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).

  • EPOXIDIZED FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER AS LOW-SHEAR RHEOLOGY MODIFIER FOR INVERT EMULSION OIL BASED MUD
    Publication number: 20220017807
    Abstract: An invert oil-based mud (OBM) may include an oleaginous continuous phase, an aqueous internal phase, an emulsifier; and a rheology modifier. The rheology modifier may include one or more of the group consisting of epoxidized methyl oleate, epoxidized methyl linoleate, and epoxidized methyl ?-linolenate. The invert OBM may contain the rheology modifier in an amount of the range of 0.1 to 5 wt. % (weight percent) relative to the total weight of the OBM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jothibasu Ramasamy, Vikrant Wagle
  • Rheology Modifier With a Fatty Alcohol For Organoclay-Free Invert Emulsion Drilling Fluid Systems
    Publication number: 20220010189
    Abstract: An invert emulsion drilling fluids having a combination of fatty acids derived from waste vegetable oil (WVO) and a fatty alcohol as a rheology modifier. An invert emulsion drilling fluid may include a water in oil emulsion, an invert emulsifier, a fatty alcohol having six to thirty carbon atoms, and a fatty acid having six to eighteen carbon atoms. The fatty acid is provided by esterifying a waste vegetable oil to produce a methyl ester of the waste vegetable oil and cleaving an ester group from the methyl ester of the waste vegetable oil. The invert emulsion drilling fluid may be formulated free of organoclay. Methods of drilling a wellbore using an invert emulsion drilling fluid are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Jothibasu Ramasamy, Abdullah Al-Yami
  • METHOD TO USE LOST CIRCULATION MATERIAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING ALKALINE NANOPARTICLE BASED DISPERSION AND SODIUM BICARBONATE IN DOWNHOLE CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20220010193
    Abstract: Provided is a lost circulation material that may consist essentially of an alkaline nanosilica dispersion and a sodium bicarbonate activator. Further provided are methods that may control lost circulation in a lost circulation zone in a wellbore by introducing the lost circulation material such that it contacts the lost circulation zone and forms a gelled solid in the lost circulation zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar, Abdullah Al-Yami, Sara Alkhalaf
  • ACCELERATED CEMENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOST CIRCULATION ZONES
    Publication number: 20220002611
    Abstract: A method of treating a lost circulation zone in a wellbore includes contacting an accelerant composition comprising triethanolamine with a cement composition in the lost circulation zone, the cement composition comprising at least: from 1 weight percent (wt. %) to 90 wt. % cement precursor based on the total weight of the cement composition; and from 5 wt. % to 70 wt. % water based on the total weight of the cement composition; where a weight ratio of triethanolamine to the cement precursor is from 0.1 percent (%) to 60%; and curing the cement composition in the lost circulation zone to form a cured cement, where the triethanolamine accelerates the curing rate of the cement composition and the cured cement seals the lost circulation zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Sara A. Alkhalaf, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Abdulla Hussein Al-Awadh
  • Epoxidized alpha olefin based lubricant for water-based drilling fluids
    Patent number: 11214724
    Abstract: Drilling fluid compositions and methods for using drilling fluid compositions are provided with enhanced lubricating properties that include an aqueous-based fluid, one or more drilling fluid additives, and a lubricating additive. The lubricating additive may be an epoxidized ?-olefin and the drilling fluid may include the lubricating additive in an amount ranging from about 1 ppb to about 20 ppb. Methods for using the drilling fluid compositions may further include mixing an aqueous base fluid with one or more drilling fluid additives and a lubricating additive, wherein the lubricating additive includes epoxidized ?-olefin and the drilling fluid may include the lubricating additive in an amount ranging from about 0.5 ppb to about 20 ppb, and introducing the drilling fluid to a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Jothibasu Ramasamy, Abdullah S. Al-Yami, Khawlah A. Alanqari
  • CEMENTS FOR OIL AND GAS CEMENTING APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20210403792
    Abstract: A sulfate-resistant cement composition may contain calcium magnesium aluminum oxide silicate, brownmillerite, dolomite, periclase, and calcium aluminum oxide. The composition may contain the calcium aluminum oxide in an amount in the range of 0.01 to 2.0 wt. %. The composition may contain the brownmillerite in an amount of the range of 20 to 30 wt. %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Khawlah A. Alanqari, Abdullah Al-Yami, Ali Al-Safran, Vikrant Wagle
  • Method and materials to convert a drilling mud into a solid gel based lost circulation material
    Patent number: 11203710
