Patents by Inventor Philip D. Nguyen

Philip D. Nguyen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240151130
    Abstract: Systems and methods for treating fracture faces and/or unconsolidated portions of a subterranean formation are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: providing an aqueous alkali solution; introducing the aqueous alkali solution into at least a portion of a subterranean formation that comprises one or more fractures; contacting an aluminum component and a silicate component with the aqueous alkali solution to form a geopolymer on one or more fracture faces in the fractures; and placing a plurality of proppant particulates in the fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Tatyana Vladimirov Khamatnurova
  • Patent number: 11976236
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for enhancing wellbores and propped fractures for use in geothermal operations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: drilling with a drilling composition at least a portion of a first wellbore, wherein the drilling composition comprises a base fluid, a resin, and a thermally conductive filler; introducing a fracturing fluid into the first wellbore at a first pressure sufficient to create at least a first set of fractures extending from and in fluid communication with the first wellbore; and introducing a first plurality of proppant particulates into at least the first set of fractures, wherein a second wellbore penetrates at least a second portion of the subterranean formation, and wherein a second set of fractures extends from and is in fluid communication with the second wellbore into the subterranean formation, and the first set of fractures is in fluid communication with the second set of fractures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Alan Evans, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20240093582
    Abstract: A method includes operating a wellsite apparatus at a wellsite utilizing mechanical energy or electricity produced at least in part from hydrogen in a fuel source comprising hydrogen. Utilizing mechanical energy or electricity produced at least in part from the hydrogen in the fuel source comprising hydrogen can further include: (a) converting the hydrogen in the fuel source to electricity in one or more fuel cells and utilizing the electricity to operate the wellsite apparatus; and/or (b) combusting the hydrogen in the fuel source in a power generation apparatus to produce electricity and utilizing the electricity to operate the wellsite apparatus; and/or (c) combusting the hydrogen in the fuel source to produce mechanical energy and utilizing the mechanical energy to operate the wellsite apparatus. A system for carrying out the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Glenn Howard WEIGHTMAN, Adam Lynn MARKS, Timothy Holiman HUNTER, Philip D. NGUYEN, Stanley Vernon STEPHENSON
  • 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: 11884878
    Abstract: Methods and fluids for consolidating unconsolidated particulates. An example method introduces a furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid into a wellbore; wherein the furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid is a furfuryl alcohol-based resin and a diluent. The method contacts the unconsolidated particulates within the wellbore with the furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid to produce resin-contacted unconsolidated particulates. The method further introduces a substituted amine acid treatment fluid into the wellbore after the introduction of the furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid into the wellbore; wherein the substituted amine acid treatment fluid is a substituted amine acid salt and a solvent. The method further contacts the resin-contacted unconsolidated particulates with the substituted amine acid treatment fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Recio, III, Aaron M. Beuterbaugh, Josselyne Chano, Philip D. Nguyen, Michael Wayne Sanders
  • Publication number: 20240026213
    Abstract: Methods and fluids for consolidating unconsolidated particulates. An example method introduces a furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid into a wellbore; wherein the furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid is a furfuryl alcohol-based resin and a diluent. The method contacts the unconsolidated particulates within the wellbore with the furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid to produce resin-contacted unconsolidated particulates. The method further introduces a substituted amine acid treatment fluid into the wellbore after the introduction of the furfuryl alcohol-based resin treatment fluid into the wellbore; wherein the substituted amine acid treatment fluid is a substituted amine acid salt and a solvent. The method further contacts the resin-contacted unconsolidated particulates with the substituted amine acid treatment fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio RECIO, III, Aaron M. BEUTERBAUGH, Josselyne CHANO, Philip D. NGUYEN, Michael Wayne SANDERS
  • Patent number: 11879094
    Abstract: Methods and fluids for enhancing friction reduction. An example method introduces a treatment fluid into a wellbore tubing disposed in a wellbore. The wellbore tubing is composed of metal ions. The treatment fluid is composed of an aqueous fluid and a metal silicate. The method further includes coating at least a portion of the wellbore tubing with a silicate film produced from the reaction of the metal silicate with the metal ions of the wellbore tubing and then fracturing the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Josselyne Chano, Ronald Glen Dusterhoft
