Patents by Inventor Samuel J. Lewis

Samuel J. Lewis 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).

  • Downhole fluids and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 10428259
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to downhole fluid additives including a clay, a hydroxylated polymer, a cation, and water. The disclosure further relates to downhole fluids, including drilling fluids, spaces, cements, and proppant delivery fluids containing such as downhole fluid additive and methods of using such fluids. The downhole fluid additive may have any of a variety of functions in the downhole fluid and may confer any of a variety of properties upon it, such as salt tolerance or desired viscosities even at high downhole temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Vivek S. Goel, Peter James Boul, Xueyu Pang, Lee J. Hall, Jay P. Deville, Samuel J. Lewis, B. Raghava Reddy, Trissa Joseph, Xiangnan Ye
  • TREATMENT FLUIDS COMPRISING RECYCLED DRILLING CUTTINGS AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20190241789
    Abstract: A method that includes providing a treatment fluid having an aqueous base fluid and ground drilling cuttings and placing the treatment fluid in a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyriacos Agapiou, Samuel J. Lewis, Thomas Pisklak
  • TREATMENT FLUIDS COMPRISING CALCIUM ALUMINATE CEMENT AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20190185729
    Abstract: Methods and systems for the treatment of wells are disclosed. A method for treating a well comprises providing a treatment fluid comprising calcium-aluminate cement, water, and a cement set retarder; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore. A system for treating a well comprises a treatment fluid comprising calcium-aluminate cement, water, and a cement set retarder; a vessel to contain the treatment fluid; a pumping system coupled to the vessel to pump the treatment fluid; and a conduit coupled to the pumping system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronnie Glen Morgan, Kyriacos Agapiou, Samuel J. Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • Treatment fluids comprising calcium aluminate cement and methods of use
    Patent number: 10253235
    Abstract: Methods and systems for the treatment of wells are disclosed. A method for treating a well comprises providing a treatment fluid comprising calcium-aluminate cement, water, and a cement set retarder; and introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore. A system for treating a well comprises a treatment fluid comprising calcium-aluminate cement, water, and a cement set retarder; a vessel to contain the treatment fluid; a pumping system coupled to the vessel to pump the treatment fluid; and a conduit coupled to the pumping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronnie Glen Morgan, Kyriacos Agapiou, Samuel J. Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • NON-AQUEOUS LIQUID ANTI-SHRINKAGE CEMENT ADDITIVES
    Publication number: 20190062213
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of cementing comprising: providing a cement composition comprising: water, a cement, and a non-aqueous liquid anti-shrinkage cement additive comprising calcined magnesium oxide and a non-aqueous liquid; introducing the cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. Non-aqueous liquid anti-shrinkage cement additives, cement compositions, and systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel J Lewis, Thomas Singh Sodhi, Kyriacos Agapiou, Aleksey Kolasnikov
  • NANOFIBRIL CELLULOSE ADDITIVE
    Publication number: 20190048248
    Abstract: A variety of systems, methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one method, a method for well treatment may comprise providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid; and a nanofribril cellulose additive, wherein the nanofribril cellulose additive comprises nanofribril cellulose and a surfactant adsorbed onto a surface of the nanofribril cellulose; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating a subterranean formation. Additional systems, methods and compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Samuel J. Lewis, Thomas Singh Sodhi
  • NANOCELLULOSE FOAM STABILIZING ADDITIVE
    Publication number: 20180362403
    Abstract: A variety of systems, methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one method, providing a foamed cement composition comprising a hydraulic cement, water, a foaming surfactant, a gas, and a nanocellulose foam stabilizing additive; placing the foamed cement composition in a selected location; and allowing the foamed cement composition to set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Samuel J. Lewis, Jeffery Dwane Karcher
  • High efficiency radiation-induced triggering for set-on-command compositions and methods of use
    Patent number: 10151170
    Abstract: Systems and methods that produce bremsstrahlung radiation may facilitate the setting of a settable composition. For example, a method may include providing a settable composition in a portion of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, a portion of the subterranean formation, or both; conveying an electron accelerator tool along the wellbore proximal to the settable composition; producing an electron beam in the electron accelerator tool with a trajectory that impinges a converter material, thereby converting the electron beam to bremsstrahlung photons; manipulating the trajectory of the electron beam in a radial direction, an axial direction, or both of the wellbore with a rastoring device of the electron accelerator tool; and irradiating the settable composition with the bremsstrahlung photons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel J. Lewis
  • Alkyl polyglycoside derivative as biodegradable foaming surfactant for cement
    Patent number: 10106719
    Abstract: A cement composition: (a) a hydraulic cement; (b) water; and (c) an alkyl polyglycoside derivative, wherein the alkyl polyglycoside derivative is selected from the group consisting of: sulfonates, betaines, an inorganic salt of any of the foregoing, and any combination of any of the foregoing. A method comprising the steps of: (A) forming the cement composition; and (B) introducing the cement composition into the well. Preferably, the cement composition is foamed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh Muthusamy, Abhimanyu Pramod Deshpande, Rahul Chandrakant Patil, Samuel J. Lewis
  • Liquid anti-shrinkage agent for cement
    Patent number: 10053612
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquid agent that mitigates shrinkage of cement, particularly cement used in a hydrocarbon-producing well. The anti-shrinkage agent includes a slow-setting calcium aluminate cement as well as gypsum and may exhibit shelf-life stability, physical stability, or both. The present disclosure further relates to methods of cementing a hydrocarbon-producing well using the anti-shrinkage agent and to cements containing the anti-shrinkage agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyriacos Agapiou, Cody Glenn Harris, Samuel J. Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • RADIATION INDUCED THICKENING FOR CEMENT
    Publication number: 20180187512
    Abstract: Systems and methods that utilize radiation to set cementitious compositions can be used to set a pipe or casing in a wellbore. The systems and methods involve connecting a radiation tool to the top plug of a two-plug system used to place the cementitious composition in the annulus between the pipe and the wellbore. The systems and methods provide for radiating the cementitious composition as it is introduced into the wellbore and as the radiation tool is retrieved from the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Mark R Savery, Samuel J Lewis
