Patents by Inventor Zachary William Walton

Zachary William Walton 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: 20160230498
    Abstract: Downhole tools including a wellbore isolation device that provides a plurality of components including a mandrel, and a slip assembly comprising a plurality of slip elements including a slip wedge and a slip, wherein an element of the slip assembly is composed of a degradable metal material, and wherein the slip comprises a slip insert embedded therein, the slip insert having a compressive strength of greater than about 120,000 psi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary William Walton, Michael Linley Fripp
  • Publication number: 20160230504
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a seat assembly for use in wellbore servicing systems, comprising a cylindrical baffle with an annular shaped seat with an upward facing seat for receiving an obturator, the seat defining a central passageway. Erosion resistance rings are placed inside of and in front the baffle to protect the baffle and seat from erosion cause by treatment fluids and solids passing through the servicing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Zachary William Walton, Matthew James Merron
  • Publication number: 20160230494
    Abstract: Downhole tools having at least one component made of a doped magnesium alloy solid solution that at least partially degrades in the presence of an electrolyte, wherein the doped magnesium alloy is selected from the group consisting of a doped MG magnesium alloy, a doped WE magnesium alloy, a doped AZ magnesium alloy, a doped ZK magnesium alloy, a doped AM magnesium alloy, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Zachary William Walton
  • Publication number: 20160222752
    Abstract: Downhole tools comprising a body, wherein at least a portion of the body is degradable when exposed to a wellbore environment; and at least one aqueous-degradable sealing element comprising an aqueous-degradable elastomer comprising in the range of 0.05 to 1 parts by weight per hundred parts of the elastomer (phr) carbodiimide, wherein at least a portion of the aqueous-degradable sealing element hydrolytically degrades when exposed to an aqueous fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Zachary William Walton, Charles Timothy Smith
  • Publication number: 20160201425
    Abstract: Downhole tools, methods, and systems of use thereof, the downhole tool comprising a wellbore isolation device that provides a plurality of components including one or more first components and one or more second components, wherein at least the first and second one or more components are made of a degradable metal material that degrades when exposed to a wellbore environment, and wherein the one or more first components is fabricated by a first fabrication method and the one or more second components is fabricated by a second fabrication method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary William WALTON, Michael Linley FRIPP
  • Publication number: 20160201435
    Abstract: Downhole tools, methods, and systems of use thereof, the downhole tools comprising at least one component made of a doped alloy that at least partially degrades by micro-galvanic corrosion in the presence of fresh water having a salinity of less than about 1000 ppm, and wherein the doped alloy is selected from the group consisting of a doped magnesium alloy, a doped aluminum alloy, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Zachary William Walton
  • Publication number: 20160201427
    Abstract: Methods including introducing a frac plug into a wellbore in a subterranean formation, the frac plug comprising at least a mandrel, slips, and a packer element, wherein at least a portion of the mandrel and/or the slips is composed of a degradable alloy selected from the group consisting of a magnesium alloy, an aluminum alloy, and any combination thereof. The wellbore may be a cased wellbore or an open-hole wellbore, and wherein the slips are frictionally engaged with the casing string or the wellbore wall and the packer element is compressed against the casing or the wellbore wall to set the frac plug. One or more perforations is created within the formation and the formation is hydraulically fractured. The frac plug is at least partially degraded upon contact with an electrolyte in the wellbore before or after beginning production of a hydrocarbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Zachary William Walton
  • Publication number: 20160177655
    Abstract: Downhole tools including a body, wherein at least a portion of the body is degradable when exposed to a wellbore environment; and at least one degradable sealing element comprising a cast degradable elastomer, wherein at least a portion of the cast degradable sealing element degrades when exposed to the wellbore environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Zachary William Walton
  • Publication number: 20160177673
    Abstract: A system and method for magnetically communicating with downhole tools. One or more magnetic sources are used to generate multiple magnetic signals with each signal corresponding to a different function of the downhole tool. The signals may be based on various signal characteristics including pulses, frequencies, particular signal strengths, durations, or any combination of measurable signal characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew James MERRON, Zachary William WALTON, Robert William RHODES, Andrew EIS
  • Patent number: 9366134
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing system includes a tool node disposed within a wellbore, and a transitory sensing node configured to be communicated through the wellbore, wherein the transitory sensing node is configured to measure a wellbore parameter, and wherein the transitory sensing node communicates with the tool node via a near field communication (NFC) signal. A wellbore servicing method includes positioning a tool node within a wellbore, moving a transitory sensing node through the wellbore such that the transitory sensing node comes into communication with the tool node, wherein the transitory sensing node is configured to measure a wellbore parameter during movement through the wellbore, and wherein the transitory sensing node communicates with the tool node via a near field communication (NFC) signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary William Walton, Matthew Todd Howell, Michael Linley Fripp
  • Publication number: 20160122617
    Abstract: Degradable balls for downhole use may include an incompliant degradable polymer and a compliant filler material, the incompliant degradable polymer having an elastic modulus of about 2 GPa or greater, and the compliant filler material having an elastic modulus of less than about 2 GPa. Such degradable balls may be useful in sealing segments of a wellbore and actuating wellbore tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Ryan Murphree, Michael Linley Fripp, Zachary William Walton, Feng Liang, Dwight Fulton
  • Patent number: 9260935
