Patents by Inventor Vidya Sagar Bammidi

Vidya Sagar Bammidi 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 improving, optimizing, or maximizing proppant suspension during formation fracturing
    Patent number: 11732183
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of fracturing including a hydrophobic rendered proppant or a proppant slurry and a fracturing fluid including an aqueous base fluid, a viscosifying agent or mixture of viscosifying agents, and an enhancing proppant suspending composition including an aldehyde, a mixture of aldehydes, a ketone, a mixture of ketones, or mixtures thereof, and optionally a crosslinking agent or a mixture of crosslinking agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NexTier Completion Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Sarkis Kakadjian, John Vu, Vidya Sagar Bammidi
  • METHODS OF IMPROVING, OPTIMIZING, OR MAXIMIZING PROPPANT SUSPENSION DURING FORMATION FRACTURING
    Publication number: 20220372365
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of fracturing including a hydrophobic rendered proppant or a proppant slurry and a fracturing fluid including an aqueous base fluid, a viscosifying agent or mixture of viscosifying agents, and an enhancing proppant suspending composition including an aldehyde, a mixture of aldehydes, a ketone, a mixture of ketones, or mixtures thereof, and optionally a crosslinking agent or a mixture of crosslinking agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: NexTier Completion Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Sarkis Kakadjian, John Vu, Vidya Sagar Bammidi
  • Compositions to improve, optimize, or maximize proppant suspension and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 11390797
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of fracturing including a hydrophobic rendered proppant or a proppant slurry and a fracturing fluid including an aqueous base fluid, a viscosifying agent or mixture of viscosifying agents, and an enhancing proppant suspending composition including an aldehyde, a mixture of aldehydes, a ketone, a mixture of ketones, or mixtures thereof, and optionally a crosslinking agent or a mixture of crosslinking agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NexTier Completion Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Sarkis Kakadjian, John Vu, Vidya Sagar Bammidi
  • COMPOSITIONS TO IMPROVE, OPTIMIZE, OR MAXIMIZE PROPPANT SUSPENSION AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20200354627
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of fracturing including a hydrophobic rendered proppant or a proppant slurry and a fracturing fluid including an aqueous base fluid, a viscosifying agent or mixture of viscosifying agents, and an enhancing proppant suspending composition including an aldehyde, a mixture of aldehydes, a ketone, a mixture of ketones, or mixtures thereof, and optionally a crosslinking agent or a mixture of crosslinking agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: NexTier Completion Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Sarkis Kakadjian, John Vu, Vidya Sagar Bammidi