Patents by Inventor Shaun Burns

Shaun Burns 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).

  • Methods of using a lower-quality water for use as some of the water in the forming and delivering of a treatment fluid into a wellbore
    Patent number: 7621330
    Abstract: The invention is for a method of forming and delivering a treatment fluid into a wellbore. In one aspect, a method is provided for pumping a first fluid having a relatively high concentration of a particulate suspended therein and pumping a second fluid having either none of the particulate or a relatively low concentration of the particulate suspended therein, and then merging at least the first and second fluids to form a treatment fluid having a merged concentration of the particulate. According to this aspect, the first fluid has a relatively high concentration of a hydratable additive and the second fluid has either none or a relatively low concentration of the hydratable additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Walters, Jason Bryant, Leonard Case, Jonn Thompson, Michael Segura, Herbert Hornick, Von Parkey, Shaun Burns, Billy Francis Slabaugh, Jr., Tommy Slabaugh, legal representative
  • Methods of pumping fluids having different concentrations of particulate at different average bulk fluid velocities to reduce pump wear and maintenance in the forming and delivering of a treatment fluid into a wellbore
    Patent number: 7621329
    Abstract: The invention is for a method of forming and delivering a treatment fluid into a wellbore. In one aspect, a method is provided for pumping a first fluid having a relatively high concentration of a particulate suspended therein and pumping a second fluid having either none of the particulate or a relatively low concentration of the particulate suspended therein, and then merging at least the first and second fluids to form a treatment fluid having a merged concentration of the particulate. According to this aspect, the first fluid has a relatively high concentration of a hydratable additive and the second fluid has either none or a relatively low concentration of the hydratable additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard Case, Michael Segura, Harold Walters, Jason Bryant, Herbert Horinek, Jonn Thompson, Von Parkey, Shaun Burns, Billy Slabaugh, Tommy Slabaugh, legal representative
  • Methods of using a higher-quality water with an unhydrated hydratable additive allowing the use of a lower-quality water as some of the water in the forming and delivering of a treatment fluid into a wellbore
    Publication number: 20090277640
    Abstract: The inventions are for methods of forming and delivering a treatment fluid into a wellbore. In one aspect, methods are provided of using higher-quality water for one portion of the water for a treatment fluid and lower-quality water for another portion of the water for a treatment fluid, and merging the two portions to form the treatment fluid after pumping the fluid portions toward the wellbore. This allows the use of lower-quality water for some of the water required for making up the treatment fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Jonn Thompson, Michael Segura, Harold Walters, Jason Bryant, Leonard Case, Herbert Horinek, Von Parkey, Shaun Burns, Billy Slabaugh, Tommy Slabaugh