Patents by Inventor Ronnie Glen MORGAN
Ronnie Glen MORGAN 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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Patent number: 12025607Abstract: Methods, systems, and compositions for wellbore cementing are provided. A method may comprise: analyzing an industrial byproduct and one or more additional components to generate data about physical and/or chemical properties of the industrial byproduct; determining a concentration of the byproduct and the one or more additional components based on the data to provide a settable composition having a twenty-four destructive compressive strength at 100° F. to 200° F. of about 50 psi or greater.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: James Robert Benkley, Darrell Chad Brenneis, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Ronnie Glen Morgan
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Publication number: 20240150639Abstract: A suspending agent composition comprising (i) a fast hydrating guar gum and (ii) a high molecular weight polysaccharide, wherein the suspending agent composition has a rheological coupling ratio for yield point ranging from about 1 to about 2 when placed in an aqueous solution at a concentration of equal to or less than about 0.5 grams/deciliter and a ratio of about 90 weight percent (wt. %) fast hydrating guar gum and 10 wt. % high molecular weight polysaccharide. A wellbore servicing fluid comprising the suspending agent and methods of making and using the suspending agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: James Robert BENKLEY, Travis Allen PATTERSON, John Paul Bir SINGH, Ronnie Glen MORGAN
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Patent number: 11976238Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating subterranean formations to mitigate lost circulation are provided. The methods of the present disclosure include forming a treatment fluid including one or more geopolymer lost circulation materials; introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation that includes at least one loss zone; activating the geopolymer lost circulation materials to form a geopolymer that imparts a thixotropic property to the treatment fluid; and allowing the treatment fluid exhibiting the thixotropic property to at least partially reduce a rate of loss associated with the loss zone.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Heloisa Helena Fabricio Fernandes, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Juan Humberto Martinez
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Publication number: 20240084654Abstract: An environmental-efficiency fluid is designed by a system and/or method. The fluid can be for use in a down-hole operation in a well. The design produces the environmental-efficiency fluid from a treatment fluid and drill cuttings. For example, the system and method can include creating an analysis of a rheological model generated from a set of wellbore conditions and a set of drill-cutting properties to determine a set of rheological properties for the treatment fluid and a concentration of drill cuttings, which allow for use of the drill cuttings with the treatment fluid; and producing the environmental-efficiency fluid based on the rheological properties and the concentration of drill cuttings.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: James Robert Benkley, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Stephanie Ruiz, Paul Michael Osborne, Thomas Pisklak
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Patent number: 11834604Abstract: Methods of wellbore cementing are provided. A method of generating a wellbore treatment fluid may include: classifying a plurality of solid particulates using correlations; calculating a reactive index and/or a water requirement for at least one of the solid particulates; and selecting two or more solid particulates from the plurality of solid particulates to create a wellbore treatment fluid.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ronnie Glen Morgan, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Walmy Cuello Jimenez, Gregory Robert Hundt, James Robert Benkley, Joseph I. Sanders, John P. Singh, Samuel J. Lewis
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Patent number: 11833478Abstract: Systems and methods related to preparing foamed cement for laboratory analysis are provided. A prepared cement slurry is placed in a cement reservoir cell configured to pressurize the cement slurry contained within the cement reservoir cell to a capture pressure. After pressurization, the cement slurry and a compressed gas are introduced into a foam generator. Foamed cement generated in the foam generator is introduced from the tee into a foam capture cell where it can cure prior to analysis.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Xueyu Pang, Walmy Cuello Jimenez, John P. Singh, Thomas Singh Sodhi, Aaron Cade Prince, Joe Kleber Maxson, Ronnie Glen Morgan
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Publication number: 20230340841Abstract: Methods of the present disclosure relate to designing lost circulation material (LCM) based on permeability of filter cake. A method comprises determining if a lost circulation material (LCM) has the potential to bridge a fracture, the fracture extending from a wellbore; determining a permeability of filter cake formed due to the LCM, wherein the permeability is determined if the LCM has the potential to bridge the fracture; and formulating a composition that includes the LCM, to control losses from the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Paul Bir Singh, Siva Rama Krishna Jandhyala, Krishna Babu Yerubandi, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Aleksey Kolasnikov
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Publication number: 20230323184Abstract: Reactivity mapping methods are provided. A method may include: analyzing each of a group of inorganic particles to generate data about physical and/or chemical properties of the inorganic particles; and generating correlations between the properties of inorganic particles based on the data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, James Robert Benkley, Darrell Chad Brenneis, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Walmy Cuello Jimenez, John P. Singh
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Patent number: 11767272Abstract: A method of cementing may include: providing a first solid particulate material; measuring at least one physicochemical property of the first solid particulate material; correlating the at least one physicochemical property of the first solid particulate material to at least one physicochemical property of a second solid particulate material and at least one physicochemical of a third solid particulate material; determining if a result of the step of correlating meets an operational parameter; and preparing a cement slurry which meets the operational parameter.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Paul Bir Singh, Xueyu Pang, Aleksey V. Kolasnikov, Stephanie Ruiz, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Krishna Babu Yerubandi
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Patent number: 11702581Abstract: Reactivity mapping methods are provided. A method may include: analyzing each of a group of inorganic particles to generate data about physical and/or chemical properties of the inorganic particles; and generating correlations between the properties of inorganic particles based on the data.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, James Robert Benkley, Darrell Chad Brenneis, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Walmy Cuello Jimenez, John P. Singh