  • Publication number: 20240002233
    Abstract: Oxygen and solid carbon can be produced by reacting captured carbon dioxide with a catalyst in a reaction chamber. A liquid base fluid can form a continuous phase within the reaction chamber with a plurality of liquid metal carrier droplets dispersed in the base fluid. The catalyst can be nano-sized particles that can coat the surfaces of the carrier droplets. Agitation can be supplied to the reaction chamber to maintain dispersion of the liquid metal carrier droplets and increase contact of the carbon dioxide and catalyst particles. The reaction temperature can be less than the temperature required for other processes that produce solid carbon. The solid carbon and the oxygen can be used as a power source for wellsite equipment in the form of fuel cells to generate electricity or power or used to charge batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D NGUYEN, Ronald Glen DUSTERHOFT, Brian Alan EVANS, Stanley Vernon STEPHENSON
  • Patent number: 11851608
    Abstract: A method may include: introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, the treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous brine; and a hydrolysable resin precursor; allowing the hydrolysable resin precursor to hydrolyze in the subterranean formation to form at least a polymerizable resin precursor monomer; and allowing the polymerizable resin precursor monomer to polymerize to form a polymerized resin in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Michael Wayne Sanders, Josselyne Chano, Philippe Quero, Julio Estuardo Vasquez Estrada
  • Patent number: 11845895
    Abstract: A variety of systems, methods and compositions are disclosed, including, a method comprising: providing a fracturing fluid comprising: a carrier fluid; a micro-proppant; and a degradable micro-fiber; pumping the fracturing fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; and creating or extending at least one fracture in the subterranean formation. A fracturing fluid comprising: a carrier fluid; a micro-proppant; and a degradable micro-fiber. A method comprising: isolating a perforated zone in a wellbore; pumping into the perforated zone a pad fluid above a fracture gradient of a formation penetrated by the wellbore to create a plurality of fractures within the formation; pumping into the perforated zone a fracturing fluid above the fracture gradient; pumping into the perforated zone a diverting fluid below the fracture gradient; and repeating the step of pumping into the perforated zone the fracturing fluid after the step of pumping into the perforated zone the diverting fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Janette Cortez Montalvo, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20230392067
    Abstract: Methods and fluids for enhancing friction reduction. An example method introduces a treatment fluid into a wellbore tubing disposed in a wellbore. The wellbore tubing is composed of metal ions. The treatment fluid is composed of an aqueous fluid and a metal silicate. The method further includes coating at least a portion of the wellbore tubing with a silicate film produced from the reaction of the metal silicate with the metal ions of the wellbore tubing and then fracturing the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. NGUYEN, Josselyne CHANO, Ronald Glen DUSTERHOFT
  • Patent number: 11813562
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and system for extracting carbon dioxide from an exhaust gas. The method includes lowering a temperature of an exhaust gas using a heat exchanger, lowering a concentration of a particulate matter within the lowered temperature exhaust gas, and passing the lowered particulate concentration and lowered temperature exhaust gas through one or more membrane modules to produce a membrane module permeate flow that contains a higher concentration of carbon dioxide compared to a concentration of carbon dioxide in the lowered particulate concentration and lowered temperature exhaust gas. Further, the system includes a heat exchanger fluidly coupled to a particulate filter that is configured to lower a concentration of the particulate matter within the exhaust gas, and one or more membrane modules fluidly coupled to the particulate filter and configured to produce the membrane module permeate flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Ronald Glen Dusterhoft, Stanley Vernon Stephenson, Timothy Holiman Hunter, Andrew Silas Clyburn, Adam Lynn Marks
  • Patent number: 11807809
    Abstract: A solids-control fluid for controlling flow of solids in a subterranean formation is disclosed herein. The solids-control fluid can include a diluent and a curable resin. The diluent can include a mutual solvent and an ethylene glycol. The curable resin can be dispersed within the diluent for controlling flow of solids in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Shoy George, Michael Wayne Sanders, Josselyne Chano, Sudarshana Mukherjee
  • Patent number: 11795365
