Patents by Inventor Trevor Lloyd Hughes
Trevor Lloyd Hughes 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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Publication number: 20230374370Abstract: Compositions may include a corrosion inhibitor including a heterocyclic diamine prepared from the reaction of an alkyl diamine and an aldehyde, wherein the alkyl diamine has the general formula: R4NH(CH2)nNHR5, where n is an integer between 3 and 6, and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or a C2-C30 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical. Methods may include contacting a metal surface with a corrosion inhibitor composition, wherein the corrosion inhibitor includes a heterocyclic diamine corrosion inhibitor from the reaction of an alkyl diamine and an aldehyde, wherein the alkyl diamine has the general formula: R4NH(CH2)nNHR5, where n is an integer between 3 and 6, and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or a C2-C30 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Paul Barnes, Tore Nordvik, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Lynne Patricia Crawford, Evgeny Barmatov
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Patent number: 11760918Abstract: Compositions may include a corrosion inhibitor including a heterocyclic diamine prepared from the reaction of an alkyl diamine and an aldehyde, wherein the alkyl diamine has the general formula: R4NH(CH2)nNHR5, where n is an integer between 3 and 6, and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or a C2-C30 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical. Methods may include contacting a metal surface with a corrosion inhibitor composition, wherein the corrosion inhibitor includes a heterocyclic diamine corrosion inhibitor from the reaction of an alkyl diamine and an aldehyde, wherein the alkyl diamine has the general formula: R4NH(CH2)nNHR5, where n is an integer between 3 and 6, and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or a C2-C30 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventors: Paul Barnes, Tore Nordvik, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Lynne Patricia Crawford, Evgeny Barmatov
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Publication number: 20230100987Abstract: An aqueous acid composition that may be used, for example, in a matrix acidizing treatment can include an acid, a polymeric acid corrosion inhibitor, and an acid corrosion inhibitor intensifier. The acid corrosion inhibitor can include iodide ions and metal ions, with the metal ions being one or more of copper, silver, bismuth, or antimony. The molar ratio of metal ions to iodide ions can be 1:X, where X is greater than or equal to 2. The polymer of the polymeric acid corrosion inhibitor can have a molecular weight less than 100,000 g/mol.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Jill F. Geddes, Man Yi Ho, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Lynne Patricia Crawford
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Publication number: 20230018020Abstract: A method for measuring average thickness of a metal or alloy coating on a metal or alloy substrate using an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer is used when the coating has an uneven surface at different distances from a measurement window of the XRF spectrometer. The method includes measuring elemental composition of the coating or substrate using the XRF spectrometer and obtaining the average thickness of the coating using a calibration relationship between coating thickness and elemental composition of the coating or substrate. The metal or alloy coating may be a metal or alloy coating of a plurality of outer armor wires wrapped around a cable. The method may be used to analyze coating thickness changes over time or along the length of the cable, or to analyze a corrosive environment in order to choose optimal material for a metal or alloy coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Jill F. Geddes, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov
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Publication number: 20230003517Abstract: A method for measuring a thickness of a deposit layer on a metal or alloy substrate using an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer, where the deposit layer includes scale deposits or corrosion products. As part of the method, an elemental composition of the deposit layer or the metal or alloy substrate is measured using the XRF spectrometer. The thickness of the deposit layer is obtained from the elemental composition using a calibration relationship between deposit layer thicknesses and corresponding elemental compositions of the deposit layer or the metal/alloy substrate. The method can be applied to determine the rate of deposit layer formation and evaluate the effectiveness of a treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2020Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Jill F. Geddes, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Man Yi Ho, Paul Barnes
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Patent number: 11505733Abstract: An aqueous acid composition that may be used, for example, in a matrix acidizing treatment can include an acid, a polymeric acid corrosion inhibitor, and an acid corrosion inhibitor intensifier. The acid corrosion inhibitor can include iodide ions and metal ions, with the metal ions being one or more of copper, silver, bismuth, or antimony. The molar ratio of metal ions to iodide ions can be 1:X, where X is greater than or equal to 2. The polymer of the polymeric acid corrosion inhibitor can have a molecular weight less than 100,000 g/mol.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Lynne Patricia Crawford, Jill F. Geddes, Man Yi Ho
