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).
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Publication number: 20240218273Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2022Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Scott Lehrer, Zhengwei Liu, Philippe Prince, Jagrut Jani
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Patent number: 11987746Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Robert August Zeller, Philippe Prince
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Patent number: 11760916Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Loan Vo, Philippe Prince
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Patent number: 11597865Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Loan Vo, Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Philippe Prince
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Publication number: 20220372362Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Loan K. Vo, Philippe Prince, Nathan Darrell Davis
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Publication number: 20220317091Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: David Bennett, Sean Daly, Chris Fudge, Derek Latiolais, Stephen Horner, Philippe Prince, Oluwatosin Ogundare
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Patent number: 11447691Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Leiming Li, Philippe Prince, Loan Vo, Liang Xu
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Patent number: 11414592Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Nathan Darrell Davis, Philippe Prince
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Publication number: 20220243118Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Robert August Zeller, Philippe Prince
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Publication number: 20220235260Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Loan Vo, Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Philippe Prince
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Patent number: 11332657Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Loan Vo, Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Philippe Prince
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Patent number: 11320363Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: David Bennett, Bo Gentry, Philippe Prince
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Publication number: 20220106518Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2019Publication date: April 7, 2022Inventors: Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Loan Vo, Philippe Prince
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Patent number: 11236261Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Philippe Prince, Loan Vo, Deepak S. Monteiro, Tai Duc Bui, Alberto Striolo
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Publication number: 20210403794Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Loan VO, Deepak S. MONTEIRO, Philippe PRINCE
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Publication number: 20210332287Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Multi-Chem Group, LLCInventors: Loan K. Vo, Philippe Prince, Nathan Darrell Davis
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Patent number: 11015113Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Multi-Chem Group, LLCInventors: Loan K. Vo, Philippe Prince, Christopher R. Parton
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Publication number: 20210071065Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2019Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Loan Vo, Deepak S. Monteiro, Qiang Lan, Philippe Prince
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Publication number: 20210063300Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: Multi-Chem Group, LLCInventors: David Bennett, Bo Gentry, Philippe Prince
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Publication number: 20200347286Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Nathan Darrell Davis, Philippe Prince