Patents by Inventor Steve D. Jameson

Steve D. Jameson 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 apparatus to remove shifting balls from frac sleeves in oil and gas wells
    Publication number: 20110232918
    Abstract: A process to drill through a spherical frac shifting ball in an oil well utilizes an improved mill, rotates drill pipe at one hundred to five hundred rpm, circulates drilling fluid such that the velocity of said fluid upwardly over said exterior of the drill pipe is in the range of three hundred to four hundred and seventy five feet per minute, and applies one thousand to three thousand pounds of slack off weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Steve D. Jameson, Deborah S. Jameson
  • Method and apparatus to remove composite frac plugs from casings in oil and gas wells
    Patent number: 7958940
    Abstract: A process is provided to drill through a composite frac plug. The plug is in an oil well. The process utilizes an improved mill. The process also rotates drill pipe at one hundred to five hundred rpm and circulates drilling fluid such that the velocity of the fluid upwardly over the exterior of the drill pipe is in the range of three hundred to four hundred and seventy-five feet per minute. One thousand to three thousand pounds of slack off weight is applied during the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventor: Steve D. Jameson
  • Method and apparatus to remove composite frac plugs from casings in oil and gas wells
    Publication number: 20100000741
    Abstract: A process to drill through a composite frac plug in an oil well utilizes an improved mill, rotates drill pipe at one hundred to five hundred rpm, circulates drilling fluid such that the velocity of said fluid upwardly over said exterior of the drill pipe is in the range of three hundred to four hundred and seventy five feet per minute, and applies one thousand to three thousand pounds of slack off weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Steve D. Jameson