Patents by Inventor Philippe Prince

Philippe Prince 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: 20240218273
    Abstract: Certain zinc-based scavengers can scavenge sulfur compounds from fluids containing one or more hydrocarbons, water and the sulfur compound, but may leave deposits of insoluble zinc sulfide (ZnS) which can be problematic. When the zinc-based scavengers are used together with at least one zinc sulfide deposition preventer, deposition of zinc sulfide can be reduced or eliminated. The sulfur compound may be hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Suitable zinc-based sulfur compound scavengers include, but are not necessarily limited to, a zinc carboxylate, a tetramine zinc carbonate, zinc carbonate, zinc ammonium carbonate, zinc chelates, and/or zinc lignosulfonate. Suitable zinc sulfide deposition preventers include, but are not necessarily limited to, sodium salts of a phosphorous-based polymer, polymeric ammonium salts, acrylic sulfonate non-ionic terpolymers, and/or modified acrylic acid polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Scott Lehrer, Zhengwei Liu, Philippe Prince, Jagrut Jani
  • Patent number: 11987746
    Abstract: Methods for providing corrosion inhibition in conduits, containers, and wellbores penetrating subterranean formations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include contacting a metal surface with a fluid that includes a corrosion inhibitor additive, in certain embodiments, the corrosion inhibitor additive includes an tonic liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert August Zeller, Philippe Prince
  • Patent number: 11760916
    Abstract: A low dosage hydrate inhibitor blend comprising a cationic surfactant and a co-surfactant. The cationic surfactant has the structural formula: wherein: R1 is an alkyl group or alkenyl group having from 5 to 22 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are alkyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and X— is selected from the group of a carboxylate, an acrylate, a methacrylate, a halide, a phosphonate, a sulfate, a sulfonate, a hydroxide, a carbonate, or any combination thereof; and The co-surfactant is present in the inhibitor blend in an amount of no greater than about 10 percent by weight based on the total weight of the blend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Loan Vo, Philippe Prince
  • Patent number: 11597865
    Abstract: Dual cation hydrate inhibitor compositions and methods of using such compositions to, for example, inhibit the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In some embodiments, such methods include introducing a hydrate inhibitor composition into a fluid, wherein the hydrate inhibitor composition includes at least one compound having the structural formula: wherein each of R1, R2, and R3 is independently a C1 to C6 hydrocarbon chain, wherein R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and any C1 to C50 hydrocarbon chain, wherein each of R5 and R6 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a C1 to C50 hydrocarbon chain, wherein X? and Y? are counter anions, and wherein each of a and b is independently an integer from 1 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Loan Vo, Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Philippe Prince
  • Publication number: 20220372362
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes introducing one or more dual function inhibitor compounds through an umbilical into a deepwater environment such that the one or more dual function inhibitor compounds are introduced into a fluid in the deepwater environment. The dual function inhibitor is a corrosion inhibitor and a hydrate inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Loan K. Vo, Philippe Prince, Nathan Darrell Davis
  • Publication number: 20220317091
    Abstract: A system can control a transmission of a pressure signal subsea into a flowline comprising a fluid. The system can receive sensor data indicating one or more properties of a first reflection signal corresponding to the pressure signal in the flowline. The system can adjust a model based on the one or more properties of the first reflection signal. The model can be configured for determining a presence of a material deposition in the flowline. The system can determine, based on a second reflection signal and the adjusted model, a presence of the material deposition in the flowline. The system can output a command configured to initiate a remediation operation to reduce the material deposition in the flowline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: David Bennett, Sean Daly, Chris Fudge, Derek Latiolais, Stephen Horner, Philippe Prince, Oluwatosin Ogundare
  • Patent number: 11447691
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation, including placing into the wellbore a wellbore servicing fluid including a friction reducer, an iron control agent, and an aqueous fluid. The iron control agent can include a compound according to Structure I, a salt of Structure I, or combinations thereof: wherein R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3 and R3a are defined as set forth in the specification. The methods in this disclosure can be used for iron mitigation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Leiming Li, Philippe Prince, Loan Vo, Liang Xu
  • Patent number: 11414592
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating aqueous fluids that may be included in treatment fluids that are used for treating a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the methods include: providing a treatment fluid including an aqueous fluid and a composition that includes an oxygen scavenger, a pH-adjusting agent, and a corrosion inhibitor, wherein the aqueous fluid is aerated; contacting a metal surface with the treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Darrell Davis, Philippe Prince
  • Publication number: 20220243118
    Abstract: Methods for providing corrosion inhibition in conduits, containers, and wellbores penetrating subterranean formations are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include contacting a metal surface with a fluid that includes a corrosion inhibitor additive, in certain embodiments, the corrosion inhibitor additive includes an tonic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Robert August Zeller, Philippe Prince
  • Publication number: 20220235260
    Abstract: Dual cation hydrate inhibitor compositions and methods of using such compositions to, for example, inhibit the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In some embodiments, such methods include introducing a hydrate inhibitor composition into a fluid, wherein the hydrate inhibitor composition includes at least one compound having the structural formula: wherein each of R1, R2, and R3 is independently a C1 to C6 hydrocarbon chain, wherein R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and any C1 to C50 hydrocarbon chain, wherein each of R5 and R6 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a C1 to C50 hydrocarbon chain, wherein X? and Y? are counter anions, and wherein each of a and b is independently an integer from 1 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Loan Vo, Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Philippe Prince
