Patents by Inventor Vikrant WAGLE

Vikrant WAGLE 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).

  • Publication number: 20240318063
    Abstract: Methods and compositions including introducing a lost circulation material to a zone of interest in a subterranean formation via a wellbore, the zone of interest comprising depleted zones, zones of low pressure, lost circulation zones, fractured zones, and any combination thereof; wherein the lost circulation material comprises an epoxidized linear ?-olefin; a surfactant; a curing agent; and a carbon dioxide gas-generating compound comprising sodium bicarbonate; heating the lost circulation material; and allowing the epoxidized linear ?-olefin to polymerize to a resin and the carbon dioxide gas-generating compound to produce a gas to form a foamed resin in the zone of interest, thereby mitigating a flow of fluids from the wellbore into the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant WAGLE, Jothibasu RAMASAMY, Ali ALSAFRAN, Abdulla AL-AWADH, Abdullah S. AL-YAMI
  • Publication number: 20240318062
    Abstract: Methods and compositions including introducing a lost circulation material to a zone of interest in a subterranean formation via a wellbore, the zone of interest comprising depleted zones, zones of low pressure, lost circulation zones, fractured zones, and any combination thereof; wherein the lost circulation material comprises: an epoxidized linear ?-olefin; a surfactant; a curing agent; and a nitrogen gas-generating compound, the nitrogen gas-generating compound comprising azodicarbonamide, isocyanate, hydrazine, azobisisobutyronitrile, and any combination thereof; heating the lost circulation material; and allowing the epoxidized linear ?-olefin to polymerize to a resin and the nitrogen gas-generating compound to produce a gas to form a foamed resin in the zone of interest, thereby mitigating a flow of fluids from the wellbore into the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant WAGLE, Jothibasu RAMASAMY, Ali ALSAFRAN, Abdulla AL-AWADH, Abdullah S. AL-YAMI
  • Publication number: 20240279117
    Abstract: Compositions may include a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), wherein a total number of guaiacyl groups is 2 to 10. The compositions may further include an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water. Cement slurries may include a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant including a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water, wherein a total number of guaiacyl groups in the chemical structure (I) is 2 to 10. The cement slurries may further include a cement and water. Methods may include introducing a cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the cement slurry comprises a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant, a cement, and water, and allowing the cement slurry to set to a concrete in a downhole zone of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Khawlah A. ALANQARI, Abdullah AL-YAMI, Vikrant WAGLE, Ali ALSAFRAN
  • Publication number: 20240279529
    Abstract: Compositions may include a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), wherein a total number of syringyl groups is 2 to 10. The compositions may further include an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water. Cement slurries may include a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant including a calcium lignosulfonate salt having a chemical structure (I), an alcohol, an aldehyde, and water, wherein a total number of syringyl groups in the chemical structure (I) is 2 to 10. The cement slurries may further include a cement and water. Methods may include introducing a cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the cement slurry comprises a lignosulfonate-based cement dispersant, a cement, and water, and allowing the cement slurry to set to a concrete in a downhole zone of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Khawlah A. ALANQARI, Abdullah AL-YAMI, Vikrant WAGLE, Ali ALSAFRAN
  • Publication number: 20200369939
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of preparing drilling fluid compositions containing treated calcium bentonite. One such method includes mixing calcium bentonite with an aqueous mixture containing soda ash, followed by adding starch to form the treated bentonite mixture that is used to prepare a drilling fluid composition. Another method includes mixing the calcium bentonite with an aqueous mixture containing soda ash and magnesium oxide, followed by adding starch to form the treated bentonite mixture that is used to prepare a drilling fluid composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdullah AL-YAMI, Salem ALSHAMMARI, Vikrant WAGLE, Hussain ALBAHRANI, Zainab ALSAIHATI, Mohammad ALAWAMI, Ali AL-SAFRAN, Nasser AL-ALHARETH, Abdullah AL-AWADH, Abdulaziz ALHELAL
  • Publication number: 20200148934
    Abstract: Provided here are various invert emulsion drilling fluid compositions. One such invert emulsion drilling fluid is a water in oil emulsion, which can include an invert emulsifier to stabilize the water in oil emulsion, a C16 to C18 saturated linear alpha carboxylic acid, a fatty dimer diamine, a filtration control agent, a weighting agent including manganese tetroxide, and a bridging agent including calcium chloride. The invert emulsion drilling fluids can be formulated to be substantially free of clay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant WAGLE, Abdullah AL-YAMI, Khawlah ALANQARI, Sara ALKHALAF
  • Publication number: 20190161668
    Abstract: A convertible composition comprising a nanosilica drilling fluid, the nanosilica drilling fluid comprising an aqueous based drilling mud, where the aqueous based drilling mud comprises water, and an alkaline nanosilica dispersion, where the alkaline nanosilica dispersion comprises nanosilica; and a chemical activator, the chemical activator operable to hydrolyze in the presence of water to produce an acid, where a weight ratio of the alkaline nanosilica dispersion to the chemical activator is between 1 to 0.001 and 1 to 0.25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Vikrant WAGLE, Abdullah AL-YAMI, Rajendra A. KALGAONKAR, Zainab ALSAIHATI
  • Publication number: 20140349895
    Abstract: An invert emulsion drilling fluid comprises: an external phase, wherein the external phase of the drilling fluid comprises a hydrocarbon liquid; an internal phase, wherein the internal phase of the drilling fluid comprises a hygroscopic liquid; and a suspending agent, wherein the suspending agent is a polymer comprising urea linkages or urea and urethane linkages. The hygroscopic liquid comprises a salt and a suitable solvent or comprises an alcohol. The drilling fluid can exclude an organophilic clay or organophilic lignite. A method of using the invert emulsion drilling fluid comprises: introducing the drilling fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Vikrant WAGLE, Shadaab MAGHRABI
  • Publication number: 20120283152
    Abstract: A well treatment composition comprises: an aqueous liquid; a fluid loss additive, wherein the fluid loss additive comprises a high molecular weight, water-swellable polymer; and an amphiphilic dispersant, wherein the well treatment composition has an activity of at least 10%. A method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprises: introducing a cement composition into the subterranean formation, the cement composition comprising: (i) cement; (ii) water; and (iii) the well treatment composition; and allowing the cement composition to set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Abhijit TARAFDAR, Remitha AK, Rahul Chandrakant PATIL, Vikrant WAGLE
  • Publication number: 20110308799
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a well treatment composition comprises: an aqueous liquid; a fluid loss additive, wherein the fluid loss additive comprises a high molecular weight, water-swellable polymer; and an amphiphilic dispersant, wherein the well treatment composition has an activity of at least 10%. According to another embodiment, a method of cementing in a subterranean formation comprises: introducing a cement composition into the subterranean formation, the cement composition comprising: (i) cement; (ii) water; and (iii) the well treatment composition; and allowing the cement composition to set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Abhijit TARAFDAR, Remitha AK, Rahul Chandrakant PATIL, Vikrant WAGLE