Top Inventors for class "Wells" |
Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
1 | Michael L. Fripp | US | Carrollton, TX | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220243552 - THERMOPLASTIC WITH SWELLABLE METAL FOR ENHANCED SEAL | 71 |
2 | Jean Marc Lopez | US | Plano, TX | Jul 13, 2017 / 20170198557 - SECURING LAYERS IN A WELL SCREEN ASSEMBLY | 67 |
3 | Michael H. Johnson | US | Katy, TX | Nov 11, 2021 / 20210348474 - MODIFIABLE THREE POSITION SLEEVE FOR SELECTIVE RESERVOIR STIMULATION AND PRODUCTION | 65 |
4 | Jørgen Hallundbaek | DK | Graested | Mar 10, 2016 / 20160069166 - DOWNHOLE TOOL CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING HIGH TEMPERATURES | 61 |
5 | Dennis P. Nguyen | US | Pearland, TX | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220259938 - ZERO-GAP HANGER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 51 |
6 | Dinesh R. Patel | US | Sugar Land, TX | Nov 05, 2015 / 20150315895 - COMPLETION SYSTEM HAVING A SAND CONTROL ASSEMBLY, AN INDUCTIVE COUPLER, AND A SENSOR PROXIMATE TO THE SAND CONTROL ASSEMBLY | 50 |
7 | Philip D. Nguyen | US | Houston, TX | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220243119 - Methods Of Ensuring And Enhancing Conductivity In Micro-Fractures | 49 |
8 | Craig W. Roddy | US | Duncan, OK | Feb 25, 2016 / 20160053158 - Sealant Compositions and Methods Utilizing Nano-Particles | 48 |
9 | Jason D. Dykstra | US | Carrollton, TX | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160186551 - OPTIMAL CONTROL OF A DRILL PATH USING PATH SMOOTHING | 48 |
10 | Edward J. O'Malley | US | Houston, TX | May 05, 2016 / 20160123129 - SHORT HOP COMMUNICATIONS FOR A SETTING TOOL | 47 |
11 | Jimmie D. Weaver | US | Duncan, OK | Nov 19, 2015 / 20150329382 - Electrocoagulation Removal of Zinc in Produced Water | 46 |
12 | Michael Linley Fripp | US | Carrollton, TX | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220294327 - MAGNETIC COUPLER WITH FORCE BALANCING | 45 |
13 | Daniel Jon Themig | CA | Calgary | Oct 13, 2016 / 20160298424 - WELLBORE FRAC TOOL WITH INFLOW CONTROL | 45 |
14 | Roger L. Schultz | US | Ninnekah, OK | Jul 14, 2022 / 20220220842 - INDICATION OF COMPRESSION LOADING IN DOWNHOLE TOOL STRINGS | 45 |
15 | Yang Xu | US | Houston, TX | Mar 19, 2015 / 20150075639 - PLUG COUNTER, FRACING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 43 |
16 | Robert D. Kaminsky | US | Houston, TX | May 26, 2016 / 20160145987 - Method of Recovering Hydrocarbons Within a Subsurface Formation | 43 |
17 | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc | US | Houston, TX | Aug 29, 2013 / 20130220600 - WELL DRILLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PUMP DRAWING FLUID FROM ANNULUS | 42 |
18 | W. Lynn Frazier | US | Corpus Christi, TX | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210381337 - DOWNHOLE ASSEMBLY FOR SELECTIVELY SEALING OFF A WELLBORE | 41 |
19 | Bennett M. Richard | US | Kingwood, TX | May 18, 2017 / 20170138479 - DISINTEGRABLE AND CONFORMABLE METALLIC SEAL, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | 41 |
20 | Zhiyue Xu | US | Cypress, TX | Jun 15, 2017 / 20170165745 - METHODS OF MANUFACTURING DEGRADABLE TOOLS USING A GALVANIC CARRIER AND TOOLS MANUFACTURED THEREOF | 40 |
21 | Philip D. Nguyen | US | Duncan, OK | Jun 11, 2015 / 20150158038 - ELECTROSTATIC PARTICULATE COATING METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FRACTURING FLUIDS | 37 |
22 | Qi Qu | US | Spring, TX | Jun 07, 2018 / 20180156016 - METHOD OF USING SURFACE MODIFYING TREATMENT AGENTS TO TREAT SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS | 35 |
