Patents by Inventor Shawn Carroll

Shawn Carroll 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).

  • Patent number: 10480268
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a system and a method for sealing at least one opening of a wellbore equipment arranged in a wellbore of a subterranean formation in order to improve the recovery of formation fluids and/or gases. The method includes the steps of positioning a metal patch between the wellbore equipment and a shock wave generation device. The metal patch faces the at least one opening to be sealed and the method further including generating, using a shock wave generation device, at least one electrical discharge into said wellbore in order to propagate toward said metal patch at least one shock wave adapted to deform and fix the metal patch onto the wellbore equipment, sealing therefore the at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Blue Spark Energy Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Parker, Shawn Carroll
  • Patent number: 9890613
    Abstract: Systems and methods for removing deposits from a component of a formation fluid and/or gas transportation tubing string. The disclosed systems and methods generate at least one shock wave into a shock wave transmitting liquid into the transportation tubing string nearby to the component and propagate the at least one shock wave toward the component for removing deposits from the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Blue Spark Energy Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Parker, Shawn Carroll, Dan Skibinski
  • Patent number: 9810041
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for cleaning control particles in a wellbore of a subterranean formation to improve the recovery of formation fluids and/or gases, said wellbore comprising a wall defining a borehole, at least one control equipment arranged into said borehole and a plurality of control particles arranged between said control equipment and said wall, said method comprising the steps of generating at least one shock wave nearby said control equipment and propagating said at least one shock wave through said control equipment toward said control particles for cleaning said control particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Blue Spark Energy Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Parker, Shawn Carroll, Dan Skibinski
  • Patent number: 9739131
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for stimulating a treatment zone near a wellbore area in fluid connection with at least one porous zone of a subterranean formation, said method comprising the steps of generating (S1a) at least one electrical discharge in said wellbore at a distance from the at least one porous zone in order to propagate at least one shock wave adapted to fracture said treatment zone and introducing (S2a) a chemical agent within said treatment zone for increasing the permeability of said treatment zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Blue Spark Energy Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Parker, Shawn Carroll, Dan Skibinski
  • Publication number: 20170122090
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for stimulating a treatment zone near a wellbore area in fluid connection with at least one porous zone of a subterranean formation, said method comprising the steps of generating (S1a) at least one electrical discharge in said wellbore at a distance from the at least one porous zone in order to propagate at least one shock wave adapted to fracture said treatment zone and introducing (S2a) a chemical agent within said treatment zone for increasing the permeability of said treatment zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicant: BLUE SPARK ENERGY INC.
    Inventors: Todd Parker, Shawn Carroll, Dan Skibinski
  • Patent number: 9567840
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for stimulating a treatment zone near a wellbore area in fluid connection with at least one porous zone of a subterranean formation, said method comprising the steps of generating (S1a) at least one electrical discharge in said wellbore at a distance from the at least one porous zone in order to propagate at least one shock wave adapted to fracture said treatment zone and introducing (S2a) a chemical agent within said treatment zone for increasing the permeability of said treatment zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: BLUE SPARK ENERGY INC.
    Inventors: Todd Parker, Shawn Carroll, Dan Skibinski
  • Publication number: 20160348475
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a system and a method for sealing at least one opening of a wellbore equipment arranged in a wellbore of a subterranean formation in order to improve the recovery of formation fluids and/or gases. The method includes the steps of positioning a metal patch between the wellbore equipment and a shock wave generation device. The metal patch faces the at least one opening to be sealed and the method further including generating, using a shock wave generation device, at least one electrical discharge into said wellbore in order to propagate toward said metal patch at least one shock wave adapted to deform and fix the metal patch onto the wellbore equipment, sealing therefore the at least one opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Todd Parker, Shawn Carroll
  • Publication number: 20160024888
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for cleaning control particles in a wellbore of a subterranean formation to improve the recovery of formation fluids and/or gases, said wellbore comprising a wall defining a borehole, at least one control equipment arranged into said borehole and a plurality of control particles arranged between said control equipment and said wall, said method comprising the steps of generating at least one shock wave nearby said control equipment and propagating said at least one shock wave through said control equipment toward said control particles for cleaning said control particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Blue Spark Energy Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Parker, Shawn Carroll, Dan Skibinski
  • Publication number: 20150308233
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for removing deposits from a component of a formation fluid or gas transportation means, said method comprising the steps of generating (S1) at least one shock wave into a shock wave transmitting liquid into said transportation means nearby said component and propagating (S2) said at least one shock wave toward the component for removing deposits from said component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Todd Parker, Shawn Carroll, Dan Skibinski
  • Publication number: 20150308251
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for stimulating a treatment zone near a wellbore area in fluid connection with at least one porous zone of a subterranean formation, said method comprising the steps of generating (S1a) at least one electrical discharge in said wellbore at a distance from the at least one porous zone in order to propagate at least one shock wave adapted to fracture said treatment zone and introducing (S2a) a chemical agent within said treatment zone for increasing the permeability of said treatment zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Todd Parker, Shawn Carroll, Dan Skibinski
  • Publication number: 20120128468
    Abstract: A method for assembling a sensor assembly for use with a turbomachine is provided. The method includes providing a cover that includes a first portion and a second portion that extends from the first portion. A cavity is defined within the first portion. Moreover, a sensing device that is configured to measure at least one variable of a component of the turbomachine is inserted into the cavity. The second portion is removably coupled to a surface of the turbomachine component such that the cover securely couples the sensing device to the turbomachine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Kevin Leon Bruce, Shawn Carrol Yates, Leissner Ferdinand Poth, III, Derek Ray Wilson