Patents by Inventor Stephen R. Ingram

Stephen R. Ingram 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 and system of drilling laterals in shale formations
    Patent number: 9228393
    Abstract: Drilling laterals in shale formations. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: drilling a deviated borehole through a shale formation with a drill string comprising a drill bit; logging the shale formation with a logging tool disposed within the drill string; estimating, in real time with the drilling, fracture potential of a portion of the shale formation near the drill bit, the estimation of fracture potential based on information acquired by the logging tool; and controlling drilling direction based on the fracture potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Richard B. Logan, Stephen R. Ingram, Martin D. Paulk, Hamayun Z. Raja
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DRILLING LATERALS IN SHALE FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20130270009
    Abstract: Drilling laterals in shale formations. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: drilling a deviated borehole through a shale formation with a drill string comprising a drill bit; logging the shale formation with a logging tool disposed within the drill string; estimating, in real time with the drilling, fracture potential of a portion of the shale formation near the drill bit, the estimation of fracture potential based on information acquired by the logging tool; and controlling drilling direction based on the fracture potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard B. Logan, Stephen R. Ingram, Martin D. Paulk, Hamayun Z. Raja
  • Fracturing Process to Enhance Propping Agent Distribution to Maximize Connectivity Between the Formation and the Wellbore
    Publication number: 20130048282
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation may include placing a first treatment fluid into a subterranean formation through an access conduit connecting the subterranean formation to a wellbore at a pressure sufficient to form at least a portion of a fracture network; pumping a second treatment fluid comprising a propping agent into the fracture network such that the propping agent forms a proppant pack in at least a portion of the fracture network; placing a third treatment fluid comprising a secondary diverting agent into the fracture network so as to substantially inhibit fluid flow through at least a portion of the fracture network without substantially inhibiting fluid flow through the access conduit; and placing a fourth treatment fluid comprising a primary diverting agent into the wellbore such that the primary diverting agent substantially inhibits fluid flow through the access conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventors: David M. Adams, Stephen R. Ingram, Nicholas Gardiner, Walt F. Glover, Mark Harris, Matt Oehler, Jonathan Smith