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Patent number: 11685078Abstract: Methods of wellbore cementing are provided. A method of analyzing a solid particulate including: measuring a water requirement of the solid particulate; and determining an approximation of specific surface area of the solid particulate from the water requirement.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ronnie Glen Morgan, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Sean William Riggio, Samuel J. Lewis
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Publication number: 20230185979Abstract: A method of designing a cement blend for a wellbore isolation barrier from datasets indicative of drilling a wellbore. The drilling datasets may include drilling equipment data, bottom hole assembly data, and mud system data. A drilling path record comprising depth segments with averaged data values of drilling data can be generated by processing the drilling datasets. A design process can determine a stress state for each depth segment of the drilling path record and design a cement blend with mechanical properties exceeding the stress state. The design process can determine an optimized cement design comprising the cement blend for each depth segment of the drilling path record.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: James Robert BENKLEY, Ronnie Glen MORGAN, Robert P. DARBE, Paul J. JONES, John Paul Bir SINGH
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Publication number: 20230186002Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for designing and determining a well service in the presence of loss, including the volume, rates, and duration of pumping of fluids in the presence of losses. A method of designing services for wellbores includes calibrating a loss circulation model with input comprising wellbore state to update the loss circulation model with formation loss zone characteristics; applying the loss circulation model to output at least a prediction of loss rate; and designing a wellbore service at least partially based on the prediction of the loss rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Paul Bir Singh, Siva Rama Krishna Jandhyala, Krishna Babu Yerubandi, Ronnie Glen Morgan
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Publication number: 20230187029Abstract: The present disclosure relates to designing compositions based on toughness. A method comprises (a) selecting at least a cementitious material and concentration thereof and a water and concentration thereof to form a cement slurry recipe; (b) calculating a toughness for the cement slurry recipe using a toughness model wherein the toughness model comprises an input of physicochemical properties of components of the cement slurry recipe; (c) comparing the toughness of the cement slurry recipe to a toughness requirement; (d) repeating steps (a)-(c) if the calculated toughness of the cement slurry recipe does not meet or exceed the toughness requirement, wherein each repeated step of selecting comprises selecting different concentrations and/or different chemical identities for at least the cementitious material and/or water than previously selected; and (e) preparing a cement slurry based on the cement slurry recipe, the cement slurry including a toughness that meets or exceeds the toughness requirement.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Siva Rama Krishna Jandhyala, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Ronnie Glen Morgan, John Paul Bir Singh
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Patent number: 11598703Abstract: An apparatus for measuring mechanical properties of a downhole material, including first and second fixtures each of the fixtures containing a force application fixture to apply a stress to a specimen of the downhole material. A confining sleeve wraps around portions of the first and second fixtures to form a sealed specimen chamber defined by an inner surface of the confining sleeve and ends of the first and second fixtures nearest the specimen. Wall of a confining chamber contain the first and second fixtures, the confining sleeve and the specimen therein. The confining chamber holds a hydraulic fluid therein such that the hydraulic fluid can exert a confining pressure on the confining sleeve to maintain the seal of the specimen chamber and to maintain contact between the inner surface of the confining sleeve and the specimen when the stress is applied to the specimen.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Chase Russell Gamwell, Vladimir Nikolayevich Martysevich, Jie Bai, Ronnie Glen Morgan
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Patent number: 11548831Abstract: A method of designing a cement composition may include: minimizing an objective function subject to a plurality of constraints to produce a cement composition including at least one cement component and water; and preparing the cement composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Paul Bir Singh, Xueyu Pang, Krishna Babu Yerubandi, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Thomas Jason Pisklak
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Patent number: 11542207Abstract: A method may include: analyzing each of a group of inorganic particles to generate data about physicochemical properties of each of the inorganic particles; and generating a correlation between a reactivity index of each of the inorganic particles and the data.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Paul Bir Singh, Xueyu Pang, Krishna Babu Yerubandi, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Thomas Jason Pisklak
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Patent number: 11441415Abstract: Wellbore cement compositions can be managed based on material characteristics determined from a cement sample. For example, a cement sample can be retrieved from a wellbore. The cement sample can be analyzed using a plurality of sensors to generate a three-dimensional mapping of particles in the cement sample. The three-dimensional mapping can represent three-dimensional spatial relationships between the particles in the cement sample. The three-dimensional mapping can be compared to baseline three-dimensional mappings in a database. The comparison of the three-dimensional mappings can be used to identify at least one material characteristic of the cement sample. Based on the at least one material characteristic of the cement sample, a cement mixture can be prepared or information related to the cement mixture can be output.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel Jason Lewis, Jr., John P. Singh, Abraham S. Grader, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Brendon C. Tan
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Publication number: 20220235258Abstract: Methods of wellbore cementing are provided. A method of generating a wellbore treatment fluid may include: classifying a plurality of solid particulates using correlations; calculating a reactive index and/or a water requirement for at least one of the solid particulates; and selecting two or more solid particulates from the plurality of solid particulates to create a wellbore treatment fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ronnie Glen Morgan, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Walmy Cuello Jimenez, Gregory Robert Hundt, James Robert Benkley, Joseph I. Sanders, John P. Singh, Samuel J. Lewis
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Patent number: 11386247Abstract: A method may include: providing a model of cement induction time; designing a cement composition, based at least partially, on the model of cement induction time; and preparing the cement composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Paul Bir Singh, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Siva Rama Krishna Jandhyala, Krishna Babu Yerubandi