Patents by Inventor William W. Shumway
William W. Shumway 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).
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Patent number: 11898408Abstract: Systems and methods for separating paramagnetic material in wellbore return fluid. A quadrupole magnet system is disposed along conduit so that a paramagnetic field is symmetrically formed about a central axis of the conduit. A wellbore return fluid containing paramagnetic material is directed through the conduit. The paramagnetic field drives the paramagnetic material outward towards the perimeter of the conduit, thereby concentrating fluid with little or no paramagnetic material along the central axis of the conduit. An outlet is disposed along the flow path of a portion of the concentrated fluid. In some embodiments, the outlet is positioned along the central axis, while in other embodiments, the outlet is positioned along the conduit wall. The paramagnetic material may be weighting material used to prepare drilling mud.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, William W. Shumway
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Publication number: 20240010902Abstract: A treatment fluid can include a base fluid and a stabilizing additive. The stabilizing additive can include a plurality of environmentally acceptable nanoparticles. The particle size distribution of the plurality of nanoparticles can be selected such that the nanoparticles stabilize a wellbore wall of a subterranean formation or form a filtercake to inhibit or prevent fluid loss into permeable areas of the formation. The plurality of nanoparticles can have a particle size distribution of a d10 value in the range of 20 to 45 nanometers, a d50 value in the range of 40 to 80 nanometers, and a d90 value in the range of 80 to 140 nanometers. The plurality of nanoparticles can also be coated with a polymeric shell. The treatment fluid can be used in an oil and gas operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jay DEVILLE, Preston MAY, Jeffrey J. MILLER, Miren Aranzazu CASTANARES, William W. SHUMWAY
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Publication number: 20230416595Abstract: A wellbore cleaning composition comprising (i) a surfactant consisting essentially of a sorbitan ester or a derivative thereof and, (ii) a base fluid. A wellbore treatment fluid comprising (1) (i) a surfactant consisting essentially of a sorbitan ester or a derivative thereof and, (ii) a base fluid and (2) an additional bulk fluid. A method of serving a wellbore disposed within a subterranean formation comprising circulating an oil-based drilling mud through an interior of a drill string and an annulus; and placing within the wellbore a wash pill comprising (1) a wellbore cleaning composition comprising (i) a surfactant consisting essentially of a polyethoxylated sorbitan ester or a derivative thereof and (ii) a base fluid and (2) a brine under conditions suitable for the conversion of one or more surfaces of the wellbore from oil-wet to water-wet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Emily HART, Hui ZHOU, Jay DEVILLE, William W. SHUMWAY
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Patent number: 11795362Abstract: A method of drilling is disclosed that includes introducing a water-based drilling fluid into a drill string disposed within a wellbore, circulating the water-based drilling fluid through the drill string and the wellbore, and extending the wellbore using the drill string while circulating the water-based drilling fluid, wherein the water-based drilling fluid includes water and a lubricating additive including a de-oiled cake, wherein the de-oiled cake are residues obtained after extraction of oil from a plant source, wherein the de-oiled cake is in particulate form having a particle size of 100 microns or less. A composition is disclosed that includes water-based drilling fluid including water and a lubricant additive comprising a de-oiled cake, wherein the de-oiled cake are residues obtained after extraction of oil from a plant source and wherein the de-oiled cake has a particle size of 100 microns or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Mahesh Vijay Biyani, Sharad Bhimrao Gotmukle, Nivika Rajendra Gupta, William W. Shumway
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Patent number: 11768138Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for determining a composition of a fluid. The method comprises diverting a sample of a portion of the fluid to a test chamber. The method further comprises actuating a heat source disposed around the test chamber to increase the temperature within the test chamber to produce vapors from the sample of the portion of the fluid and directing the vapors from the sample of the portion of the fluid to a chemical sensor array comprising one or more chemical sensors. The method further comprises determining a composition of the vapors from the sample of portion of the fluid, wherein the composition of the vapors is associated with the composition of the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, William W. Shumway, Preston A. May
