, B. Raghava Reddy
  • Patent number: 10767099
    Abstract: Treating a subterranean formation with a composition including a maleic anhydride copolymer, an amine crosslinker, and a gelling agent. The maleic anhydride copolymer includes first repeat units I and II and at least one of second repeat units III and IV: where each R1 is independently-H, —O(C1-C5) alkyl, or —(C1-C5) alkyl; each R2 is independently-H, —O(C1-C5) alkyl, or —(C1-C5) alkyl; each R3 is independently —OH or —O?M1, each M1 is independently an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an ammonium ion, or a quaternary ammonium ion; and each R4 is independently-NH2 or —OM1. The gelling agent includes at least one of: a calcium chelating agent, a calcium precipitating agent, a pH buffer, an agent reactive with hydroxide, and an acid generating agent, and promotes formation of a gel from the maleic anhydride copolymer and the amine crosslinker in contact with set cement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Publication number: 20200247744
    Abstract: Methods of making N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines are provided, in which the method includes reacting a polyamine comprising Formula (XXIV): with a cyclic oxide to produce the N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine, where R1 and R2 are independently a —C or —CH group; R3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl; and R4 and R5 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls, or are covalently connected to form an unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Matthew Hilfiger, B. Raghava Reddy
  • Patent number: 10677001
    Abstract: In a method to degrade filtercake in a hydrocarbon reservoir using downhole in-situ heat generation, a filtercake breaker, configured to degrade filtercake at a temperature, is mixed with a drilling fluid. The drilling fluid mixed with the filtercake breaker is flowed through a hydrocarbon reservoir in which a wellbore is being drilled. A filtercake forms in a portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir responsive to flowing the drilling fluid. A temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir is less than the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake. Multiple filtercake chemicals are flowed to the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir. The multiple filtercake chemicals, when mixed, are configured to react in an exothermic reaction to release heat to increase the temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir to at least the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Pubudu Gamage, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Patent number: 10677002
    Abstract: In a method to degrade filtercake in a hydrocarbon reservoir using downhole in-situ heat generation, a filtercake breaker, configured to degrade filtercake at a temperature, is mixed with a drilling fluid. The drilling fluid mixed with the filtercake breaker is flowed through a hydrocarbon reservoir in which a wellbore is being drilled. A filtercake forms in a portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir responsive to flowing the drilling fluid. A temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir is less than the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake. Multiple filtercake chemicals are flowed to the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir. The multiple filtercake chemicals, when mixed, are configured to react in an exothermic reaction to release heat to increase the temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir to at least the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Pubudu Gamage, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Publication number: 20190338178
    Abstract: Treating a subterranean formation with a composition including a maleic anhydride copolymer, an amine crosslinker, and a gelling agent. The maleic anhydride copolymer includes first repeat units I and II and at least one of second repeat units III and IV: where each R1 is independently-H, —O(C1-C5) alkyl, or —(C1-C5) alkyl; each R2 is independently-H, —O(C1-C5) alkyl, or —(C1-C5) alkyl; each R3 is independently —OH or —O?M1, each M1 is independently an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an ammonium ion, or a quaternary ammonium ion; and each R4 is independently-NH2 or —OM1. The gelling agent includes at least one of: a calcium chelating agent, a calcium precipitating agent, a pH buffer, an agent reactive with hydroxide, and an acid generating agent, and promotes formation of a gel from the maleic anhydride copolymer and the amine crosslinker in contact with set cement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Publication number: 20190323303
    Abstract: In a method to degrade filtercake in a hydrocarbon reservoir using downhole in-situ heat generation, a filtercake breaker, configured to degrade filtercake at a temperature, is mixed with a drilling fluid. The drilling fluid mixed with the filtercake breaker is flowed through a hydrocarbon reservoir in which a wellbore is being drilled. A filtercake forms in a portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir responsive to flowing the drilling fluid. A temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir is less than the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake. Multiple filtercake chemicals are flowed to the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir. The multiple filtercake chemicals, when mixed, are configured to react in an exothermic reaction to release heat to increase the temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir to at least the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Pubudu Gamage, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Publication number: 20190323304
    Abstract: In a method to degrade filtercake in a hydrocarbon reservoir using downhole in-situ heat generation, a filtercake breaker, configured to degrade filtercake at a temperature, is mixed with a drilling fluid. The drilling fluid mixed with the filtercake breaker is flowed through a hydrocarbon reservoir in which a wellbore is being drilled. A filtercake forms in a portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir responsive to flowing the drilling fluid. A temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir is less than the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake. Multiple filtercake chemicals are flowed to the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir. The multiple filtercake chemicals, when mixed, are configured to react in an exothermic reaction to release heat to increase the temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir to at least the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Pubudu Gamage, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Patent number: 10400527
    Abstract: In a method to degrade filtercake in a hydrocarbon reservoir using downhole in-situ heat generation, a filtercake breaker, configured to degrade filtercake at a temperature, is mixed with a drilling fluid. The drilling fluid mixed with the filtercake breaker is flowed through a hydrocarbon reservoir in which a wellbore is being drilled. A filtercake forms in a portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir responsive to flowing the drilling fluid. A temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir is less than the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake. Multiple filtercake chemicals are flowed to the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir. The multiple filtercake chemicals, when mixed, are configured to react in an exothermic reaction to release heat to increase the temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir to at least the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Pubudu Gamage, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Publication number: 20190210956
    Abstract: N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, methods of making N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, and drilling fluids containing N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines are provided, in which the N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine includes Formula (I): where R1 and R2 are independently a —C or —CH group; R3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl; R4 and R5 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls, or R1, R2, R4, and R5 are covalently connected to form a cyclic hydrocarbyl; and R6, R7, R8, and R9 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls or acyclic heterohydrocarbyls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Matthew Hilfiger, B. Raghava Reddy
