Patents by Inventor Ottmar Hoch

Ottmar Hoch 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).

  • Compositions for stimulating liquid-sensitive subterranean formations
    Publication number: 20070155630
    Abstract: A method comprising: A subterranean formation stimulation fluid comprising a stimulation gas and a consolidating agent. Suitable consolidating agents include aqueous tackifying agents, curable compositions, and noncurable and nonaqueous consolidating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Ottmar Hoch, Matthew Blauch, Thomas Welton
  • Methods of stimulating liquid-sensitive subterranean formations
    Publication number: 20070151729
    Abstract: A method comprising: providing a stimulation fluid that comprises a stimulating gas and a consolidating agent; and injecting the stimulation fluid into a portion of a liquid-sensitive formation at a pressure sufficient to create or enhance a pathway therein. Suitable consolidating agents include aqueous tackifying agents, curable compositions, and noncurable and nonaqueous consolidating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Ottmar Hoch, Matthew Blauch, Thomas Welton
  • Coarse-foamed fracturing fluids and associated methods
    Publication number: 20070044965
    Abstract: A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising the steps of: providing a coarse-foamed fracturing fluid comprising a liquid fracturing fluid component, a gas, proppant particulates, and a foaming agent; and placing the coarse-foamed fracturing fluid into a portion of a subterranean formation at a pressure sufficient to create or extend at least one fracture therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Richard Middaugh, Phillip Harris, Stanley Heath, Robert Taylor, Ottmar Hoch, Max Phillippi, Billy Slabaugh, John Terracina