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Publication number: 20230271111Abstract: A method may include: introducing a treatment fluid into a production fluid disposed in a surface well system, the treatment fluid comprising: a base fluid; and a supramolecular host guest product comprising: a treatment fluid additive comprising a surfactant; and a supramolecular host molecule, wherein the supramolecular host molecule is not covalently bonded to the treatment fluid additive; introducing the production fluid containing the treatment fluid into a production facility separator; and separating, in the production facility separator, at least a portion of the production fluid to form a water stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jay Deville, Enrique Antonio Reyes, Antonio Recio, William W. Shumway, Ronald Bosch
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Publication number: 20230203361Abstract: Methods and compositions comprising nanoparticle additives for use in drilling and treatment fluid compositions are provided. In some embodiments the present disclosure includes providing a treatment fluid including an aqueous base fluid, a nanoparticle additive, and a viscosifier; introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation to contact at least a portion of the subterranean formation; and allowing the treatment fluid to reduce fluid loss into the subterranean formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Jay Deville, Preston May, Jeffrey J. Miller, William W. Shumway
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Publication number: 20230148311Abstract: A method may include: introducing a treatment fluid into a stream, the treatment fluid comprising: a base fluid and a supramolecular host guest product, wherein the supramolecular host guest product comprises a treatment fluid additive and a supramolecular host molecule, wherein the supramolecular host molecule is not covalently bonded to the treatment fluid additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jay Deville, Enrique Antonio Reyes, Antonio Recio, William W. Shumway, Ronald Bosch
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Patent number: 11624279Abstract: A method comprises flowing a mud into a wellbore, wherein the mud has a mud composition and has a weight in a defined range. The method includes introducing a fluid pill into the mud flowing into the wellbore, wherein the fluid pill has an injection fluid with an injection composition that is different from the mud composition. A particulate has been added to the injection fluid to increase the weight of the fluid pill. After flowing the mud into the wellbore such that the fluid pill is positioned in a zone of the wellbore: filtering out the particulate from the injection fluid; injecting, after the filtering, the injection fluid into the zone; measuring a downhole parameter that changes in response to injecting the injection fluid into the zone; and determining a property of the formation of the zone based on the measured downhole parameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Marcus Ray Hudson, Pramod Chamarthy, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Christopher Michael Jones, Darren George Gascooke, Anthony Herman van Zuilekom, Jay Paul Deville, William W. Shumway, Dale E. Jamison
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Patent number: 11499408Abstract: Methods and systems for treating a subterranean formation. An example method performs a wellbore operation with a first treatment fluid, removes a flammable gaseous hydrocarbon from a well penetrating the subterranean formation; wherein the well is disposed on a wellsite, introduces the flammable gaseous hydrocarbon into a gas-to-liquid reactor located on the wellsite to produce an oleaginous liquid, produces a second treatment fluid comprising the oleaginous liquid at the wellsite, and introduces the second treatment fluid into the well.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: William W. Shumway, Vladimir Gankin
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Publication number: 20220317001Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for determining a composition of a fluid. The method comprises diverting a sample of a portion of the fluid to a test chamber. The method further comprises actuating a heat source disposed around the test chamber to increase the temperature within the test chamber to produce vapors from the sample of the portion of the fluid and directing the vapors from the sample of the portion of the fluid to a chemical sensor array comprising one or more chemical sensors. The method further comprises determining a composition of the vapors from the sample of portion of the fluid, wherein the composition of the vapors is associated with the composition of the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, William W. Shumway, Preston A. May
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Publication number: 20220243588Abstract: A method comprises flowing a mud into a wellbore, wherein the mud has a mud composition and has a weight in a defined range. The method includes introducing a fluid pill into the mud flowing into the wellbore, wherein the fluid pill has an injection fluid with an injection composition that is different from the mud composition. A particulate has been added to the injection fluid to increase the weight of the fluid pill to be in the defined range. After flowing the mud into the wellbore such that the fluid pill is positioned in a zone of the wellbore: filtering out the particulate from the injection fluid; injecting, after the filtering, the injection fluid into the zone; measuring a downhole parameter that changes in response to injecting the injection fluid into the zone; and determining a property of the formation of the zone based on the measured downhole parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Marcus Ray Hudson, Pramod Chamarthy, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Christopher Michael Jones, Darren George Gascooke, Anthony Herman van Zuilekom, Jay Paul Deville, William W. Shumway, Dale E. Jamison
