Patents by Inventor Nicole Mast

Nicole Mast 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: 12247166
    Abstract: A method for acidizing a subterranean formation may include: preparing a water-in-oil emulsion comprising a non-polar phase, a polar phase, an emulsifier an acid, and a drag reducing agent; pumping the water-in-oil emulsion into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation above a fracture gradient of the subterranean formation to create or extend at least one fracture in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Antonio Reyes, Kristina Henkel Holan, Antonio Recio, III, Nicole Mast
  • Publication number: 20250051635
    Abstract: A variety of methods, systems, and compositions are disclosed, including, in one example, a method that includes: introducing a treatment fluid into a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid comprises: water; an acid; a corrosion inhibitor; and a friction reducer having a vinyl phosphonic acid moiety, an acrylic acid moiety, a vinyl sulfonate moiety, a diallyl moiety, or an acrylamide moiety; and flowing at least a portion of the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the pressure required to achieve a given flow rate of the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation is reduced by at least 1% as compared to the pressure required to achieve the given flow rate of the treatment fluid in the subterranean formation without the friction reducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Mast, Enrique Antonio Reyes, Antonio Recio, III
  • Publication number: 20240400888
    Abstract: Friction reducers can be included in a liquid concentrate for use in treatment fluids in oil and gas operations. The liquid concentrate can be a slurry and include oil or a brine as the continuous phase and the friction reducer in dry form as the dispersed phase. The liquid concentrate can be an invert emulsion and include oil as the continuous phase and water and friction reducer dissolved in the water as the dispersed phase. A suspending agent can be included in the liquid concentrate to distribute and suspend the friction reducer throughout the continuous phase. The suspending agent can form micelles that form a mesh-like network to distribute and suspend the friction reducer. A portion of the liquid concentrate can be added to a base fluid at the wellsite to form the treatment fluid. The treatment fluid can be a fracturing fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: I Wayan Rakananda SAPUTRA, Nicole MAST, Denise Nicole BENOIT, Larry Steven EOFF, Daniel Bryant EDDINGS
  • Publication number: 20240384161
    Abstract: A method for acidizing a subterranean formation may include: preparing a water-in-oil emulsion comprising a non-polar phase, a polar phase, an emulsifier an acid, and a drag reducing agent; pumping the water-in-oil emulsion into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation above a fracture gradient of the subterranean formation to create or extend at least one fracture in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique Antonio Reyes, Kristina Henkel Holan, Antonio Recio, III, Nicole Mast
  • Patent number: 12139667
    Abstract: A variety of methods, systems, and compositions are disclosed, including, in one example, a method that includes: introducing a treatment fluid into a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, wherein the treatment fluid comprises: water; an acid; a corrosion inhibitor; and a friction reducer having a vinyl phosphonic acid moiety, an acrylic acid moiety, a vinyl sulfonate moiety, a diallyl moiety, or an acrylamide moiety; and flowing at least a portion of the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the pressure required to achieve a given flow rate of the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation is reduced by at least 1% as compared to the pressure required to achieve the given flow rate of the treatment fluid in the subterranean formation without the friction reducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Mast, Enrique Antonio Reyes, Antonio Recio, III
  • Patent number: 12043798
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating a well with a treatment fluid. An example method prepares a treatment fluid by combining a furan-based polymer, a Bronsted acid, at least one of an anhydride and/or dibasic ester, a wetting agent, and a docking agent. The treatment fluid is introduced into a wellbore and a wellbore operation is performed with the treatment fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC
    Inventors: Antonio Recio, Nicole Mast, I Wayan Rakananda Saputra, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20240166942
    Abstract: A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, A friction reducer comprising: a continuous phase comprising a base oil and a secondary oil, wherein the secondary oil is different than the base oil; a discontinuous phase dispersed in the continuation phase, wherein the discontinuous phase comprises water and a water-soluble polymer, and an emulsifying surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Mast-Hale, Denise Nicole Benoit, I Wayan Rakananda Saputra, Francisco Xavier Ruiz, II
  • Publication number: 20240086398
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for performing a well completion. Specifically, a distributed ledger associated with a supply chain for a well completion is accessed. The distributed ledger can include a first entry associated with a first entity in the supply chain that is indicative of an identification of the first entity and characteristics of a material implemented in the well completion. The ledger can also include a second entry associated with a second entity in the supply chain that is indicative of the second entity and the characteristics of the material at the second entity. Integration of the material in the well completion can be controlled based on the first entry and the second entry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel D. GLEITMAN, Ron DUSTERHOFT, Behrouz EBRAHIMI, Nicole MAST, Philip D. NGUYEN
  • Patent number: 11920086
