Patents by Inventor Samuel Jason LEWIS
Samuel Jason 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).
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Patent number: 11976237Abstract: A method may comprise operations for expanding a cement mixture with an alkali-silica reaction. The method may include positioning a cement mixture around a casing string downhole in a wellbore. The cement mixture may include a cement material and a silica material. The method may include curing the cement material to cause the cement material to contract. The silica material and alkali in the cement material may undergo an alkali-silica reaction to produce a gel that expands the cement mixture. The rate of expansion of the cement mixture from the gel may be equal to or greater than the rate of contraction of the cement mixture from curing.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: James Gillies, Samuel J. Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak
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Patent number: 11945994Abstract: A method of designing a cement slurry may include: (a) selecting a target permeability and a density requirement; (b) inputting the target permeability into a permeability model and generating a proposed cement composition using the permeability model, wherein the proposed cement composition comprises at least a cement and concentration thereof, and a water and concentration thereof such that a cement slurry formed from the proposed cement composition water meet the density requirement; (c) preparing the cement slurry based on the proposed cement composition; and (d) introducing the cement slurry into a wellbore and allowing the cement slurry to set to form a hardened cement.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Siva Rama Krishna Jandhyala, Gunnar Lende, Samuel J. Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak
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Patent number: 11932806Abstract: Embodiments relate to cementing operations and, in certain embodiments, to passivated cement accelerators and methods of using passivated cement accelerators in subterranean formations. An embodiment may comprise a method of cementing comprising: providing a cement composition comprising cement, water, and a passivated cement accelerator; and allowing the cement composition to set.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Kyriacos Agapiou, Samuel Jason Lewis
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Patent number: 11932805Abstract: A bulk dry cement may comprise a cement; a solid particle; and a liquid resin accelerator, wherein the liquid resin accelerator is disposed on a surface of the solid particle.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Paul Joseph Jones, William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Samuel Jason Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak
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Patent number: 11926788Abstract: Compositions for foamed treatment fluids are disclosed. The foamed treatment fluid may comprise a cement, a viscosifying agent, a thixotropic additive, a foaming surfactant, a gas, and water. The foaming surfactant may comprise a polyethylene glycol alkyl ether (C5-C10), sulfate ammonium salt.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Brendon Chia Han Tan, Samuel Jason Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Paul Joseph Jones
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Publication number: 20240067859Abstract: A method of cementing may include preparing a cement slurry by mixing at least water and a cement dry blend, wherein the cement dry blend comprises a cement and an activated pozzolan; and introducing the cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement slurry to set to form a hardened mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel Jason Lewis, Travis Allen Patterson
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Patent number: 11859124Abstract: A method of well treatment may include: providing a polymer; correlating performance of the polymer to a least one physical property of the polymer; and preparing a treatment fluid comprising the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, Jr., John Paul Bir Singh, Samuel Jason Lewis
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Patent number: 11827839Abstract: Preparing a cement slurry by mixing at least water and a cement dry blend, wherein the cement dry blend comprises a cement and an activated pozzolan; and introducing the cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement slurry to set to form a hardened mass.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel Jason Lewis, Travis Allen Patterson
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Patent number: 11807806Abstract: Provided are methods, compositions, and systems embodying cement compositions and the synergistic effect of lost circulation materials (LCMs) and fluid loss control additives (FLCAs) thereupon for cementing subterranean zones. A method of subterranean well cementing, comprising providing a cement composition comprising a hydraulic cement, a first FLCA, a LCM, and water, wherein the first FLCA comprises a water-soluble polymer with repeating units comprising a 5- to 6-membered cyclic amide; introducing the cement composition into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein inclusion of the first FLCA and the LCM in the cement composition fluid reduces fluid loss into the subterranean formation, wherein the subterranean formation has fractures with a width of from about 1 micron to about 800 microns, and wherein the subterranean formation has a permeability of about 1 millidarcy to about 300 Darcy; and allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean formation.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Sandip Prabhakar Patil, Samuel Jason Lewis, Kyriacos Agapiou, Ganesh Shriniwas Pangu
