Patents by Inventor Nicholas Baldasaro

Nicholas Baldasaro 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).

  • High efficiency radiation-induced triggering for set-on-command compositions and methods of use
    Patent number: 9546533
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize bremsstrahlung radiation may be used to facilitate the setting of a settable composition. For example, a method may include providing a settable composition in a portion of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, a portion of the subterranean formation, or both; conveying an electron accelerator tool along the wellbore proximal to the settable composition; producing an electron beam in the electron accelerator tool with a trajectory that impinges a converter material, thereby converting the electron beam to bremsstrahlung photons; and irradiating the settable composition with the bremsstrahlung photons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Baldasaro, Vijay Gupta, Samuel J. Lewis
  • High Efficiency Radiation-Induced Triggering for Set-On-Command Compositions and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20140209308
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for hydrocarbon exploration and production operations, such as subterranean cementing operations that allow for greater control over the setting of fluids or slurries used during such operations including placing a sealant composition having a polymerizable additive into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, and subjecting the sealant composition to a radiation dose of from about 1 to about 1000 grays, so as to form a seal therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Baldasaro, Vijay Gupta, Samuel J. Lewis
  • High Efficiency Radiation-Induced Triggering for Set-On-Command Compositions and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20140209298
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize bremsstrahlung radiation may be used to facilitate the setting of a settable composition. For example, a method may include providing a settable composition in a portion of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, a portion of the subterranean formation, or both; conveying an electron accelerator tool along the wellbore proximal to the settable composition; producing an electron beam in the electron accelerator tool with a trajectory that impinges a converter material, thereby converting the electron beam to bremsstrahlung photons; and irradiating the settable composition with the bremsstrahlung photons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Baldasaro, Vijay Gupta, Samuel J. Lewis