    Abstract: A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, A friction reducer comprising: a continuous phase comprising a base oil and a secondary oil, wherein the secondary oil is different than the base oil; a discontinuous phase dispersed in the continuation phase, wherein the discontinuous phase comprises water and a water-soluble polymer; and an emulsifying surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Mast-Hale, Denise Nicole Benoit, I Wayan Rakananda Saputra, Francisco Xavier Ruiz, II
  • Publication number: 20240067870
    Abstract: A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, A friction reducer comprising: a continuous phase comprising a base oil and a secondary oil, wherein the secondary oil is different than the base oil; a discontinuous phase dispersed in the continuation phase, wherein the discontinuous phase comprises water and a water-soluble polymer; and an emulsifying surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicole Mast, Denise Nicole Benoit, I Wayan Rakananda Saputra, Francisco Xavier Ruiz, II
  • Patent number: 11254856
    Abstract: Methods and compositions comprising an emulsion or a microemulsion for use in various aspects of the life cycle of an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the emulsion or the microemulsion comprises water, a solvent, and a surfactant, and optionally, one or more additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: Randal M. Hill, Lakia M. Champagne, Nathan L. Lett, Keith Ingram Dismuke, David Germack, Melinda Soeung, Nicole Mast
  • Publication number: 20200369950
    Abstract: Methods for treating an oil or gas well having a wellbore and selecting compositions for treating an oil or gas well having a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: Randal M. Hill, Lakia M. Champagne, Nathan L. Lett, Keith Ingram Dismuke, David Germack, Nicole Mast, Melinda Soeung
  • Publication number: 20200332177
    Abstract: Methods and compositions comprising an emulsion or a microemulsion for use in various aspects of the life cycle of an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the emulsion or the microemulsion comprises water, a solvent, and a surfactant, and optionally, one or more additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: Randal M. Hill, Lakia M. Champagne, Nathan L. Lett, Keith Ingram Dismuke, David Germack, Melinda Soeung, Nicole Mast
  • Patent number: 10738235
    Abstract: Methods for treating an oil or gas well having a wellbore by, for example, injecting an emulsion or microemulsion into the wellbore to increase formation crude oil or formation gas production by the well. Methods of selecting compositions for treating an oil or gas well having a wellbore to increase formation crude oil or formation gas production by the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: Randal M. Hill, Lakia M. Champagne, Nathan L. Lett, Keith Ingram Dismuke, David Germack, Nicole Mast, Melinda Soeung
  • Patent number: 10717919
    Abstract: Methods and compositions comprising an emulsion or a microemulsion for use in various aspects of the life cycle of an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the emulsion or the microemulsion comprises water, a solvent, and a surfactant, and optionally, one or more additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: David Germack, Nicole Mast
  • Patent number: 10703960
    Abstract: Methods comprising a microemulsion for use in various aspects of the life cycle of an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the microemulsion comprises water, a solvent, and a surfactant, and optionally, one or more additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: Randal M. Hill, Lakia M. Champagne, Nathan L. Lett, Keith Ingram Dismuke, David Germack, Melinda Soeung, Nicole Mast
  • Patent number: 10577531
    Abstract: Methods and compositions comprising an emulsion or a microemulsion and a polymer for use in an oil and/or gas well are provided. In some embodiments, the emulsion or the microemulsion comprises water, a solvent, and a surfactant, and optionally, one or more additives. In certain embodiments, the polymer comprises a copolymer comprising an acrylamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Pursley, Glenn S. Penny, Charles Earl Hammond, David Germack, Nicole Mast, Deepankar Biswas, Arun Kharghoria
  • Publication number: 20190241796
    Abstract: Polymeric drag reducing compositions comprising polymers for treatment in various aspects of a life cycle of an oil and/or gas well, and related methods, are provided. In some embodiments, the drag reducing composition comprises a fast-dissolving polymer and a slow-dissolving polymer slurry. In some embodiments, the fast-dissolving polymer comprises a cationic and/or anionic polyacrylamide, and the slow-dissolving polymer slurry comprises guar, clay, and oil. In some embodiments, compositions can be used in methods for treating an oil and/or gas well, having a wellbore. The drag reducing composition may be injected into the wellbore to reduce drag in the wellbore and/or increase viscosity of the carrier fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: Nicole Mast, Philip Sullivan, Andrei Zelenev, Nina Regmi
  • Publication number: 20190169488
    Abstract: Methods for treating an oil or gas well having a wellbore and selecting compositions for treating an oil or gas well having a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: Randal M. Hill, Lakia M. Champagne, Nathan L. Lett, Keith Ingram Dismuke, David Germack, Nicole Mast, Melinda Soeung
  • Patent number: 10196557
    Abstract: Methods for treating an oil well having a wellbore. The methods involve injecting a microemulsion into the wellbore to increase formation crude oil production by the well. The microemulsion comprises water, a first type of solvent and a first type of surfactant. The microemulsion includes a continuous water phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Flotek Chemistry, LLC
    Inventors: Randal M. Hill, Lakia M. Champagne, Nathan L. Lett, Keith Ingram Dismuke, David Germack, Nicole Mast, Melinda Soeung