Patents by Inventor Valery N. Khabasheku

Valery N. Khabasheku 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).

  • Methods of using carbon quantum dots to enhance productivity of fluids from wells
    Patent number: 10280737
    Abstract: Carbon quantum dots are used as tracers during the production of hydrocarbons. The tracer may be used to identify fluids produced from the reservoir. When used in the fracturing of multiple zones of the reservoir, qualitatively distinguishable carbon quantum dots may be used to identify the zone within the reservoir from which recovered fluid was produced. The carbon quantum dots may also be used in water flooding to determine water breakthrough in the production well. Upon water breakthrough in a production well, they may also be used to identify those injection wells from which breakthrough water originates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Sankaran Murugesan, Oleksandr Kuznetsov, Radhika Suresh, Valery N. Khabasheku
  • Methods of Using Carbon Quantum Dots to Enhance Productivity of Fluids From Wells
    Publication number: 20170022804
    Abstract: Carbon quantum dots are used as tracers during the production of hydrocarbons. The tracer may be used to identify fluids produced from the reservoir. When used in the fracturing of multiple zones of the reservoir, qualitatively distinguishable carbon quantum dots may be used to identify the zone within the reservoir from which recovered fluid was produced. The carbon quantum dots may also be used in water flooding to determine water breakthrough in the production well. Upon water breakthrough in a production well, they may also be used to identify those injection wells from which breakthrough water originates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Sankaran Murugesan, Oleksandr Kuznetsov, Radhika Suresh, Valery N. Khabasheku