    Abstract: A method including forming a hydrophobic film on one or more surfaces as part of a geothermal operation in which a circulating fluid comprising water is injected into an injection well, absorbs heat, and is recovered from a production well prior to extraction of at least a portion of the heat therefrom and recycle of the circulating fluid back to the or another injection well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Brian Alan Evans
  • Publication number: 20230332491
    Abstract: A method including collecting exhaust gas comprising carbon dioxide (CO2) at a wellsite to provide a collected exhaust gas and contacting the collected exhaust gas with water in the presence of a carbonic anhydrase catalyst to hydrate the CO2 and form a bicarbonate solution. A system for carrying out the method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Tatyana Vladimirov Khamatnurova, Ronald Glen Dusterhoft
  • Publication number: 20230323762
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for enhancing the flow rate and heat transfer efficiency of wellbores and/or propped fractures for use in geothermal operations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: injecting an etching agent into an injection inlet of a first wellbore penetrating a first portion of a subterranean formation, wherein the injection inlet is disposed at a first location at or near a surface of the subterranean formation; injecting a working fluid having a first temperature into the injection inlet; allowing at least a portion of the working fluid to flow from the injection inlet to a production outlet of a second wellbore penetrating a second portion of the subterranean formation; and producing the portion of the working fluid out of the production outlet at a first rate and at a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Ronald Glen Dusterhoft
  • Publication number: 20230241543
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and system for extracting carbon dioxide from an exhaust gas. The method includes lowering a temperature of an exhaust gas using a heat exchanger, lowering a concentration of a particulate matter within the lowered temperature exhaust gas, and passing the lowered particulate concentration and lowered temperature exhaust gas through one or more membrane modules to produce a membrane module permeate flow that contains a higher concentration of carbon dioxide compared to a concentration of carbon dioxide in the lowered particulate concentration and lowered temperature exhaust gas. Further, the system includes a heat exchanger fluidly coupled to a particulate filter that is configured to lower a concentration of the particulate matter within the exhaust gas, and one or more membrane modules fluidly coupled to the particulate filter and configured to produce the membrane module permeate flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Ronald Glen Dusterhoft, Stanley Vernon Stephenson, Timothy Holiman Hunter, Andrew Silas Clyburn, Adam Lynn Marks
  • Publication number: 20230235208
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for enhancing wellbores and propped fractures for use in geothermal operations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: drilling with a drilling composition at least a portion of a first wellbore, wherein the drilling composition comprises a base fluid, a resin, and a thermally conductive filler; introducing a fracturing fluid into the first wellbore at a first pressure sufficient to create at least a first set of fractures extending from and in fluid communication with the first wellbore; and introducing a first plurality of proppant particulates into at least the first set of fractures, wherein a second wellbore penetrates at least a second portion of the subterranean formation, and wherein a second set of fractures extends from and is in fluid communication with the second wellbore into the subterranean formation, and the first set of fractures is in fluid communication with the second set of fractures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Alan Evans, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11692424
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing injection treatments in subterranean formations stimulated by the ignition of propellants are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise: igniting a propellant in one or more secondary boreholes in a subterranean formation to at least partially rupture at least a region of the subterranean formation near the secondary boreholes; introducing a fracturing fluid into a first production well bore in the subterranean formation in or near the ruptured region of the subterranean formation at or above a pressure sufficient to create or enhance at least a primary fracture in the subterranean formation that extends into at least a portion of the ruptured region of the subterranean formation; and introducing a displacement fluid into one or more of the secondary boreholes or an injection well bore in the subterranean formation that comprises one or more fractures penetrating the ruptured region of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Glenn A. Wilson, Golchehreh Salamat
  • Publication number: 20230193114
    Abstract: A solids-control fluid for controlling flow of solids in a subterranean formation is disclosed herein. The solids-control fluid can include a diluent and a curable resin. The diluent can include a mutual solvent and an ethylene glycol. The curable resin can be dispersed within the diluent for controlling flow of solids in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Shoy George, Michael Wayne Sanders, Josselyne Chano, Sudarshana Mukherjee