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Patent number: 11248162Abstract: A viscosified aqueous solution, optionally for use in a subterranean wellbore, is made by reacting in aqueous solution (i) an initial polymer with either carboxylic acid or amino groups on its polymer chain, (ii) a second compound with an amino group or carboxylic acid group, and (iii) a coupling agent, so that molecules of the second compound join to the polymer chain through amide groups, thereby forming an aqueous solution of a modified polymer which, without separation from the aqueous solution, participates in cross-linking thereby enhancing viscosity of the solution. The second compound may include hydrophobic groups so that the modified polymer contains hydrophobic groups and is able to cross-link with itself or a viscoelastic surfactant through association of hydrophobic groups (without covalent bond formation) in aqueous solution. Such cross-links can reform after the fluid has been subjected to shear.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Jesús Del Barrio, Robert Seth Hartshorne, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Andrew Meredith
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Publication number: 20210238469Abstract: Compositions may include a corrosion inhibitor including a heterocyclic diamine prepared from the reaction of an alkyl diamine and an aldehyde, wherein the alkyl diamine has the general formula: R4NH(CH2)nNHR5, where n is an integer between 3 and 6, and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or a C2-C30 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical. Methods may include contacting a metal surface with a corrosion inhibitor composition, wherein the corrosion inhibitor includes a heterocyclic diamine corrosion inhibitor from the reaction of an alkyl diamine and an aldehyde, wherein the alkyl diamine has the general formula: R4NH(CH2)nNHR5, where n is an integer between 3 and 6, and R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen or a C2-C30 saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon radical.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Paul Barnes, Tore Nordvik, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Lynne Patricia Crawford, Evgeny Barmatov
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Patent number: 10982337Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting compound with a general structure A-B or A-X-B for inhibition of corrosion of steel in acidic solution. A comprises a heterocyclic ring system having a plurality of cyclic Carbon atoms and at least one cyclic Nitrogen atom, wherein the at least one cyclic Nitrogen atom is neutral under neutral conditions and protonatable under acidic conditions. B comprises at least two unsaturated Carbon atoms. B may comprise a ring system or a polymerisable group.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Lynne Patricia Crawford, Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Man Yi Ho
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Publication number: 20200332175Abstract: An aqueous acid composition that may be used, for example, in a matrix acidizing treatment can include an acid, a polymeric acid corrosion inhibitor, and an acid corrosion inhibitor intensifier. The acid corrosion inhibitor can include iodide ions and metal ions, with the metal ions being one or more of copper, silver, bismuth, or antimony. The molar ratio of metal ions to iodide ions can be 1:X, where X is greater than or equal to 2. The polymer of the polymeric acid corrosion inhibitor can have a molecular weight less than 100,000 g/mol.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Lynne Patricia Crawford, Jill F. Geddes, Man Yi Ho
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Patent number: 10808164Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of duplex stainless steel by aqueous acidic solution, comprises carrying out a preliminary treatment which is passivation of the steel while exposing the steel to a first aqueous acidic solution containing at least one organic corrosion inhibitor able to adsorb to a steel surface, so as to deposit a passivating and corrosion inhibiting film on the steel surface; and thereafter during a second period of time exposing the steel to a second aqueous acidic solution different from the first aqueous acidic solution and also containing at least one organic corrosion inhibitor able to adsorb to a steel. The second aqueous acidic solution maintains the film on the steel surface, such that weight loss through corrosion in the second period of time is lower than the weight loss which would be observed with the same second aqueous acidic solution but without carrying out the preliminary treatment.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Jill F. Geddes
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Patent number: 10794527Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal which will be in contact with aqueous, and possibly acidic, solution comprises contacting the metal with a corrosion inhibiting composition containing more than 30% by weight of one or more organic corrosion inhibiting constituents which are water-insoluble hydrophobic material, and a corrosion inhibitor which contains one or more polymerisable groups containing double or triple bonded carbon, before contacting the metal with the aqueous solution. The method may be used to protect coiled tubing used for matrix acidizing of an oil well by propelling a slug of the corrosion inhibiting composition along the coiled tubing before pumping acid through the tubing.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Trevor Lloyd Hughes
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Patent number: 10787745Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting composition which is a liquid carrier in which is dissolved or dispersed a corrosion inhibitor compound comprising at least one moiety (A) which is an aliphatic, aromatic or mixed aliphatic/aromatic structure containing one or more hetero atoms which are nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or sulphur, and also at least one moiety (B) which contains one or more polymerisable groups containing double or triple bonded carbon, with the moieties (A) and (B) directly or indirectly covalently connected together.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Jill F. Geddes, Lynne Patricia Crawford, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Michaela Nagl-Vogel