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Patent number: 11661812Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses of the present disclosure generally relate to dissolvable plugs for separating fluids in a wellbore. A dissolvable plug includes a first end comprising a first fluid barrier. The first fluid barrier includes a polymer film. The dissolvable plug also includes a second end opposite to the first end. The second end comprises a second fluid barrier. The second fluid barrier comprises a polymer film. The dissolvable plug includes a solid structure made of a sand and salt mixture.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Jason Lewis, Paul Joseph Jones, Lonnie Carl Helms
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Publication number: 20230129356Abstract: A method of cementing in a subterranean formation may include, activating an extended-life cement composition by mixing at least the extended-life cement composition with a liquid activated pozzolan additive comprising a carrier fluid and an activated pozzolan, wherein the extended-life cement composition comprises water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; introducing the extended-life cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the extended-life cement composition to set to form a hardened mass in the subterranean formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Claudia Carmen Pineda, Travis Allen Patterson, Samuel Jason Lewis
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Publication number: 20230126439Abstract: A method of cementing may include preparing a cement slurry by mixing at least water and a cement dry blend, wherein the cement dry blend comprises a cement and an activated pozzolan; and introducing the cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement slurry to set to form a hardened mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel Jason Lewis, Travis Allen Patterson
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Publication number: 20230128657Abstract: A method of cementing may include: mixing at least a cement dry blend, water, and a liquid activated pozzolan additive to form a cement slurry, wherein the liquid activate pozzolan additive comprises a carrier fluid and an activated pozzolan; introducing the cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement slurry to set.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel Jason Lewis, Travis Allen Patterson, Claudia Carmen Pineda
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Patent number: 11613689Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for cementing. An example method may comprise providing a cement composition. The cement composition may comprise a composite cementitious material comprising a micronized particulate solid and a monophase amorphous hydraulic binder. The micronized particulate solid may have a mean particle size of about 500 microns or less. The cement composition may further comprise water. The method may further comprise introducing the cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Stephanie Ruiz, Thomas Jason Pisklak, William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Paul Joseph Jones, Samuel Jason Lewis
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Patent number: 11499084Abstract: Expansive cement compositions for use in subterranean wellbores that include a monophase amorphous hydraulic binder material (MAHBM). The MAHBM may include a plurality of particles having a silica core and an amorphous coating substantially surrounding the silica core. The coating may comprise, for example, a plurality of amorphous ?-dicalcium silicate hydrate nanoparticles or microparticles. The MAHBM may be used as an expansion agent in a cement composition or used as an expansive cement by itself.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Samuel Jason Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Stephanie Ruiz, Paul Joseph Jones
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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: 20220267663Abstract: Embodiments relate to cementing operations and, in certain embodiments, to passivated cement accelerators and methods of using passivated cement accelerators in subterranean formations. An embodiment may comprise a method of cementing comprising: providing a cement composition comprising cement, water, and a passivated cement accelerator; and allowing the cement composition to set.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Pauline Akinyi Otieno, Kyriacos Agapiou, Samuel Jason Lewis
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Patent number: 11414587Abstract: A method may include introducing into a wellbore a resin-based sealant composition comprising: a resin comprising a cycloalkene; and a transition metal compound catalyst; and allowing the resin-based sealant composition to harden in the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Paul Joseph Jones, Samuel Jason Lewis, Mikhail Tcibulskii
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Publication number: 20220178221Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses of the present disclosure generally relate to dissolvable plugs for separating fluids in a wellbore. A dissolvable plug includes a first end comprising a first fluid barrier. The first fluid barrier includes a polymer film. The dissolvable plug also includes a second end opposite to the first end. The second end comprises a second fluid barrier. The second fluid barrier comprises a polymer film. The dissolvable plug includes a solid structure made of a sand and salt mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Jason Lewis, Paul Joseph Jones, Lonnie Carl Helms
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Patent number: 11352544Abstract: Cement compositions for use in subterranean wellbores that include a monophase amorphous hydraulic binder material (MAHBM). The MAHBM may include a plurality of particles having a silica core and an amorphous coating substantially surrounding the silica core. The coating may comprise a plurality of amorphous particles, such as ?-dicalcium silicate hydrate nanoparticles or microparticles. The MAHBM may be used as a strength retrogression mitigating additive in a cement composition or used as a high temperature cement.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel Jason Lewis, Paul Joseph Jones, William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Stephanie Ruiz