Patents by Inventor Rogelio Banda

Rogelio Banda 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: 20240392665
    Abstract: Methods for treating a producing wellbore of a subterranean reservoir include obtaining a side stream flow of a produced fluid from a production tube of the wellbore at a location above the surface of the earth; providing an eluting contact of the side stream flow of produced fluid with a treatment material to form a side stream flow of treated produced fluid; and directing the side stream flow of treated produced fluid into the wellbore at a point below the surface of the earth. Apparatuses suitable for carrying out the methods include an elution device fluidly connected to a side stream of produced fluid flowing above the surface of the earth and situated to direct the side stream toward the elution device to provide an eluting contact of the produced fluid with a treatment material disposed in the elution device, then direct the treated produced fluid into the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Tri Thanh Phan, Jeremy Moloney, Miguel A. Balzan, Rogelio A. Banda, Wilfredis Jose Medina, Gedeng Ruan
  • Publication number: 20240117799
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to an apparatus for pumping suspended polymer liquids that reduces the formation of polymeric deposits at the seal contact surfaces and filters out deposits that do form. This allows for an oil drag reducing agent (DRA) to be delivered continuously from topside through an umbilical to subsea produced fluids flowlines to increase oil production and/or flow of gas/oil by reducing friction loss due to turbulent flow in the flowlines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kerry Charles Brinkman, Chad Gilmer, Anoop Chengara, Michael Cash, Rogelio Banda, Tri T. Phan, Nicholas Wiewiorowski
  • Patent number: 11513046
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing flowability of a multiphase fluid are provided. The method includes agitating a sample of the multiphase fluid contained in a container while controlling an agitation force applied to the sample; pouring the sample, after it has been agitated, into a viscosity cup having an opening at its upper end and an orifice at its lower end and thereby causing the multiphase fluid to flow out of the viscosity cup through the orifice; weighing an amount of the multiphase fluid that has flowed through the orifice and into a receiving vessel over a period of time; and assessing flowability of the multiphase fluid sample using the weight of the multiphase fluid sample in the receiving vessel as a function of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: CHAMPIONX USA Inc.
    Inventors: Theophilus Edovia, Vittoria Balsamo-Hernandez, Marcus D. Faust, Jr., Rogelio Banda, Wilfredis Medina-Melendez, Kenneth W. Dorris, Tyler D. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20190250085
    Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing flowability of a multiphase fluid are provided. The method includes agitating a sample of the multiphase fluid contained in a container while controlling an agitation force applied to the sample; pouring the sample, after it has been agitated, into a viscosity cup having an opening at its upper end and an orifice at its lower end and thereby causing the multiphase fluid to flow out of the viscosity cup through the orifice; weighing an amount of the multiphase fluid that has flowed through the orifice and into a receiving vessel over a period of time; and assessing flowability of the multiphase fluid sample using the weight of the multiphase fluid sample in the receiving vessel as a function of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Theophilus Edovia, Vittoria Balsamo-Hernandez, Marcus D. Faust, JR., Rogelio Banda, Wilfredis Medina-Melendez, Kenneth W. Dorris