  • Patent number: 10343976
    Abstract: N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, methods of making N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, and drilling fluids containing N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines are provided, in which the N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine includes Formula (I): where R1 and R2 are independently a —C or —CH group; R3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl; R4 and R5 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls, or R1, R2, R4, and R5 are covalently connected to form a cyclic hydrocarbyl; and R6, R7, R8, and R9 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls or acyclic heterohydrocarbyls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Matthew Hilfiger, B. Raghava Reddy
  • Publication number: 20190202773
    Abstract: N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, methods of making N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, and drilling fluids containing N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines are provided, in which the N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine includes Formula (I): where R1 and R2 are independently a —C or —CH group; R3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl; R4 and R5 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls, or R1, R2, R4, and R5 are covalently connected to form a cyclic hydrocarbyl; and R6, R7, R8, and R9 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls or acyclic heterohydrocarbyls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Matthew Hilfiger, B. Raghava Reddy
  • Patent number: 10160901
    Abstract: An oil-swellable gel lost circulation material (LCM) formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine is provided. The LCM may include gel pieces cut from gel strands formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine. The oil-swellable gel LCM composition may be formed by mixing an elastomeric polymer solution with a crosslinker amine and heating the mixture to form a crosslinked gel. The gel may be extruded through a die having orifices into a non-solvent and allowed to desolvate in the presence of the non-solvent. The gel strands may be dried and cut into gel pieces to form an LCM. The resulting LCM may swell when introduced to a loss circulation zone in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid such as a drilling mud or component of a drilling mud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Upstream Technology Company
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Patent number: 10155898
    Abstract: An oil-swellable gel lost circulation material (LCM) formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine is provided. The LCM may include gel pieces cut from gel strands formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine. The oil-swellable gel LCM composition may be formed by mixing an elastomeric polymer solution with a crosslinker amine and heating the mixture to form a crosslinked gel. The gel may be extruded through a die having orifices into a non-solvent and allowed to desolvate in the presence of the non-solvent. The gel strands may be dried and cut into gel pieces to form an LCM. The resulting LCM may swell when introduced to a loss circulation zone in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid such as a drilling mud or component of a drilling mud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Upstream Technology Company
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Publication number: 20180334608
    Abstract: An oil-swellable gel lost circulation material (LCM) formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine is provided. The LCM may include gel pieces cut from gel strands formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine. The oil-swellable gel LCM composition may be formed by mixing an elastomeric polymer solution with a crosslinker amine and heating the mixture to form a crosslinked gel. The gel may be extruded through a die having orifices into a non-solvent and allowed to desolvate in the presence of the non-solvent. The gel strands may be dried and cut into gel pieces to form an LCM. The resulting LCM may swell when introduced to a loss circulation zone in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid such as a drilling mud or component of a drilling mud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Publication number: 20180334609
    Abstract: An oil-swellable gel lost circulation material (LCM) formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine is provided. The LCM may include gel pieces cut from gel strands formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine. The oil-swellable gel LCM composition may be formed by mixing an elastomeric polymer solution with a crosslinker amine and heating the mixture to form a crosslinked gel. The gel may be extruded through a die having orifices into a non-solvent and allowed to desolvate in the presence of the non-solvent. The gel strands may be dried and cut into gel pieces to form an LCM. The resulting LCM may swell when introduced to a loss circulation zone in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid such as a drilling mud or component of a drilling mud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Patent number: 10131622
    Abstract: N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, methods of making N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, and drilling fluids containing N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines are provided, in which the N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine includes Formula (I): where R1 and R2 are independently a —C or —CH group; R3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl; R4 and R5 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls, or R1, R2, R4, and R5 are covalently connected to form a cyclic hydrocarbyl; and R6, R7, R8, and R9 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls or acyclic heterohydrocarbyls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Upstream Technology Company
    Inventors: Matthew Hilfiger, B. Raghava Reddy
  • Patent number: 10081756
    Abstract: An oil-swellable gel lost circulation material (LCM) formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine is provided. The LCM may include gel pieces cut from gel strands formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine. The oil-swellable gel LCM composition may be formed by mixing an elastomeric polymer solution with a crosslinker amine and heating the mixture to form a crosslinked gel. The gel may be extruded through a die having orifices into a non-solvent and allowed to desolvate in the presence of the non-solvent. The gel strands may be dried and cut into gel pieces to form an LCM. The resulting LCM may swell when introduced to a loss circulation zone in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid such as a drilling mud or component of a drilling mud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Matthew Hilfiger
  • Publication number: 20170167211
    Abstract: In a method to degrade filtercake in a hydrocarbon reservoir using downhole in-situ heat generation, a filtercake breaker, configured to degrade filtercake at a temperature, is mixed with a drilling fluid. The drilling fluid mixed with the filtercake breaker is flowed through a hydrocarbon reservoir in which a wellbore is being drilled. A filtercake forms in a portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir responsive to flowing the drilling fluid. A temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir is less than the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake. Multiple filtercake chemicals are flowed to the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir. The multiple filtercake chemicals, when mixed, are configured to react in an exothermic reaction to release heat to increase the temperature of the portion of the hydrocarbon reservoir to at least the temperature at which the filtercake breaker is configured to degrade filtercake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Pubudu Gamage, Matthew Hilfiger