  • MITIGATION OF ANNULAR PRESSURE BUILD-UP USING TREATMENT FLUIDS COMPRISING CALCIUM ALUMINATE CEMENT
    Publication number: 20180171205
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and systems for treating a well are included. A method comprises introducing a treatment fluid comprising a calcium aluminate cement, a cement set retarder, and water into a wellbore. The method further comprises removing a portion of the treatment fluid from the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel J. Lewis, Kyriacos Agapiou, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • EXTENDED-LIFE CALCIUM ALUMINOPHOSPHATE CEMENT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20180171204
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and systems for cementing are included. The method comprises providing an extended-life calcium aluminophosphate cement composition comprising calcium aluminate cement, a polyphosphate, water, and a cement set retarder. The method further comprises mixing the extended-life calcium aluminophosphate cement composition with a cement set activator to activate the extended-life calcium aluminophosphate cement composition, introducing the activated extended-life calcium aluminophosphate cement composition into a subterranean formation, and allowing the activated extended-life calcium aluminophosphate cement composition to set in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyriacos Agapiou, Samuel J. Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • PLUGGING AND ABANDONING A WELL USING EXTENDED-LIFE CEMENT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20180163121
    Abstract: Methods and systems for plug-and-abandon applications are included. A method comprises providing an extended-life cement composition comprising calcium aluminate cement, water, and a cement set retarder. The method further comprises mixing the extended-life cement composition with a cement set activator to activate the extended-life cement composition, introducing the activated extended-life cement composition into a wellbore, and allowing the activated extended-life cement composition to set in the wellbore to form a plug in the wellbore. The plug has a permeability of less than 0.1 millidarcy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyriacos Agapiou, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel J. Lewis
  • CONTROLLED ACTIVATION OF EXTENDED-LIFE CEMENT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20180148629
    Abstract: Methods, compositions, and systems for cementing are included. The method comprises providing an extended-life cement composition comprising calcium-aluminate cement, water, a cement set retarder, and a delayed-release cement set activator. The method further comprises introducing the extended-life cement composition into a subterranean formation and allowing the extended-life cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. The extended-life cement composition has a thickening time of about two hours or longer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Kyriacos Agapiou, Samuel J. Lewis
  • Cement set activators for set-delayed cement compositions and associated methods
    Patent number: 9920235
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are cement compositions and methods of using set-delayed cement compositions in subterranean formations. In one embodiment, a method of cementing in a subterranean formation is described. The method may comprise providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; activating the set-delayed cement composition with a liquid additive to produce an activated cement composition, wherein the liquid additive comprises a monovalent salt, a polyphosphate, a dispersant, and water; and allowing the activated cement composition to set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Inc.
    Inventors: Peter James Boul, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel J. Lewis, Kyriacos Agapiou, Lance Everett Brothers, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Ronnie Glen Morgan, Baya Adams, Cody Glenn Harris
  • DOWNHOLE FLUIDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180037795
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to downhole fluid additives including a clay, a hydroxylated polymer, a cation, and water. The disclosure further relates to downhole fluids, including drilling fluids, spaces, cements, and proppant delivery fluids containing such as downhole fluid additive and methods of using such fluids. The downhole fluid additive may have any of a variety of functions in the downhole fluid and may confer any of a variety of properties upon it, such as salt tolerance or desired viscosities even at high downhole temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Vivek S. Goel, Peter James Boul, Xueyu Pang, Lee J. Hall, Jay P. Deville, Samuel J. Lewis, B. Raghava Reddy, Trissa Joseph, Xiangnan Ye
  • Yielding of hydrated lime in set-delayed and other settable compositions
    Patent number: 9869155
    Abstract: Methods and systems directed to controlling the rheology of settable compositions in subterranean formations. Embodiments include a method of controlling the rheology of a set-delayed cement composition, the method comprising: providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; shearing the set-delayed cement composition in an amount sufficient to substantially prevent solids settling; storing the set-delayed cement in a pumpable fluid state for at least 1 day; activating the set-delayed cement composition; introducing the set-delayed cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the set-delayed cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. Additional methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel J. Lewis, Kyriacos Agapiou, Peter James Bou, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Lance Everett Brothers, Ronnie Glen Morgan
  • Mitigation of contamination effects in set-delayed cement compositions comprising pumice and hydrated lime
    Patent number: 9856167
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for cementing are disclosed. Embodiments include a method of cementing comprising: providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, a primary set retarder, a secondary set retarder; activating the set-delayed cement composition to produce an activated cement composition; introducing the activated cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the activated cement composition to set in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel J. Lewis, Kyriacos Agapiou, Peter James Boul, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Lance Everett Brothers
  • HIGH EFFICIENCY RADIATION-INDUCED TRIGGERING FOR SET-ON-COMMAND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20170356271
    Abstract: Systems and methods that produce bremsstrahlung radiation may facilitate the setting of a settable composition. For example, a method may include providing a settable composition in a portion of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, a portion of the subterranean formation, or both; conveying an electron accelerator tool along the wellbore proximal to the settable composition; producing an electron beam in the electron accelerator tool with a trajectory that impinges a converter material, thereby converting the electron beam to bremsstrahlung photons; manipulating the trajectory of the electron beam in a radial direction, an axial direction, or both of the wellbore with a rastoring device of the electron accelerator tool; and irradiating the settable composition with the bremsstrahlung photons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventor: Samuel J. LEWIS