Patents by Inventor William Walter Shumway
William Walter 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: 11970658Abstract: Methods and compositions for use in the inhibition of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: providing an emulsion drilling fluid including: a continuous phase including a non-oleaginous fluid; an internal phase including an oleaginous fluid; and a thermodynamic hydrate inhibitor; and drilling at least a portion of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: William Walter Shumway, Jay Paul Deville
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Patent number: 11927062Abstract: Methods for manufacturing lost circulation material particulates that may be for use in treating a subterranean formation are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include providing at a well-site a feed vessel that contains a liquid material, the liquid material including a monomer and an initiator; providing an injection device disposed underneath the feed vessel for directing at least a portion of the liquid material from the feed vessel to a reaction chamber, wherein the reaction chamber includes a fluid; discharging at least a portion of the liquid material from the feed vessel to the reaction chamber through an orifice disposed on the injection device; and forming LCM particulates at least in part by allowing at least a portion of the liquid material to polymerize in the fluid in the reaction chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, William Walter Shumway, Preston Andrew May
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Patent number: 11891894Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pulsed-power drilling system that includes downhole mixers for restoring optimal electrical properties in drilling fluid. The downhole mixer may include a housing having an uphole and downhole end, a channel to convey the drilling fluid through the housing, and a flow restrictor including an orifice having a fixed diameter positioned in the channel between the entrance and the exit of the channel to create a pressure drop between the entrance and the exit of the channel during a drilling operation. The pressure drop increases shear stress in the drilling fluid to manage electrical properties, such as a dielectric constant, of the drilling fluid. The electrical properties of the drilling fluid facilitate the formation of an electrical arc on a drill bit of the pulsed-power drilling system.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, William Walter Shumway
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Patent number: 11773312Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods, compositions, and systems directed to filter cake removal embodying a delayed breaker fluid for oil-based drill-in fluids. A wellbore treatment method comprising: introducing a delayed breaker fluid into a wellbore, wherein the delayed breaker fluid comprises an aqueous base fluid, an acid precursor, and a carbodiimide; and contacting a filter cake in the wellbore with the delayed breaker fluid such that the filter cake is at least partially degraded by acid released from the acid precursor.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Catherine Martin Santos, William Walter Shumway, Jay Paul Deville
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Publication number: 20230287745Abstract: Methods for manufacturing lost circulation material particulates that may be for use in treating a subterranean formation are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include providing at a well-site a feed vessel that contains a liquid material, the liquid material including a monomer and an initiator; providing an injection device disposed underneath the feed vessel for directing at least a portion of the liquid material from the feed vessel to a reaction chamber, wherein the reaction chamber includes a fluid; discharging at least a portion of the liquid material from the feed vessel to the reaction chamber through an orifice disposed on the injection device; and forming LCM particulates at least in part by allowing at least a portion of the liquid material to polymerize in the fluid in the reaction chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2020Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, William Walter Shumway, Preston Andrew May
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Publication number: 20230167715Abstract: A method including precipitating a precipitate including one or more divalent cation carbonates from a solution including the divalent cation of each of the one or more divalent cation carbonates, and storing at least a portion of the precipitate downhole by placing the at least the portion of the precipitate downhole via a well. Precipitating can include contacting the solution with a gas, such as atmospheric air, including carbon dioxide (CO2). The method can further include separating the precipitate from the solution, and forming a slurry including the at least a portion of the precipitate. Placing the at least the portion of the precipitate downhole via the well can include pumping the slurry downhole via the well. A system is also provided. Via the system and method, CO2 can be sequestered downhole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Hui ZHOU, William Walter SHUMWAY
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Patent number: 11661542Abstract: Provided is a method for mitigating a lost circulation zone. The method may include providing a lost circulation treatment composition that may include an acid responsive polymer that may include at least one monomer, at least one comonomer, and at least one crosslinker; a carbonate-based solvent; and a carrier fluid that may include water. The method may also include introducing the lost circulation treatment composition into a wellbore within a subterranean formation, wherein the subterranean formation may include the lost circulation zone; placing the lost circulation treatment composition into the lost circulation zone, hydrolyzing the carbonate-based solvent to generate carbon dioxide, and causing the swelling (change of shape) of acid responsive polymer to mitigate the losses.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Sunita Sameer Kadam, William Walter Shumway, Rahul Chandrakant Patil
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Patent number: 11649399Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Hui Zhou, William Cecil Pearl, Jr., William Walter Shumway
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Publication number: 20230142443Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Hui ZHOU, William Cecil PEARL, JR., William Walter SHUMWAY
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Patent number: 11624019Abstract: Compositions with modified tannins can be used in wellbore operations. A composition can include an oil, a modified tannin, a dimer fatty acid, an aqueous liquid, and an emulsifier, where the material is injectable into a wellbore. The modified tannin may be treated with a primary amine, secondary amine, tertiary amine, or quaternary amine. The compositions may be used as drilling fluids having enhanced yield point and fluid loss control properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: William Walter Shumway, Hui Zhou
