Patents by Inventor Steven Ronald Fipke
Steven Ronald Fipke 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: 8701770Abstract: A well system includes a main wellbore extending from a terranean surface toward a subterranean zone. A first lateral wellbore extends from the main wellbore into the subterranean zone. A second lateral wellbore extends from the main wellbore into the subterranean zone. A liner junction device resides in the main wellbore and has a first leg extending into the first lateral wellbore and a second leg extending downhole in the main wellbore. A treatment fluid injection string extends from in the main wellbore through the liner junction and into the first lateral wellbore and terminates in the first lateral wellbore. A seal in the first lateral wellbore seals against flow toward the main wellbore in an annulus adjacent an outer surface of the treatment fluid injection string.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Roger L. Schultz, Travis W. Cavender, Steven Ronald Fipke, Aditya Shailesh Deshmukh, David J. Steele, Jorge Enrique Velez, Eulalio Rosas Fermin
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Patent number: 8251145Abstract: A method of completing a wellbore having a branch wellbore extending outwardly from a window in a parent wellbore comprises positioning a tubular string in the window, wherein the positioning comprises deflecting the tubular string from the parent wellbore into the branch wellbore. The method also comprises providing a particulate barrier outside and against the tubular string proximate the window, the particulate barrier substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the branch wellbore into the parent wellbore outside of the tubular string through the window. The method also comprises the tubular string passing fluid into the tubular string proximate the window from a formation proximate to the window while substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the formation proximate to the window into the tubular string.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: William Shaun Renshaw, Steven Ronald Fipke
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Publication number: 20120132427Abstract: A method of completing a wellbore having a branch wellbore extending outwardly from a window in a parent wellbore is provided. The method comprises positioning a tubular string in the window, wherein the positioning comprises deflecting the tubular string from the parent wellbore into the branch wellbore. The method also comprises providing a particulate barrier outside and against the tubular string proximate the window, the particulate barrier substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the branch wellbore into the parent wellbore outside of the tubular string through the window. The method also comprises the tubular string passing fluid into the tubular string proximate the window from a formation proximate to the window while substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the formation proximate to the window into the tubular string.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2012Publication date: May 31, 2012Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: William Shaun Renshaw, Steven Ronald Fipke
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Patent number: 8171995Abstract: A method of completing a wellbore having a branch wellbore extending outwardly from a window in a parent wellbore comprises positioning a tubular string in the window, wherein the positioning comprises deflecting the tubular string from the parent wellbore into the branch wellbore. The method also comprises providing a particulate barrier outside and against the tubular string proximate the window, the particulate barrier substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the branch wellbore into the parent wellbore outside of the tubular string through the window. The method also comprises the tubular string passing fluid into the tubular string proximate the window from a formation proximate to the window while substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the formation proximate to the window into the tubular string.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: William Shaun Renshaw, Steven Ronald Fipke
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Patent number: 7984762Abstract: A method of completing a wellbore having a branch wellbore extending outwardly from a window in a parent wellbore is provided. The method comprises positioning a tubular string in the window, wherein the positioning comprises deflecting the tubular string from the parent wellbore into the branch wellbore. The method also comprises providing a particulate barrier outside and against the tubular string proximate the window, the particulate barrier substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the branch wellbore into the parent wellbore outside of the tubular string through the window. The method also comprises the tubular string passing fluid into the tubular string proximate the window from a formation proximate to the window while substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the formation proximate to the window into the tubular string.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: William Shaun Renshaw, Steven Ronald Fipke
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Publication number: 20110174480Abstract: A method of completing a wellbore having a branch wellbore extending outwardly from a window in a parent wellbore is provided. The method comprises positioning a tubular string in the window, wherein the positioning comprises deflecting the tubular string from the parent wellbore into the branch wellbore. The method also comprises providing a particulate barrier outside and against the tubular string proximate the window, the particulate barrier substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the branch wellbore into the parent wellbore outside of the tubular string through the window. The method also comprises the tubular string passing fluid into the tubular string proximate the window from a formation proximate to the window while substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the formation proximate to the window into the tubular string.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2011Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: William Shaun Renshaw, Steven Ronald Fipke
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Publication number: 20110036576Abstract: A well system includes a main wellbore extending from a terranean surface toward a subterranean zone. A first lateral wellbore extends from the main wellbore into the subterranean zone. A second lateral wellbore extends from the main wellbore into the subterranean zone. A liner junction device resides in the main wellbore and has a first leg extending into the first lateral wellbore and a second leg extending downhole in the main wellbore. A treatment fluid injection string extends from in the main wellbore through the liner junction and into the first lateral wellbore and terminates in the first lateral wellbore. A seal in the first lateral wellbore seals against flow toward the main wellbore in an annulus adjacent an outer surface of the treatment fluid injection string.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2008Publication date: February 17, 2011Inventors: Roger L. Schultz, Travis W. Cavender, Steven Ronald Fipke, Aditya Shailesh Deshmuk, David J. Steele, Jorge Enrique Velez, Eulalio Rosas Fermin
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Publication number: 20100071905Abstract: A method of completing a wellbore having a branch wellbore extending outwardly from a window in a parent wellbore is provided. The method comprises positioning a tubular string in the window, wherein the positioning comprises deflecting the tubular string from the parent wellbore into the branch wellbore. The method also comprises providing a particulate barrier outside and against the tubular string proximate the window, the particulate barrier substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the branch wellbore into the parent wellbore outside of the tubular string through the window. The method also comprises the tubular string passing fluid into the tubular string proximate the window from a formation proximate to the window while substantially excluding transport of particulate matter from the formation proximate to the window into the tubular string.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: William Shaun Renshaw, Steven Ronald Fipke