Patents by Inventor Peter J. Boul

Peter J. Boul 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: 12259366
    Abstract: A cement bond test cell includes an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder coaxially disposed within the outer cylinder along a central axis. The inner cylinder defines an inner volume configured to be filled with a fluid. An annulus is formed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder and configured to be filled with a test cement. The cement bond test cell further includes an acoustic transmitter disposed within the inner volume and configured to be acoustically coupled to an interior surface of the inner cylinder by the fluid. The cement bond test cell further includes at least one acoustic receiver acoustically coupled to an exterior surface of the outer cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Arpita P. Bathija, Peter J. Boul
  • Publication number: 20240118181
    Abstract: A cement bond test cell includes an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder coaxially disposed within the outer cylinder along a central axis. The inner cylinder defines an inner volume configured to be filled with a fluid. An annulus is formed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder and configured to be filled with a test cement. The cement bond test cell further includes an acoustic transmitter disposed within the inner volume and configured to be acoustically coupled to an interior surface of the inner cylinder by the fluid. The cement bond test cell further includes at least one acoustic receiver acoustically coupled to an exterior surface of the outer cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
    Inventors: Arpita P. Bathija, Peter J. Boul
  • Publication number: 20240060389
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for forming a casing liner in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The forming including disposing a casing liner print head in an annular region located between a casing pipe disposed in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well and a wall of the wellbore, and conducting a downhole lining operation including operating the casing liner print head to eject casing liner material into the annular region to form, in the annular region, a casing liner including elongated voids formed in the casing liner material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Carl J. Thaemlitz
  • Publication number: 20240060390
    Abstract: Provided are systems and method for casing a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The casing including disposing a casing print head in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well, and conducting a downhole casing operation including operating the casing print head to eject casing material to form a casing tubular in the wellbore, and operating the casing print head to eject casing liner material into an annular region located between the casing tubular and a wall of the wellbore to form a casing liner in the annular region, the casing tubular and the casing liner forming a casing of the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Carl J. Thaemlitz
  • Publication number: 20240010555
    Abstract: Cement compositions including ordinary Portland cement, a secondary cementitious material (SCM) including one or more of pozzolan, metakaolin, limestone, or gypsum in an amount of up to approximately 70% of a replacement level of ordinary Portland cement, and between approximately 0.05% by weight of cement (bwoc) and 2% bwoc of aggregates of mesoporous carbon nanoparticles (3DG) carbons. The cement compositions regulate nucleation and time-lapsed growth of calcium silica hydrates during initial hydration. The 3DG carbons include aggregates of mesoporous carbon nanoparticles, which include one or more interconnected bundles of electrically conductive graphene layers. The 3DG carbons include oxygen containing functional groups disposed on one or more of the surfaces of the 3DG carbons or within the 3DG carbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Lyten, Inc.
    Inventors: Saemi Oh Poelma, Salik Khan, Peter J. Boul, Margaret Hines, Anne Ruminski, Jacques F. Nicole, Daniel Cook, Michael W. Stowell, Bruce Lanning, Matthew Jubinsky
  • Patent number: 11851979
    Abstract: Provided are systems and method for casing a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The casing including disposing a casing print head in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well, and conducting a downhole casing operation including operating the casing print head to eject casing material to form a casing tubular in the wellbore, and operating the casing print head to eject casing liner material into an annular region located between the casing tubular and a wall of the wellbore to form a casing liner in the annular region, the casing tubular and the casing liner forming a casing of the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Carl J. Thaemlitz
  • Patent number: 11851978
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for forming a casing liner in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The forming including disposing a casing liner print head in an annular region located between a casing pipe disposed in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well and a wall of the wellbore, and conducting a downhole lining operation including operating the casing liner print head to eject casing liner material into the annular region to form, in the annular region, a casing liner including elongated voids formed in the casing liner material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Carl J. Thaemlitz
  • Publication number: 20230358132
    Abstract: Methods of determining the integrity of a well are provided. The methods include mixing conductive materials into a fluid, introducing the fluid into the well, and allowing the conductive materials to coat a surface of a subsurface formation, thereby forming an electrically conductive data conduit coating. The methods further include transmitting data through the electrically conductive data conduit coating to determine the integrity of the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Ashok Santra
  • Patent number: 11767466
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of making nanocomposite coated proppants with a nanocomposite coating, including adding a quantity of precursor nanoparticles comprising carbon nanotubes supported by metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles to an uncured resin. The metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles and the uncured resin are selected such that the metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles are dissolvable in the uncured resin. The metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles are capable of dissolving in the uncured resin such that an amount of carbon nanotubes are dispersed within the uncured resin to form a nanocomposite coating. The method may further include coating proppant particles with the nanocomposite coating to make nanocomposite coated proppants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ashok Santra, Peter J. Boul
  • Patent number: 11739628
    Abstract: Methods of determining the integrity of a well are provided. The methods include mixing conductive materials into a fluid, introducing the fluid into the well, and allowing the conductive materials to coat a surface of a subsurface formation, thereby forming an electrically conductive data conduit coating. The methods further include transmitting data through the electrically conductive data conduit coating to determine the integrity of the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Ashok Santra
  • Patent number: 11692413
