Patents by Inventor Nicholas H. Gardiner

Nicholas H. Gardiner 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).

  • Forming facsimile formation core samples using three-dimensional printing
    Patent number: 10315250
    Abstract: Methods including providing an actual formation core sample; determining an internal anatomy of at least a portion of the actual formation core sample; determining a virtual 3D model of the external anatomy of the actual formation core sample in a computer readable format, wherein the virtual 3D model of the external anatomy of the actual formation core sample is represented by successive 2D cross-sectional layers; providing a 3D printer; transmitting the virtual 3D model of the external anatomy of the actual formation core sample to the 3D printer; and printing a facsimile core sample using the 3D printer, thereby replicating at least a portion of the external anatomy of the actual formation core sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Nicholas H. Gardiner
  • Delayed delivery of chemicals in a wellbore
    Patent number: 9982187
    Abstract: Methods and systems of delivering a treatment chemical are disclosed, including providing a plurality of porous particles each having an outer surface, wherein each of the plurality of porous particles comprises a plurality of pores; infusing the plurality of porous particles with the treatment chemical; coating the plurality of porous particles with a degradable film; adding the plurality of porous particles to a carrier fluid, wherein the degradable film substantially separates the treatment chemical from the carrier fluid; introducing the carrier fluid into a formation; and allowing the degradable film to degrade within the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Nicholas H. Gardiner, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Forming Facsimile Formation Core Samples Using Three-Dimensional Printing
    Publication number: 20170008085
    Abstract: Methods including providing an actual formation core sample; determining an internal anatomy of at least a portion of the actual formation core sample; determining a virtual 3D model of the external anatomy of the actual formation core sample in a computer readable format, wherein the virtual 3D model of the external anatomy of the actual formation core sample is represented by successive 2D cross-sectional layers; providing a 3D printer; transmitting the virtual 3D model of the external anatomy of the actual formation core sample to the 3D printer; and printing a facsimile core sample using the 3D printer, thereby replicating at least a portion of the external anatomy of the actual formation core sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Nicholas H. Gardiner
  • DELAYED DELIVERY OF CHEMICALS IN A WELLBORE
    Publication number: 20160326427
    Abstract: Methods and systems of delivering a treatment chemical are disclosed, including providing a plurality of porous particles each having an outer surface, wherein each of the plurality of porous particles comprises a plurality of pores; infusing the plurality of porous particles with the treatment chemical; coating the plurality of porous particles with a degradable film; adding the plurality of porous particles to a carrier fluid, wherein the degradable film substantially separates the treatment chemical from the carrier fluid; introducing the carrier fluid into a formation; and allowing the degradable film to degrade within the formation
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Nicholas H. Gardiner, Philip D. Nguyen