    Abstract: Degradable balls for downhole use may include an incompliant degradable polymer and a compliant filler material, the incompliant degradable polymer having an elastic modulus of about 2 GPa or greater, and the compliant filler material having an elastic modulus of less than about 2 GPa. Such degradable balls may be useful in sealing segments of a wellbore and actuating wellbore tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Ryan Murphree, Michael Linley Fripp, Zachary William Walton, Feng Liang, Dwight Fulton
  • Patent number: 9010442
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing tool comprising a housing comprising ports, a triggering system, a first sliding sleeve transitional from a first position to a second position, and a second sliding sleeve transitional from a first position to a second position, wherein, when in the first position, the first sliding sleeve retains the second sliding sleeve in the first position, wherein, when in the first position, the second sliding sleeve prevents a route of fluid communication via the one or more ports of the housing and, when is in the second position, the second sliding sleeve allows fluid communication via the ports, and wherein the triggering system is configured to allow the first sliding sleeve to transition from the first position to the second position responsive to recognition of a predetermined signal comprising a predetermined pressure signal, a predetermined temperature signal, a predetermined flow-rate signal, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven G. Streich, Zachary William Walton
  • Publication number: 20150021021
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for carrying out multiple-interval stimulation of a wellbore. One disclosed method includes introducing one or more wellbore projectiles into a work string including a completion assembly having a first downhole tool arranged within a first interval, a second downhole tool arranged within a second interval, and a third downhole tool arranged within a third interval that interposes the first and second intervals, detecting the one or more wellbore projectiles with first and second sensors of the first and second downhole tools, opening first and second sliding sleeves arranged within the first and second downhole tools, treating the first and second intervals, sealing the first and second intervals, detecting a wellbore projectile with a third sensor of the third downhole tool, opening a third sliding sleeve arranged within the third downhole tool, and treating the third interval independent of the first and second intervals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew James Merron, Zachary William Walton
  • Publication number: 20140352981
    Abstract: A wellbore tool comprising a power supply, an electrical load, a receiving unit configured to passively receive a triggering signal, and a switching system electrically coupled to the power supply, the receiving unit, and the electrical load, wherein the switching system is configured to selectively transition from an inactive state to an active state in response to the triggering signal, from the active state to the active state in response to the triggering signal, or combinations thereof, wherein in the inactive state a circuit is incomplete and any route of electrical current flow between the power supply and the electrical load is disallowed, and wherein in the active state the circuit is complete and at least one route of electrical current flow between the power supply and the electrical load is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Linley FRIPP, Donald KYLE, Archibald Linley FRIPP, Zachary William WALTON, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140290947
    Abstract: A method for servicing a subterranean formation comprising providing a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation, and placing a wellbore servicing tool in the wellbore, wherein the wellbore servicing tool comprises a baffle, wherein the baffle comprises a seat contoured to match a spherical zone of an obturator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Sevices, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt James MERRON, Zachary William WALTON
  • Publication number: 20140262502
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing system comprising a controller node disposed within a wellbore, and a tool node configured for movement through the wellbore, wherein the tool node communicates with the controller node via a near field communication (NFC) signal, wherein prior to communication with the controller node, the tool node will not perform at least one function and, after communication with the controller node, the tool node will selectively perform the at least one function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Zachary William WALTON, Matthew Todd HOWELL, Michael Linley FRIPP
  • Publication number: 20140262236
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing system comprising one or more wellbore tool nodes disposed within a wellbore, wherein each of the one or more wellbore tool nodes is configurable from a first configuration to a second configuration, and a controller node, wherein the controller node communicates with the wellbore tool node via a near field communication (NFC) signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Zachary William WALTON, Matthew Todd HOWELL, Michael Linley FRIPP
  • Publication number: 20140262320
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing tool comprising a body, a near field communication (NFC) system disposed within the body and comprising a processor configured to communicate via NFC, one or more antennas each in signal communication with the processor, at least one input/output (I/O) device in signal communication with the processor, and a power supply in electrical communication with the processor. A wellbore servicing method comprising positioning a first node within a wellbore, moving a second node through the wellbore such that the second node comes into communication with the first node, wherein the first node and the second node establish signal communication via a near field communication (NFC) signal, wherein data is communicated from the first node to the second node via NFC, from the second node to the first node via NFC, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Zachary William WALTON, Matthew Todd HOWELL, Michael Linley FRIPP
  • Publication number: 20140266772
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing system comprising a tool node disposed within a wellbore, and a transitory sensing node configured to be communicated through the wellbore, wherein the transitory sensing node is configured to measure a wellbore parameter, and wherein the transitory sensing node communicates with the tool node via a near field communication (NFC) signal. A wellbore servicing method comprising positioning a tool node within a wellbore, moving a transitory sensing node through the wellbore such that the transitory sensing node comes into communication with the tool node, wherein the transitory sensing node is configured to measure a wellbore parameter during movement through the wellbore, and wherein the transitory sensing node communicates with the tool node via a near field communication (NFC) signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Zachary William WALTON, Matthew Todd HOWELL, Michael Linley FRIPP