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for forming a casing liner in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The forming including disposing a casing liner print head in an annular region located between a casing pipe disposed in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well and a wall of the wellbore, conducting a downhole lining operation including operating the casing liner print head to eject casing liner integrated structure material into the annular region to form, in the annular region, a casing liner integrated structure including contiguous voids formed in the casing liner integrated structure material, and depositing a cementitious material into the contiguous voids formed in the casing liner material to form, in the annular region, a casing liner including the casing liner integrated structure material and the cementitious material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Carl J. Thaemlitz
  • Patent number: 11643587
    Abstract: Cured cements, cement slurries, and methods of making cured cement and methods of using cement slurries are provided. The method of making a modified cement slurry includes adding particles comprising carbon nanotube sponges disposed on sacrificial templates to a cement slurry to form the modified cement slurry and allowing the sacrificial templates to disintegrate, thereby leaving the carbon nanotube sponges dispersed throughout the modified cement slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Ashok Santra
  • Patent number: 11377944
    Abstract: Methods of suspending proppants in a hydraulic fracturing fluid including adding a quantity of precursor nanoparticles including carbon nanotubes supported by metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles to the hydraulic fracturing fluid. The metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles and the hydraulic fracturing fluid are selected such that the metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles are dissolvable in the hydraulic fracturing fluid. The metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles dissolve in the hydraulic fracturing fluid, resulting in an amount of carbon nanotubes dispersed within the hydraulic fracturing fluid. The carbon nanotube dispersion increases the value of at least one of a Newtonian viscosity, a yield point, a plastic viscosity, and a density of the hydraulic fracturing fluid with the dispersed carbon nanotubes versus a similar or equivalent hydraulic fracturing fluid without the carbon nanotube dispersion. The method may further include adding proppants to the hydraulic fracturing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ashok Santra, Peter J. Boul
  • Patent number: 11370951
    Abstract: Methods of suspending at least one weighting agent in drilling fluids. The embodiments include adding a quantity of precursor nanoparticles including carbon nanotubes supported by metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles to the drilling fluid. The metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles and the drilling fluid are selected such that the metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles are dissolvable in the drilling fluid. The metal oxide catalyst nanoparticles dissolve in the drilling fluid, resulting in an amount of carbon nanotubes dispersed within the drilling fluid. The carbon nanotube dispersion increases the value of at least one of a Newtonian viscosity, a yield point, a plastic viscosity, and a density of the drilling fluid with the dispersed carbon nanotubes versus a similar or equivalent drilling fluid without the carbon nanotube dispersion. The method may further include adding at least one weighting agent which will become suspended in the drilling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ashok Santra, Peter J. Boul
  • Patent number: 11370952
    Abstract: Magnetically responsive drilling fluids and methods of using magnetically responsive drilling fluids. The magnetically responsive drilling fluids may include a drilling fluid and a plurality of superparamagnetic nanostructures disposed within the drilling fluid. The plurality of superparamagnetic nanostructures may include superparamagnetic-iron-oxide-nanoparticles (SPIONs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) adsorbed onto the SPIONs. The method of using the magnetically responsive drilling fluid may include introducing the magnetically responsive drilling fluid into a subsurface formation and applying a magnetic field to the magnetically responsive drilling fluid to elicit a rheological change in the magnetically responsive drilling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Ashok Santra
  • Patent number: 11370706
    Abstract: Cured cements, cement slurries, and methods of making cured cement and methods of using cement slurries are provided. The method of making a cured cement comprising: synthesizing nanomaterials via chemical vapor deposition on at least one of cement particles or cement additive particles to form nanomaterial particles, adding the nanomaterial particles to a cement slurry to form a modified cement slurry, and curing the modified cement slurry to form a cured cement, in which the nanomaterials are interconnected and form a conductive web within the cured cement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Ashok Santra
  • Publication number: 20220154550
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for forming a casing liner in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The forming including disposing a casing liner print head in an annular region located between a casing pipe disposed in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well and a wall of the wellbore, conducting a downhole lining operation including operating the casing liner print head to eject casing liner integrated structure material into the annular region to form, in the annular region, a casing liner integrated structure including contiguous voids formed in the casing liner integrated structure material, and depositing a cementitious material into the contiguous voids formed in the casing liner material to form, in the annular region, a casing liner including the casing liner integrated structure material and the cementitious material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Carl J. Thaemlitz
  • Publication number: 20220154551
    Abstract: Provided are systems and method for casing a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The casing including disposing a casing print head in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well, and conducting a downhole casing operation including operating the casing print head to eject casing material to form a casing tubular in the wellbore, and operating the casing print head to eject casing liner material into an annular region located between the casing tubular and a wall of the wellbore to form a casing liner in the annular region, the casing tubular and the casing liner forming a casing of the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Carl J. Thaemlitz
  • Publication number: 20220154549
    Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for forming a casing liner in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The forming including disposing a casing liner print head in an annular region located between a casing pipe disposed in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well and a wall of the wellbore, and conducting a downhole lining operation including operating the casing liner print head to eject casing liner material into the annular region to form, in the annular region, a casing liner including elongated voids formed in the casing liner material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Carl J. Thaemlitz
  • Patent number: 11293259
    Abstract: Provided are systems and method for casing a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The casing including disposing a casing print head in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well, and conducting a downhole casing operation including operating the casing print head to eject casing material to form a casing tubular in the wellbore, and operating the casing print head to eject casing liner material into an annular region located between the casing tubular and a wall of the wellbore to form a casing liner in the annular region, the casing tubular and the casing liner forming a casing of the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Boul, Carl J. Thaemlitz