Patents by Inventor William Cecil Pearl, JR.

William Cecil Pearl, JR. 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: 20240101888
    Abstract: A method including entraining carbon dioxide (CO2) in a cement slurry composition and subjecting the cement slurry composition to conditions under which the CO2 achieves and maintains a supercritical state; and allowing the cement slurry composition to harden to form a hardened cement having CO2 sequestered therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Samuel J. LEWIS, William Cecil PEARL, JR.
  • Patent number: 11932805
    Abstract: A bulk dry cement may comprise a cement; a solid particle; and a liquid resin accelerator, wherein the liquid resin accelerator is disposed on a surface of the solid particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Jones, William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Samuel Jason Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak
  • Patent number: 11859124
    Abstract: A method of well treatment may include: providing a polymer; correlating performance of the polymer to a least one physical property of the polymer; and preparing a treatment fluid comprising the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, Jr., John Paul Bir Singh, Samuel Jason Lewis
  • Patent number: 11859122
    Abstract: A method including entraining carbon dioxide (CO2) in a cement slurry composition and subjecting the cement slurry composition to conditions under which the CO2 achieves and maintains a supercritical state; and allowing the cement slurry composition to harden to form a hardened cement having CO2 sequestered therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel J. Lewis, William Cecil Pearl, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11692122
    Abstract: Methods of cementing include providing a geopolymer cement composition that includes a monophase amorphous hydraulic binder material (MAHBM), a metal silicate, an alkaline activator, and a carrier fluid, introducing the geopolymer cement composition into a subterranean formation, and allowing the geopolymer cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. The MAHBM includes silica or alumina core particulates coated with an amorphous calcium silicate hydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Sam Jason Lewis, Paul Joseph Jones, Stephanie Ruiz, William Cecil Pearl, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11649399
    Abstract: A method includes providing a treatment fluid including a strong acid precursor defined by the structure: where X is independently selected from fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; where each of R1, R2, and R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen, X, and a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon chain; and where the electron withdrawing group (EWG) is independently selected from a carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or carboxylate ester, an orthoester, a sulfonic acid, sulfonate salt, or ester, a phosphonic acid, phosphonate salt, or phosphonate ester, a nitrate, or a cyanide; where Y is hydrogen, a cation, or a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon chain; and wherein each R? is independently is independently selected from a hydrogen, X, and a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon chain. The method also includes introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Hui Zhou, William Cecil Pearl, Jr., William Walter Shumway
  • Publication number: 20230143012
    Abstract: A cement composition can include water; cement, wherein less than 75 w/w % of the total amount of the cement is Portland cement; and a fluid loss additive, wherein the fluid loss additive comprises a polymer network having at least one branching point formed with a monomer and a cross-linking agent that comprises at least three active functional groups. The cement can also be a non-Portland cement. The monomer can be a vinyl ester-based monomer that is polymerized with the cross-linking agent to form the polymer network. The cement composition can be used in an oil and gas operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, JR., Samuel Lewis
  • Publication number: 20230142443
    Abstract: A method includes providing a treatment fluid including a strong acid precursor defined by the structure: where X is independently selected from fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine; where each of R1, R2, and R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen, X, and a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon chain; and where the electron withdrawing group (EWG) is independently selected from a carboxylic acid, carboxylate salt, or carboxylate ester, an orthoester, a sulfonic acid, sulfonate salt, or ester, a phosphonic acid, phosphonate salt, or phosphonate ester, a nitrate, or a cyanide; where Y is hydrogen, a cation, or a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon chain; and wherein each R? is independently is independently selected from a hydrogen, X, and a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon chain. The method also includes introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Hui ZHOU, William Cecil PEARL, JR., William Walter SHUMWAY
  • Publication number: 20230126770
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid salt activator comprising a salt, a suspending aid, and water, wherein the salt is present in the liquid salt activator in an amount of from about 5 wt. % to about 95 wt. %, based on the total weight of the liquid salt activator. Also disclosed herein is an activated extended life slurry (ELS) composition comprising a hydraulic cement, a supplementary cementitious material, the liquid salt activator, and an aqueous fluid. The activated ELS composition can be used in a method of servicing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Jason PISKLAK, William Cecil PEARL, JR., Samuel J. LEWIS, Claudia PINEDA
  • Publication number: 20230129038
    Abstract: A device for forming one or more wellbore sealants in a wellbore can include a wellbore barrier and a cured polymer. The wellbore barrier can be positioned in the wellbore. The cured polymer can be positioned with respect to the wellbore barrier for swelling the device from a compressed configuration to a swelled configuration for forming one or more wellbore sealants in the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Paul J. Jones, William Cecil Pearl, JR., Samuel J. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20230118904
    Abstract: A method including entraining carbon dioxide (CO2) in a cement slurry composition and subjecting the cement slurry composition to conditions under which the CO2 achieves and maintains a supercritical state; and allowing the cement slurry composition to harden to form a hardened cement having CO2 sequestered therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Samuel J. LEWIS, William Cecil PEARL, JR.
