Patents by Inventor Randall J. Block

Randall J. Block 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).

  • Apparatus for continuous downhole fluid release and well evaluation
    Publication number: 20110174478
    Abstract: An apparatus, capable of being conveyed on wireline, for continuous downhole injection of foaming agent(s) and/or beneficial chemical(s), comprising a reservoir and means for dispensing foaming agent(s) and/or beneficial chemical(s) from the reservoir of such apparatus and into the surrounding wellbore environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Shane Hinds, Randall J. Block, Bradley Jay Vincent, Joel Hebert
  • Method for continous downhole fluid release and well evaluation
    Patent number: 7896071
    Abstract: A method and apparatus, capable of being conveyed on wireline, for continuous downhole injection of foaming agent(s) and/or beneficial chemical(s), comprising a reservoir and means for dispensing foaming agent(s) and/or beneficial chemical(s) from the reservoir of such apparatus and into the surrounding wellbore environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Inventors: Shane Hinds, Randall J. Block, Bradley Jay Vincent, Joel Hebert
  • Method and apparatus for continous downhole fluid release and well evaluation
    Publication number: 20080236815
    Abstract: A method and apparatus, capable of being conveyed on wireline, for continuous downhole injection of foaming agent(s) and/or beneficial chemical(s), comprising a reservoir and means for dispensing foaming agent(s) and/or beneficial chemical(s) from the reservoir of such apparatus and into the surrounding wellbore environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Shane Hinds, Randall J. Block, Bradley Jay Vincent, Joel Hebert
  • Process for conditioning material for disposal
    Patent number: 5207532
    Abstract: Petroleum production, refining, and mining disposable deposits and sediments are treated with an oxidizing agent such as chlorine dioxide and/or particle separation to reduce the mass of disposable materials. The invention has particular application in treating deposits and sediments which contain naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignees: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc., Rio Linda Chemical Company Inc.
    Inventors: John Y. Mason, Randall J. Block, Randall K. Tyler, John D. Milliken