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Publication number: 20200299569Abstract: A viscosified aqueous solution, optionally for use in a subterranean wellbore, is made by reacting in aqueous solution (i) an initial polymer with either carboxylic acid or amino groups on its polymer chain, (ii) a second compound with an amino group or carboxylic acid group, and (iii) a coupling agent, so that molecules of the second compound join to the polymer chain through amide groups, thereby forming an aqueous solution of a modified polymer which, without separation from the aqueous solution, participates in cross-linking thereby enhancing viscosity of the solution. The second compound may include hydrophobic groups so that the modified polymer contains hydrophobic groups and is able to cross-link with itself or a viscoelastic surfactant through association of hydrophobic groups (without covalent bond formation) in aqueous solution. Such cross-links can reform after the fluid has been subjected to shear.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Jesús Del Barrio, Robert Seth Hartshorne, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Andrew Meredith
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Publication number: 20180312980Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting compound with a general structure A-B or A-X-B for inhibition of corrosion of steel in acidic solution. A comprises a heterocyclic ring system having a plurality of cyclic Carbon atoms and at least one cyclic Nitrogen atom, wherein the at least one cyclic Nitrogen atom is neutral under neutral conditions and protonatable under acidic conditions. B comprises at least two unsaturated Carbon atoms. B may comprise a ring system or a polymerisable group.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2016Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Lynne Patricia Crawford, Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Man Yi Ho
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Publication number: 20180135187Abstract: Corrosion of steel in acidic solution is inhibited using a mixture of a compound in which a plurality of heterocyclic aromatic groups with a quaternary nitrogen atom are connected together, such as by a linking group which may be covalently attached to the quaternary nitrogen atoms of the aromatic heterocyclic rings, and a polarizable adsorption-intensifying anion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Lynne Patricia Crawford, Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Man Yi Ho
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Publication number: 20170335467Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting composition which is a liquid carrier in which is dissolved or dispersed a corrosion inhibitor compound comprising at least one moiety (A) which is an aliphatic, aromatic or mixed aliphatic/aromatic structure containing one or more hetero atoms which are nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or sulphur, and also at least one moiety (B) which contains one or more polymerisable groups containing double or triple bonded carbon, with the moieties (A) and (B) directly or indirectly covalently connected together.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Evgeny Borisovich BARMATOV, Jill F. GEDDES, Lynne Patricia CRAWFORD, Trevor Lloyd HUGHES, Michaela NAGL-VOGEL
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Publication number: 20170240796Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of duplex stainless steel by aqueous acidic solution, comprises carrying out a preliminary treatment which is passivation of the steel while exposing the steel to a first aqueous acidic solution containing at least one organic corrosion inhibitor able to adsorb to a steel surface, so as to deposit a passivating and corrosion inhibiting film on the steel surface; and thereafter during a second period of time exposing the steel to a second aqueous acidic solution different from the first aqueous acidic solution and also containing at least one organic corrosion inhibitor able to adsorb to a steel. The second aqueous acidic solution maintains the film on the steel surface, such that weight loss through corrosion in the second period of time is lower than the weight loss which would be observed with the same second aqueous acidic solution but without carrying out the preliminary treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Jill F. Geddes
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Publication number: 20170234475Abstract: A method of inhibiting corrosion of metal which will be in contact with aqueous, and possibly acidic, solution comprises contacting the metal with a corrosion inhibiting composition containing more than 30% by weight of one or more organic corrosion inhibiting constituents which are water-insoluble hydrophobic material, and a corrosion inhibitor which contains one or more polymerisable groups containing double or triple bonded carbon, before contacting the metal with the aqueous solution. The method may be used to protect coiled tubing used for matrix acidizing of an oil well by propelling a slug of the corrosion inhibiting composition along the coiled tubing before pumping acid through the tubing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Evgeny Borisovich BARMATOV, Trevor Lloyd HUGHES
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Patent number: 9388334Abstract: A wellbore fluid comprises an aqueous carrier liquid, hydrophobic fibers suspended therein, hydrophobic particulate material also suspended in the carrier liquid, and a gas to wet the surfaces of the particles and fibers and bind them together as agglomerates. The wellbore fluid may be a slickwater fracturing fluid and may be used for fracturing a tight gas reservoir. Using a combination of hydrophobic particulate material, hydrophobic fibers and gas inhibits settling out of the particulate material from an aqueous liquid. Because the gas acts to wet the surfaces of both materials and agglomerates them, the particulate material is made to adhere to the fibers; the fibers form a network which hinders settling of the particulate material adhering to them, and the agglomerates contain gas and so have a bulk density which is less than the specific gravity of the solids contained in the agglomerates.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Trevor Lloyd Hughes, Evgeny Borisovich Barmatov, Jill F. Geddes, Michael J. Fuller, Bruno Drochon, Sergey Makarychev-Mikhailov