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Patent number: 11591508Abstract: Treatment fluids and methods of using a treatment fluid for minimizing fluid loss in a wellbore are disclosed. A method may comprise providing a drill-in fluid. The drill-in fluid may comprise an aqueous liquid, a base oil, a polyol, an emulsifying surfactant, and a solid bridging agent. The method may further comprise circulating the drill-in fluid through a drill-string and past a drill bit. The method may further comprise drilling in a reservoir section of a subterranean formation to extend a wellbore in the reservoir section the drill-in fluid is circulated therein.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Chesnee Lae Davis, Jeffrey J. Miller, William Walter Shumway
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Patent number: 11499086Abstract: A method for strengthening a subterranean formation is disclosed herein. A method of strengthening a subterranean formation includes: introducing a first fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the first fluid includes polyvalent cations; and introducing a second fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the second fluid includes a dissolved silicate in an aqueous-base fluid; wherein the dissolved silicate reacts with the polyvalent cations in the subterranean formation to form a reaction product including precipitated silicate in the subterranean formation.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, Brian Alan Evans, William Walter Shumway, Denise Nicole Benoit
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Patent number: 11499087Abstract: Methods and compositions for the use of thermally responsive lost circulation materials in subterranean formations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods include introducing a treatment fluid including a base fluid and a thermally responsive lost circulation material including a thermally responsive hydrogel that includes at least one thermoresponsive polymer into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation including a loss zone; allowing the thermally responsive lost circulation material to reach a thickening transition temperature; and allowing the treatment fluid to at least partially set in the subterranean formation.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, William Walter Shumway, Preston Andrew May
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Patent number: 11492532Abstract: A method of reducing a density of a density of a stable emulsion drilling fluid may comprise providing a stable emulsion drilling fluid comprising: an aqueous liquid; a biopolymer; an emulsifier; solid particulates; and an oil; wherein the stable emulsion drilling fluid is capable of remaining in quiescent storage at approximately 70° F. and atmospheric pressure without phase separation for about 8 hours or longer; circulating the stable emulsion drilling fluid though a drill string and annulus; adding additional oil to the stable emulsion drilling fluid to decrease the density of the stable emulsion drilling fluid and produce a reduced density stable emulsion drilling fluid; and circulating the reduced density stable emulsion drilling fluid though the drill string and the annulus.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: William Walter Shumway, Jeffrey J. Miller
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Patent number: 11485899Abstract: Methods for reducing zinc in fluids for use in subterranean formations are provided. In one or more embodiments, the methods include providing a fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and zinc; and adding a precipitant comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone or any derivative thereof to the fluid to form a precipitate with at least a portion of the zinc.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: William Walter Shumway, Hui Zhou, Preston Andrew May
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Publication number: 20220339586Abstract: Systems and methods using: a membrane unit to treat fluids recovered from an oil and gas well are provided. The membrane unit may include a membrane having a porous substrate at. least partially coated with graphene oxide, making the membrane hydrophilic. The membrane separates water from other components within a fluid stream. The membrane unit may include an inlet to receive a fluid stream into the membrane unit. The fluid stream may be pretreated prior to reaching the membrane unit The membrane unit may also include a first outlet in fluid communication with one side of the membrane and a second outlet in fluid communication with the opposite side of the membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, William Walter Shumway
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Patent number: 11473426Abstract: A method comprising determining a concentration of one or more components of a wellbore servicing fluid during a wellbore servicing operation; and adjusting or maintaining a composition of the wellbore servicing fluid being introduced into a wellbore and/or an operational parameter of the wellbore servicing operation based on the determining of the concentration of the one or more components, wherein the determining of the concentration of the one or more components comprises contacting a sample of the wellbore servicing fluid with a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device to provide a sample response indicative of the concentration of the one or more components.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, William Walter Shumway, Preston Andrew May, Jay Paul Deville
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Patent number: 11473000Abstract: Insulating fluids for use in drilling, production, and other applications are provided, the insulating fluids containing a porous medium (such as a sponge or foam) to limit the mobility of the liquid phase of the insulating fluid. The porous medium in the insulating fluid provides a mechanical means for reducing convective heat transfer, as the small pore spaces within the porous media create tortuous paths for the liquid moving therethrough. Methods include introducing the insulating fluid into an annulus of a drilling, riser, production, packer, or pipeline assembly to reduce heat transfer therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, William Walter Shumway, Xiangnan Ye
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Publication number: 20220282575Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pulsed-power drilling system that includes downhole mixers for restoring optimal electrical properties in drilling fluid. The downhole mixer may include a housing having an uphole and downhole end, a channel to convey the drilling fluid through the housing, and a flow restrictor including an orifice having a fixed diameter positioned in the channel between the entrance and the exit of the channel to create a pressure drop between the entrance and the exit of the channel during a drilling operation. The pressure drop increases shear stress in the drilling fluid to manage electrical properties, such as a dielectric constant, of the drilling fluid. The electrical properties of the drilling fluid facilitate the formation of an electrical arc on a drill bit of the pulsed-power drilling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2019Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, William Walter Shumway
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Patent number: 11434418Abstract: Methods and compositions involving a strong acid precursor that generates and/or releases a strong acid for use in a subterranean formation. In some embodiments, the methods include providing a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid and a strong acid precursor and introducing the treatment fluid in a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Hui Zhou, William Cecil Pearl, William Walter Shumway