  • Patent number: 11332657
    Abstract: Dual cation hydrate inhibitor compositions and methods of using such compositions to, for example, inhibit the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In some embodiments, such methods include introducing a hydrate inhibitor composition into a fluid, wherein the hydrate inhibitor composition includes at least one compound having the structural formula: wherein each of R1, R2, and R3 is independently a C1 to C6 hydrocarbon chain, wherein R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and any C1 to C50 hydrocarbon chain, wherein each of R5 and R6 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a C1 to C50 hydrocarbon chain, wherein X? and Y? are counter anions, and wherein each of a and b is independently an integer from 1 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Loan Vo, Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Philippe Prince
  • Patent number: 11320363
    Abstract: A method may include: generating a signal in a conduit; measuring the signal; generating data representing a deposit in the conduit, the data being generated by a deposition identification model, wherein the deposition identification model utilizes the signal as an input; generating a treatment plan based at least in part on the data representing the deposit; and applying a chemical additive to the conduit based at least in part on the treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David Bennett, Bo Gentry, Philippe Prince
  • Publication number: 20220106518
    Abstract: A low dosage hydrate inhibitor blend comprising a cationic surfactant and a co-surfactant. The cationic surfactant has the structural formula: wherein: R1 is an alkyl group or alkenyl group having from 5 to 22 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 are alkyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and X— is selected from the group of a carboxylate, an acrylate, a methacrylate, a halide, a phosphonate, a sulfate, a sulfonate, a hydroxide, a carbonate, or any combination thereof; and The co-surfactant is present in the inhibitor blend in an amount of no greater than about 10 percent by weight based on the total weight of the blend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Loan Vo, Philippe Prince
  • Patent number: 11236261
    Abstract: Methods involving anti-agglomerant hydrate inhibitors and polyaromatic hydrocarbons for hydrate inhibition are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include introducing a hydrate inhibitor composition including an anti-agglomerant hydrate inhibitor into a fluid including (i) water and (ii) one of gas, liquid hydrocarbon, and any combination thereof; and introducing a polyaromatic hydrocarbon into the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Prince, Loan Vo, Deepak S. Monteiro, Tai Duc Bui, Alberto Striolo
  • Publication number: 20210403794
    Abstract: A low dosage hydrate inhibitor blend and a method of treating a well fluid are provided. The low dosage inhibitor blend, which s used in the method, comprises a first cationic surfactant and a second cationic surfactant. For example, the combination of the first and second cationic surfactants in the low dosage inhibitor blend achieves a synergistic effect on the ability of the inhibitor blend to mitigate problems caused by the formation of gas hydrates in a well fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Loan VO, Deepak S. MONTEIRO, Philippe PRINCE
  • Publication number: 20210332287
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes introducing one or more dual function inhibitor compounds through an umbilical into a deepwater environment such that the one or more dual function inhibitor compounds are introduced into a fluid in the deepwater environment. The dual function inhibitor is a corrosion inhibitor and a hydrate inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Multi-Chem Group, LLC
    Inventors: Loan K. Vo, Philippe Prince, Nathan Darrell Davis
  • Patent number: 11015113
    Abstract: A method, comprising contacting a proppant, water, and a water external emulsion to form a mixture, wherein the water external emulsion has an organic internal phase comprising a surface modifying agent; contacting the mixture with an emulsion breaker to form a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a proppant coated with the surface modifying agent; an placing the wellbore servicing fluid in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. A method comprising contacting a proppant, water, and a water external emulsion to form a first mixture, wherein the water external emulsion has an organic internal phase comprising a surface modifying agent; contacting the first mixture with an emulsion breaker to form second mixture comprising a proppant coated with the surface modifying agent; and recovering a coated proppant from the second mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Multi-Chem Group, LLC
    Inventors: Loan K. Vo, Philippe Prince, Christopher R. Parton
  • Publication number: 20210071065
    Abstract: Dual cation hydrate inhibitor compositions and methods of using such compositions to, for example, inhibit the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In some embodiments, such methods include introducing a hydrate inhibitor composition into a fluid, wherein the hydrate inhibitor composition includes at least one compound having the structural formula: wherein each of R1, R2, and R3 is independently a C1 to C6 hydrocarbon chain, wherein R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and any C1 to C50 hydrocarbon chain, wherein each of R5 and R6 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a C1 to C50 hydrocarbon chain, wherein X? and Y? are counter anions, and wherein each of a and b is independently an integer from 1 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Loan Vo, Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Philippe Prince
  • Publication number: 20210063300
    Abstract: A method may include: generating a signal in a conduit; measuring the signal; generating data representing a deposit in the conduit, the data being generated by a deposition identification model, wherein the deposition identification model utilizes the signal as an input; generating a treatment plan based at least in part on the data representing the deposit; and applying a chemical additive to the conduit based at least in part on the treatment plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Multi-Chem Group, LLC
    Inventors: David Bennett, Bo Gentry, Philippe Prince
  • Publication number: 20200347286
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating aqueous fluids that may be included in treatment fluids that are used for treating a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the methods include: providing a treatment fluid including an aqueous fluid and a composition that includes an oxygen scavenger, a pH-adjusting agent, and a corrosion inhibitor, wherein the aqueous fluid is aerated; contacting a metal surface with the treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Nathan Darrell Davis, Philippe Prince