  • Patent number: 11613689
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for cementing. An example method may comprise providing a cement composition. The cement composition may comprise a composite cementitious material comprising a micronized particulate solid and a monophase amorphous hydraulic binder. The micronized particulate solid may have a mean particle size of about 500 microns or less. The cement composition may further comprise water. The method may further comprise introducing the cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Ruiz, Thomas Jason Pisklak, William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Paul Joseph Jones, Samuel Jason Lewis
  • Patent number: 11613690
    Abstract: A treatment fluid can include: a base fluid, wherein the base fluid comprises water; and a lost-circulation material, wherein the lost-circulation material comprises a polymer network having at least one branching point formed with a monomer and a cross-linking agent that comprises at least three active functional groups. The treatment fluid can maintain a pressure differential of at least 1 psi when tested with a cylindrical void that has a diameter of 0.02 inches. The monomer can be a vinyl ester-based monomer that is polymerized with the cross-linking agent to form the polymer network. The treatment fluid can be used in an oil and gas operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Samuel J Lewis, Aleksey V Kolasnikov, Claudia Carmen Pineda, Stephanie Ruiz
  • Patent number: 11584877
    Abstract: A cement composition can include: water; cement, wherein less than 75 w/w % of the total amount of the cement is Portland cement; and a fluid loss additive, wherein the fluid loss additive comprises a polymer network having at least one branching point formed with a monomer and a cross-linking agent that comprises at least three active functional groups. The cement can also be a non-Portland cement. The monomer can be a vinyl ester-based monomer that is polymerized with the cross-linking agent to form the polymer network. The cement composition can be used in an oil and gas operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Samuel Lewis
  • Publication number: 20230048556
    Abstract: Methods of cementing include providing a geopolymer cement composition that includes a monophase amorphous hydraulic binder material (MAHBM), a metal silicate, an alkaline activator, and a carrier fluid, introducing the geopolymer cement composition into a subterranean formation, and allowing the geopolymer cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. The MAHBM includes silica or alumina core particulates coated with an amorphous calcium silicate hydrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Jason PISKLAK, Sam Jason LEWIS, Paul Joseph JONES, Stephanie RUIZ, William Cecil PEARL, JR.
  • Patent number: 11549323
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for bonding a first downhole tool to a borehole tubular, which include applying solder particles, each particle having an outer shell and a core of liquid metal, to at least one of a surface of the first downhole tool or a surface of the borehole tubular. The methods may also include rupturing the shells of the solder particles to release the liquid metal cores. The methods may further include bonding the first downhole tool to the borehole tubular by allowing the released liquid metal core to solidify.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Sam Lewis, Lonnie Helms, Frank Acosta
  • Patent number: 11512240
    Abstract: Methods of cementing include providing a geopolymer cement composition that includes a monophase amorphous hydraulic binder material (MAHBM), a metal silicate, an alkaline activator, and a carrier fluid, introducing the geopolymer cement composition into a subterranean formation, and allowing the geopolymer cement composition to set in the subterranean formation. The MAHBM includes silica or alumina core particulates coated with an amorphous calcium silicate hydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Sam Jason Lewis, Paul Joseph Jones, Stephanie Ruiz, William Cecil Pearl, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11499084
    Abstract: Expansive cement compositions for use in subterranean wellbores that include a monophase amorphous hydraulic binder material (MAHBM). The MAHBM may include a plurality of particles having a silica core and an amorphous coating substantially surrounding the silica core. The coating may comprise, for example, a plurality of amorphous ?-dicalcium silicate hydrate nanoparticles or microparticles. The MAHBM may be used as an expansion agent in a cement composition or used as an expansive cement by itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Samuel Jason Lewis, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Stephanie Ruiz, Paul Joseph Jones
  • Patent number: 11454113
    Abstract: Methods and systems for determining whether a base oil for use in drilling muds will be compatible with cement during subsequent cementing operations include: providing a drilling fluid that includes a base oil; using the drilling fluid to drill at least a portion of a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation; measuring a compositional characteristic of the base oil using one or more analytical tests; determining whether the base oil is a compatible base oil or an incompatible base oil based at least in part on the compositional characteristic of the base oil; injecting an amount of spacer fluid into the wellbore, wherein the amount of spacer fluid is selected based on the determination of whether the base oil is a compatible base oil or an incompatible base oil; and injecting the one or more cementing or completion fluids into the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Megan Renee Pearl, Samuel J. Lewis
  • Patent number: 11434410
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, comprising placing a wellbore servicing fluid (WSF) into the wellbore proximate a permeable zone having an average fracture width of about W microns, wherein the WSF comprises a particulate blend and water, and wherein the particulate blend comprises (a) a type A particulate material characterized by a weight average particle size of equal to or greater than about W/3 microns, and (b) a type B particulate material characterized by a weight average particle size of less than about W/3 microns, wherein a weight ratio of the type A particulate material to the type B particulate material is from about 0.05 to about 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel J. Lewis, Sandip Prabhakar Patil, William Cecil Pearl, Jr.