Patents by Inventor Robert W. Lannom

Robert W. Lannom 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 and method for pumping a fluid and an additive from a downhole location into a formation or to another location
    Patent number: 9103199
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for pumping a fluid mixture from a wellbore location to a selected location is disclosed. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a container configured to be placed in the wellbore, wherein the container is configured to mix therein a fluid received from a first source and an additive received from a second source, and a pump unit coupled to the container and configured to pump the mixed fluid from the container to the selected location. The method in one embodiment includes: supplying a fluid from a first source to a container placed in a wellbore; supplying an additive from a second source to the container; allowing the fluid and the additive to mix in the container to form a mixed fluid; and pumping the mixed fluid from the container to the selected location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert W. Lannom, Larry A. Watkins
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PUMPING A FLUID AND AN ADDITIVE FROM A DOWNHOLE LOCATION INTO A FORMATION OR TO ANOTHER LOCATION
    Publication number: 20110155390
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods for pumping a fluid mixture from a wellbore location to a selected location is disclosed. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a container configured to be placed in the wellbore, wherein the container is configured to mix therein a fluid received from a first source and an additive received from a second source, and a pump unit coupled to the container and configured to pump the mixed fluid from the container to the selected location. The method in one embodiment includes: supplying a fluid from a first source to a container placed in a wellbore; supplying an additive from a second source to the container; allowing the fluid and the additive to mix in the container to form a mixed fluid; and pumping the mixed fluid from the container to the selected location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert W. Lannom, Larry A. Watkins