    Abstract: A method for controlling loss circulation in a subterranean formation and a convertible drilling mud operable to convert into a solid gel lost circulation material. The method includes circulating in a wellbore a nanosilica drilling fluid having a pH in a range of from about 8 to about 11 and a gel pH of less than 8, where the nanosilica drilling fluid includes an aqueous-based drilling mud, an alkaline nanosilica dispersion, and at least one additive. The method also includes introducing into the nanosilica drilling fluid an amount of a chemical activator sufficient to produce a convertible drilling mud where the chemical activator is an acid and the pH of the convertible drilling mud is less than the gel pH. The method also includes allowing the convertible drilling mud to convert into a solid gel lost circulation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar, Abdullah Al-Yami
  • Sealing compositions and methods of plugging and abandoning of a wellbore
    Patent number: 11193052
    Abstract: Sealing composition for plugging and abandoning a wellbore and methods of plugging and abandoning a wellbore are disclosed. Embodiments of a method for plugging and abandoning a wellbore may include introducing a sealing composition into a wellbore and curing the sealing composition to form a plug. The sealing composition may include from 1 weight percent to 20 weight percent of a curing agent, based on the total weight of the composition, and from 20 weight percent to 97 weight percent of an epoxy resin system, based on the total weight of the composition. The epoxy resin system may include an epoxy resin having the formula (OC2H3)—CH2—O—R1—O—CH2—(C2H3O), where R1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms; and a reactive diluent having the formula R—O—CH2—(C2H3O), where R is a hydrocarbyl having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abrar Alshaikh, Mohammad Aljubran, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Al-Safran, Nassar Alhareth
  • Cement compositions including epoxy resin systems for preventing fluid migration
    Patent number: 11168243
    Abstract: A cement composition is disclosed that includes a cement slurry and an epoxy resin system that includes at least one epoxy resin and a curing agent. The cement slurry has a density in a range of from 65 pcf to 180 pcf and includes a cement precursor material, silica sand, silica flour, a weighting agent, and manganese tetraoxide. The epoxy resin system includes at least one of 2,3-epoxypropyl o-tolyl ether, alkyl glycidyl ethers having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms, bisphenol-A-epichlorohydrin epoxy resin, or a compound having formula (I): (OC2H3)—CH2—O—R1—O—CH2—(C2H3O) where R1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms; and a curing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Zainab Alsaihati, Tushar Mukherjee, Ali BinAli, Ali Alqahtani
  • INVERT-EMULSION DRILLING FLUIDS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING LOST CIRCULATION IN A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION USING THE INVERT-EMULSION DRILLING FLUIDS
    Publication number: 20210332282
    Abstract: An invert-emulsion drilling fluid may include a dispersed aqueous phase including an aqueous base fluid, a continuous non-aqueous phase including a non-aqueous base fluid, and a first bridging package. The first bridging package may include one or more particulate carbonate materials. All of the particulate carbonate materials of the invert-emulsion drilling fluid may be part of the first bridging package. The first bridging package may have a trimodal particle size distribution such that the particle size distribution of the first bridging package includes three peaks, wherein each peak may be in the range of less than or equal to 300 microns in the particle size distribution. The invert-emulsion drilling fluid may be included in methods for reducing lost circulation in subterranean formations during drilling operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Sara Alkhalaf, Khawlah A. Alanqari
  • Method and materials to convert a drilling mud into a solid gel based lost circulation material
    Patent number: 11149181
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Rajendra A. Kalgaonkar, Zainab Alsaihati
  • Method and materials to convert a drilling mud into a solid gel based lost circulation material
    Patent number: 11124691
    Abstract: A method for controlling loss circulation and a convertible drilling mud operable to convert into a solid gel lost circulation material. The method includes introducing into a wellbore a nanosilica drilling fluid comprising water, an alkaline nanosilica dispersion, and at least one additive. The method further includes introducing into the nanosilica drilling fluid an amount of a chemical activator comprising a water soluble hydrolysable polyester to produce a convertible drilling mud where the convertible drilling mud has an initial pH between 8 and 11 upon formation. The method also includes allowing the chemical activator to hydrolyze to produce an acid and reduce the pH of the convertible drilling mud to less than a gel pH, thereby converting the convertible drilling mud into a solid gel lost circulation material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Rajendra Arunkumar Kalgaonkar, Abdullah Al-Yami
  • Compositions and methods of use of water-based drilling fluids with increased thermal stability
    Patent number: 11118094
    Abstract: Provided here are water-based drilling fluids containing weighting agents and an alkanolamine, and methods of using such compositions during drilling operations for recovery of hydrocarbons. The weighting agents can include manganese tetroxide and barium sulfate. The alkanolamine can be monoethanolamine. Various other embodiments may be disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Hussain Al-Bahrani
  • METHOD OF SAND CONSOLIDATION IN PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS