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Patent number: 11111427Abstract: An aqueous-based well treatment fluid for and methods of controlling metal ions in a well, wherein the treatment fluid and methods use one or more polymer microgels, which comprise a plurality of polymer particles. Each polymer particle has a polymeric backbone bearing at least one moiety where such moiety is a chelating agent capable of boding with a metal ion.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jay P. Deville, William W. Shumway, Lee J. Hall, Xiaobo Hu, Sergey Sheyko
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Patent number: 11111428Abstract: A wellbore treatment fluid comprising: a base fluid; and a water-soluble salt, the salt comprising: a cation; and an anion, wherein the anion is selected from phosphotungstate, silicotungstate, phosphomolybdate, and silicomolybdate. The treatment fluid can have a density greater than or equal to 13 pounds per gallon. A method of treating a portion of a subterranean formation penetrated by a well comprising: introducing the treatment fluid into the well.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Cato R. McDaniel, William W. Shumway, Timothy Harvey
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Patent number: 11098240Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating a downhole environment are provided. The method includes introducing a treatment solution containing a cyclic orthoester and brine into a wellbore within the downhole environment and hydrolyzing the cyclic orthoester to produce an acid within the downhole environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Hui Zhou, William W. Shumway
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Patent number: 10983077Abstract: A method for monitoring the oleophilic fluid to aqueous fluid ratio of a drilling fluid includes selecting a sample of the drilling fluid that has been recirculated, measuring the NMR response of the sample of the drilling fluid and determining the oleophilic fluid to aqueous fluid ratio of the drilling fluid based at least in part on the NMR response.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2015Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Songhua Chen, Magdalena Traico Sandor, Cato Russell McDaniel, Jason Glen Bell, William W. Shumway
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Publication number: 20200354626Abstract: An aqueous-based well treatment fluid for and methods of controlling metal ions in a well, wherein the treatment fluid and methods use one or more polymer microgels, which comprise a plurality of polymer particles. Each polymer particle has a polymeric backbone bearing at least one moiety where such moiety is a chelating agent capable of boding with a metal ion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2017Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Jay P. Deville, William W. Shumway, Lee J. HALL, Xiaobo Hu, Sergey Sheyko
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Publication number: 20200032135Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating a downhole environment are provided. The method includes introducing a treatment solution containing a cyclic orthoester and brine into a wellbore within the downhole environment and hydrolyzing the cyclic orthoester to produce an acid within the downhole environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Hui Zhou, William W. Shumway
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Patent number: 10533387Abstract: A method for modifying a return fluid in a wellbore comprising disposing at least one valve along a drill pipe section of a drill string in the wellbore. At least one parameter of interest is determined at at least one location along the wellbore. At least one valve is controllably actuated to discharge at least a portion of at least one fluid from inside the drill string to an annulus in the wellbore to modify a local property of the return fluid in the annulus based at least in part on the measured parameter of interest.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ronald Johannes Dirksen, Daniel David Gleitman, William W. Shumway
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Publication number: 20200010758Abstract: A wellbore treatment fluid comprising: a base fluid; and a water-soluble salt, the salt comprising: a cation; and an anion, wherein the anion is selected from phosphotungstate, silicotungstate, phosphomolybdate, and silicomolybdate. The treatment fluid can have a density greater than or equal to 13 pounds per gallon. A method of treating a portion of a subterranean formation penetrated by a well comprising: introducing the treatment fluid into the well.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2019Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Cato R. McDaniel, William W. Shumway, Timothy Harvey