Patents by Inventor Richard Turton

Richard Turton 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: 6500253
    Abstract: Methods of agglomerating hydraulic cement powder to improve its flow and handling characteristics are provided. One embodiment of the methods of the present invention is comprised of the steps of forming a mixture of the hydraulic cement powder with a particulate solid disintegrating agent, the disintegrating agent having the property of causing the break up of the agglomerated cement powder upon contact with water. Thereafter, the mixture is compressed into agglomerated pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis R. Norman, Richard Turton, Huma Hakim
  • Publication number: 20020117088
    Abstract: Methods of agglomerating hydraulic cement powder to improve its flow and handling characteristics are provided. One embodiment of the methods of the present invention is comprised of the steps of forming a mixture of the hydraulic cement powder with a particulate solid disintegrating agent, the disintegrating agent having the property of causing the break up of the agglomerated cement powder upon contact with water. Thereafter, the mixture is compressed into agglomerated pellets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2000
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Lewis R. Norman, Richard Turton, Huma Hakim
  • Patent number: 6357527
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of breaking an aqueous fracturing fluid comprising introducing said aqueous fracturing fluid into contact with an encapsulated viscosity reducing agent said encapsulated viscosity reducing agent comprising an aqueous fluid soluble breaker for said fracturing fluid encapsulated within a membrane comprising a partially hydrolyzed acrylic crosslinked with either an aziridine prepolymer or a carbodiimide, said membrane having an embrittlement effective amount of a micron sized particulate present therein and said membrane having been cured at a temperature of at least about 115° F., such that an aqueous fluid in said fracturing fluid can contact said breaker after fracture failure of said membrane to dissolve at least a portion of said breaker and break the fracturing fluid in contact therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis R. Norman, Richard Turton, Aashish L. Bhatia