Patents by Inventor Victor E. Fordyce

Victor E. Fordyce 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).

  • Patent number: 7451820
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fracture stimulating well bores using gaseous nitrogen and/or liquid carbon dioxide combined with a partially dehydrated proppant. The method includes mixing proppant with a fracturing fluid to create a proppant-laden slurry, removing the majority of the fluid from the proppant using centrifugal forces, blending the proppant with gaseous nitrogen and/or liquid carbon dioxide, and thereafter utilizing that combination to fracture-stimulate well bores. The method also includes the use of monitoring and flow control equipment to regulate and/or automate the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: BJ Services Company
    Inventors: Blair Albers, Bradley A. Rieb, Tim Leshchyshyn, James D. Thomson, Victor E. Fordyce