Patents by Inventor Saeid Enayatpour

Saeid Enayatpour 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).

  • Method of improving hydraulic fracturing by decreasing formation temperature
    Patent number: 9920608
    Abstract: A method for producing fractures in a formation to release hydrocarbons (such as a hydrocarbon gas or liquid) from the formation is disclosed. The method comprises reducing the in-situ temperature at a location in a formation having a first temperature by contacting the location with a first fluid and contacting the location with a fracturing fluid to produce fractures in the formation while the location is at a second temperature below the first temperature to release hydrocarbons from the formation. The method can include using an endothermic process to reduce the temperature at the location in the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Eric van Oort, Tadeusz W. Patzek, Saeid Enayatpour
  • METHOD OF IMPROVING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING BY DECREASING FORMATION TEMPERATURE
    Publication number: 20150047846
    Abstract: A method for producing fractures in a formation to release hydrocarbons (such as a hydrocarbon gas or liquid) from the formation is disclosed. The method comprises reducing the in-situ temperature at a location in a formation having a first temperature by contacting the location with a first fluid and contacting the location with a fracturing fluid to produce fractures in the formation while the location is at a second temperature below the first temperature to release hydrocarbons from the formation. The method can include using an endothermic process to reduce the temperature at the location in the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Eric van Oort, Tadeusz W. Patzek, Saeid Enayatpour