Patents by Inventor Timothy Neal Harvey

Timothy Neal Harvey 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).

  • Solvent-Induced Separation of Oilfield Emulsions
    Publication number: 20210129044
    Abstract: Systems and methods for separation of oleaginous fluids, aqueous fluids, and solids from drilling or other oilfield emulsions by solvent extraction. A method for separation of oilfield emulsions comprising: providing an oilfield emulsion prepared for use in a wellbore and/or recovered from a wellbore; mixing the oilfield emulsion with at least a solvent to form at least a mixture; and separating the mixture to at least partially recover an oleaginous phase of the oilfield emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Neal Harvey, Cato Russell McDaniel, Katerina V. Newman
  • Solvent-induced separation of oilfield emulsions
    Patent number: 10905972
    Abstract: Systems and methods for separation of oleaginous fluids, aqueous fluids, and solids from drilling or other oilfield emulsions by solvent extraction. A method for separation of oilfield emulsions comprising: providing an oilfield emulsion prepared for use in a wellbore and/or recovered from a wellbore; mixing the oilfield emulsion with at least a solvent to form at least a mixture; and separating the mixture to at least partially recover an oleaginous phase of the oilfield emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Neal Harvey, Cato Russell McDaniel, Katerina V. Newman
  • Solvent-Induced Separation of Oilfield Emulsions
    Publication number: 20180021697
    Abstract: Systems and methods for separation of oleaginous fluids, aqueous fluids, and solids from drilling or other oilfield emulsions by solvent extraction. A method for separation of oilfield emulsions comprising: providing an oilfield emulsion prepared for use in a wellbore and/or recovered from a wellbore; mixing the oilfield emulsion with at least a solvent to form at least a mixture; and separating the mixture to at least partially recover an oleaginous phase of the oilfield emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Neal Harvey, Cato Russell McDaniel, Katerina V. Newman
  • Method and system for processing oil and gas well cuttings utilizing existing slurry processing equipment
    Patent number: 7325629
    Abstract: A method for integrating a batch cement process with a cuttings reinjection process, the method comprising: equipping a batch cement skid with a particle classifier and a grinding pump, such that the batch cement skid sequentially implements the cuttings reinjection process and the batch cement process is disclosed. An apparatus for performing a batch cement process and a cuttings reinjection process, the apparatus comprising: a first tank and a second tank, a particle classifier having a coarse effluent stream feeding into the first tank and a fine effluent stream feeding into the second tank, and a grinding pump in fluid communication with the first tank and the particle classifier is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Edward Blaschke, Kevin Michael Stewart, Bryan Clint Walker, Timothy Neal Harvey, Danny Keith Mints