    Publication number: 20210261851
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of consolidating sands in a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore may comprise contacting sand particles in the subterranean formation with a treatment fluid to form coated sands; where the treatment fluid comprises a multicomponent epoxy, a base fluid, and an amine hardening agent, the multicomponent epoxy comprising a diglycidyl ether resin and a monoglycidyl ether resin. The method further allowing the amine hardening agent to cure the multicomponent epoxy and form the consolidated sands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Pratyush Singh, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle
  • SEALING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PLUGGING AND ABANDONING OF A WELLBORE
    Publication number: 20210261849
    Abstract: Sealing composition for plugging and abandoning a wellbore and methods of plugging and abandoning a wellbore are disclosed. Embodiments of a method for plugging and abandoning a wellbore may include introducing a sealing composition into a wellbore and curing the sealing composition to form a plug. The sealing composition may include from 1 weight percent to 20 weight percent of a curing agent, based on the total weight of the composition, and from 20 weight percent to 97 weight percent of an epoxy resin system, based on the total weight of the composition. The epoxy resin system may include an epoxy resin having the formula (OC2H3)—CH2—O—R1—O—CH2—(C2H3O), where R1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms; and a reactive diluent having the formula R—O—CH2—(C2H3O), where R is a hydrocarbyl having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abrar Alshaikh, Mohammad Aljubran, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Al-Safran, Nassar Alhareth
  • Lubricants for water-based drilling fluids
    Patent number: 11098232
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a lubricant package for water based drilling fluids. The lubricant package includes water, a polyethylene glycol, and a lubricating agent. The lubricating agent includes triethanolamine, or a C12-C14 alcohol ethoxylate, or a combination of triethanolamine and C12-C14 alcohol ethoxylate. The weight ratio of the polyethylene glycol to the lubricating agent in the lubricant package is from 1:2 to 2:1. Embodiments are also directed to a water-based drilling fluid composition including an aqueous base fluid, one or more additives, and the lubricant package for water based drilling fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abdullah Al-Yami, Hussain AlBahrani, Vikrant Wagle, Ali Safran, Naser AlHareth, Abdulaziz Alhelal, Abdulla Hussein Awadh
  • Spacer fluid compositions that include surfactants
    Patent number: 11098231
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a spacer fluid may comprise a base fluid and a surfactant package. The surfactant package may comprise one or more surfactants, where the surfactant package comprises a first surfactant having the chemical structure R—(OC2H4)x—OH. R may be a hydrocarbyl group having from 9 to 20 carbon atoms, and x may be an integer from 5 and 15. The first surfactant may have a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of from 12 to 13.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hussain AlBahrani, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle
  • Fly ash-cement for oil and gas cementing applications
    Patent number: 11084758
    Abstract: A cementing composition may include a sulfate-resistant cement and fly ash. The sulfate-resistant cement may contain calcium magnesium aluminum oxide silicate, brownmillerite, dolomite, periclase, and quartz. The composition may contain the fly ash in an amount in the range of 10 to 40 wt. %. The sulfate-resistant cement may contain the calcium magnesium aluminum oxide silicate in an amount of the range of 45 to 60 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Khawlah A. Alanqari, Abdullah Al-Yami, Ali Al-Safran, Vikrant Wagle
  • Drilling fluids that include water-insoluble acid catalyst precursors
    Patent number: 11078398
    Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a drilling fluid may include a base fluid and one or more formaldehyde-based resins. The drilling fluid may further comprise one or more water-insoluble acid catalyst precursors or the reaction products of such water-insoluble acid catalyst precursors. The present disclosure also describes sealed subterranean petroleum formations that include such drilling fluids and methods for sealing subterranean wellbores by utilizing such drilling fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Vikrant Wagle, Abdullah Al-Yami, Abdulaziz Alhehal
  • Spacer fluid compositions, methods, and systems for aqueous based drilling mud removal
    Patent number: 11078396
    Abstract: Spacer fluids include an emulsion, a surfactant package, and at least one additive that modifies the rheology of the spacer fluid, the density of the spacer fluid, or both. The emulsion may include an aqueous external phase and a hydrocarbon-based internal phase. The surfactant package may include one or more surfactants. The surfactant package may also include a surfactant having the general structure R—(OCH2CH2)9—OH, where R is a hydrocarbyl having 12 carbon atoms, 13 carbon atoms, or 14 carbon atoms. The spacer fluid may contain at least 4.25 pounds of R—(OCH2CH2)9—OH per barrel of the spacer fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hussain AlBahrani, Abdullah Al-Yami, Vikrant Wagle