Patents by Inventor Walter Francisco Cardoso Junior

Walter Francisco Cardoso Junior 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: 12129423
    Abstract: The present invention addresses to a wireline logging method using an aqueous based drilling fluid with xanthan gum and polyols in order to improve the quality of the acquisition of geological data from wireline logging (final logging) in open hole and reducing the risk of the tool getting stuck. It can also be applied in well control situations and used in the integral drilling of the reservoir, but with different application bias of the multifunctional fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras
    Inventors: Angelo Marinho Vianna, Walter Francisco Cardoso Junior, Fabio Fabri, Sebastiao De Andrade Loureiro, Kaio Augusto Gonzaga, Leonardo Silva De Almeida
  • Publication number: 20230265726
    Abstract: The present invention addresses to the use of a viscous fluid in continuous pumping to contain the saline dissolution in a homogeneous way (not limited to just one type of evaporite), highlighting the results of seawater with viscosifiers, due to its simplicity, and that does not have the same impact on the logistical chain as a brine supply. The increase in fluid viscosity limits the diffusion of salt into the medium and thus better contains the dissolution of the well walls, while also promoting a laminar flow regime in the annulus of the well, variables desired to achieve the quality of the operation of cementation. The employment of viscous fluid concentrates allows “on the fly” dilutions with the in-line seawater fraction mixture. The technique can also employ solutions of pre-dispersed viscosifying additives which, when added to seawater, result in a substantial increase in the volume of drilling fluid produced, no longer limited by the unit tank capacity. This allows drilling large extensions of salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Angelo Marinho Vianna, Jorge Luiz De Queiros E Feijo, Leonardo Silva De Almeida, Walter Francisco Cardoso Junior, Fabio Fabri
  • Publication number: 20230104709
    Abstract: The present invention addresses to a wireline logging method using an aqueous based drilling fluid with xanthan gum and polyols in order to improve the quality of the acquisition of geological data from wireline logging (final logging) in open hole and reducing the risk of the tool getting stuck. It can also be applied in well control situations and used in the integral drilling of the reservoir, but with different application bias of the multifunctional fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Angelo Marinho Vianna, Walter Francisco Cardoso Junior, Fabio Fabri, Sebastiao De Andrade Loureiro, Kaio Augusto Gonzaga, Leonardo Silva De Almeida