Patents by Inventor Michael L. Harless

Michael L. Harless 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: 10287487
    Abstract: A slick water fracturing fluid including a brine, an inorganic nitrate, a nitrogen reducing bacteria, a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate copolymer, a polyacrylate terpolymer, and mixtures thereof, and a friction reducer, wherein the friction reducer is a polyacrylamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: MULTI-CHEM GROUP LLC
    Inventors: Danny K. Durham, Michael L. Harless
  • Publication number: 20170240802
    Abstract: A slick water fracturing fluid including a brine, an inorganic nitrate, a nitrogen reducing bacteria, a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate copolymer, a polyacrylate terpolymer, and mixtures thereof, and a friction reducer, wherein the friction reducer is a polyacrylamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Danny K. Durham, Michael L. Harless
  • Patent number: 9683433
    Abstract: A slick water fracturing fluid including a brine, an inorganic nitrate, a nitrogen reducing bacteria, a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate copolymer, a polyacrylate terpolymer, and mixtures thereof, and a friction reducer, wherein the friction reducer is a polyacrylamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Multi-Chem Group, LLC
    Inventors: Danny K. Durham, Michael L. Harless
  • Publication number: 20150300144
    Abstract: A slick water fracturing fluid including a brine, an inorganic nitrate, a nitrogen reducing bacteria, a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate copolymer, a polyacrylate terpolymer, and mixtures thereof, and a friction reducer, wherein the friction reducer is a polyacrylamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel K. Durham, Michael L. Harless
  • Patent number: 9127986
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for remotely monitoring the temperature of acrolein in a storage tank has a temperature sensor in communication with the acrolein in the tank and with a temperature transmitter. A global positioning receiver/transmitter communicates with the temperature transmitter and sends the temperature data to a remote base station via a linking satellite while also providing location data about the storage tank. At the base station, the temperature data related to the actual temperature of the acrolein in the tank is compared to predetermined temperature set points. These predetermined set points correlate to polymerization reaction of the acrolein. When the set points are reached, a response processor initiates a response to control the polymerization reaction of the acrolein in the storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Multi-Chem Group, LLC
    Inventor: Michael L. Harless
  • Patent number: 9096789
    Abstract: A slick water fracturing fluid including a brine, an inorganic nitrate, a nitrogen reducing bacteria, a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate copolymer, a polyacrylate terpolymer, and mixtures thereof, and a friction reducer, wherein the friction reducer is a polyacrylamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Multi-Chem Group, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel K. Durham, Michael L. Harless
  • Patent number: 8771603
    Abstract: A method for scavenging hydrogen sulfide from geothermal steam in a condenser under vacuum. A fine curtain of atomized acrolein-water droplets may be sprayed into geothermal steam condensers in an amount of approximately 2:1 molar ratio of acrolein to H2S based on hydrogen sulfide in the incoming steam from the turbine. The range being approximately 0.1 ppm to 500 ppm of sulfide. The acrolein is allowed to react with the gas phase H2S to form non-volatile aldehyde byproducts which partition into the water phase, are returned to the cooling tower and ultimately removed by normal cooling-tower blow down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Harless, Daniel K. Durham
  • Publication number: 20130038471
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for remotely monitoring the temperature of acrolein in a storage tank has a temperature sensor in communication with the acrolein in the tank and with a temperature transmitter. A global positioning receiver/transmitter communicates with the temperature transmitter and sends the temperature data to a remote base station via a linking satellite while also providing location data about the storage tank. At the base station, the temperature data related to the actual temperature of the acrolein in the tank is compared to predetermined temperature set points. These predetermined set points correlate to polymerization reaction of the acrolein. When the set points are reached, a response processor initiates a response t control the polymerization reaction of the acrolein in the storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: MULTI-CHEM GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Michael L. Harless
  • Patent number: 8354087
    Abstract: A method for scavenging hydrogen sulfide from geothermal steam in a condenser under vacuum. A fine curtain of atomized acrolein-water droplets may be sprayed into geothermal steam condensers in an amount of approximately 2:1 molar ratio of acrolein to H2S based on hydrogen sulfide in the incoming steam from the turbine. The range being approximately 0.1 ppm to 500 ppm of sulfide. The acrolein is allowed to react with the gas phase H2S to form non-volatile aldehyde byproducts which partition into the water phase, are returned to the cooling tower and ultimately removed by normal cooling-tower blow down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Multi-Chem Group, LLC
    Inventors: Michael L. Harless, Daniel K. Durham
  • Publication number: 20120067566
    Abstract: A slick water fracturing fluid including a brine, an inorganic nitrate, a nitrogen reducing bacteria, a scale inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a polyacrylate polymer, a polyacrylate copolymer, a polyacrylate terpolymer, and mixtures thereof, and a friction reducer, wherein the friction reducer is a polyacrylamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: MULTI-CHEM GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel K. Durham, Michael L. Harless
  • Publication number: 20110236281
    Abstract: A method for scavenging hydrogen sulfide from geothermal steam in a condenser under vacuum. A fine curtain of atomized acrolein-water droplets may be sprayed into geothermal steam condensers in an amount of approximately 2:1 molar ratio of acrolein to H2S based on hydrogen sulfide in the incoming steam from the turbine. The range being approximately 0.1 ppm to 500 ppm of sulfide. The acrolein is allowed to react with the gas phase H2S to form non-volatile aldehyde byproducts which partition into the water phase, are returned to the cooling tower and ultimately removed by normal cooling-tower blow down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Michael L. Harless, Daniel K. Durham