23 | Tianping Huang | US | Spring, TX | Jun 01, 2017 / 20170152429 - DUAL-FUNCTION NANO-SIZED PARTICLES | 34 |
24 | D.v. Satyanarayana Gupta | US | The Woodlands, TX | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210340432 - Methods of Using Delayed Release Well Treatment Composititions | 34 |
25 | Harold J. Vinegar | US | Bellaire, TX | Aug 11, 2022 / 20220251935 - HYDROGEN PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND RECOVERY | 34 |
26 | James B. Crews | US | Willis, TX | Jun 07, 2018 / 20180156016 - METHOD OF USING SURFACE MODIFYING TREATMENT AGENTS TO TREAT SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS | 33 |
27 | Martin P. Coronado | US | Cypress, TX | Jun 30, 2016 / 20160186511 - Expandable Plug Seat | 33 |
28 | Steve Rosenblatt | US | Houston, TX | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160097253 - Packer or Plug Element Backup Ring with Folding Feature | 32 |
29 | Gerald D. Lynde | US | Houston, TX | Jan 16, 2014 / 20140014320 - Debris Chamber with Helical Flow Path for Enhanced Subterranean Debris Removal | 31 |
30 | Philip F. Sullivan | US | Bellaire, TX | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160096988 - Methods for Servicing Subterranean Wells | 31 |
31 | Yiyan Chen | US | Sugar Land, TX | Oct 21, 2021 / 20210323909 - Amidoamine Synthesis, Methods to Track The Reaction Process | 31 |
32 | Thomas D. Welton | US | Duncan, OK | May 16, 2013 / 20130118747 - Cleanup Fluids for Anhydrous Borate Compounds and Methods for Use Thereof in Subterranean Formations | 30 |
33 | Karsten Heidecke | US | Houston, TX | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220282583 - CONTROL ATTACHMENT FOR A TONG ASSEMBLY POSITIONING SYSTEM | 30 |
34 | Bradley L. Todd | US | Duncan, OK | Dec 30, 2021 / 20210404287 - DEGRADABLE ALIPHATIC POLYESTER FLUID | 29 |
35 | Jiten Chatterji | US | Duncan, OK | Jun 07, 2018 / 20180155605 - SWELLABLE GLASS PARTICLES FOR REDUCING FLUID FLOW IN SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS | 29 |
36 | Francis Eugene Parsche | US | Palm Bay, FL | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200411999 - TOWER BASED ANTENNA INCLUDING MULTIPLE SETS OF ELONGATE ANTENNA ELEMENTS AND RELATED METHODS | 29 |
37 | Rod Shampine | US | Houston, TX | Jan 13, 2022 / 20220010656 - SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOWNHOLE DEPLOYMENT OF CONTAINERS | 29 |
38 | Lev Ring | US | Houston, TX | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160097270 - Integrated Drilling Control System | 28 |
39 | Yingqing Xu | US | Tomball, TX | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220205331 - INFLOW TEST PACKER TOOL AND METHOD | 28 |
40 | Jean Buytaert | US | Mineral Wells, TX | Apr 16, 2015 / 20150101798 - CENTRALIZER PRECONDITIONING AND TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD | 28 |
41 | James G. King | US | Kingwood, TX | Nov 17, 2016 / 20160333668 - DEBRIS CATCHER | 28 |
42 | B. Raghava Reddy | US | Duncan, OK | May 22, 2014 / 20140138092 - WELLBORE SERVICING METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DEGRADABLE POLYMERS | 27 |
43 | Travis W. Cavender | US | Angleton, TX | Apr 16, 2015 / 20150101832 - FORMING INCLUSIONS IN SELECTED AZIMUTHAL ORIENTATIONS FROM A CASING SECTION | 27 |
44 | D. Chad Brenneis | US | Marlow, OK | Sep 03, 2015 / 20150247383 - Consolidating Spacer Fluids and Methods of Use | 27 |
45 | Charles S. Yeh | US | Spring, TX | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170044880 - Hybrid Sand Control Systems and Methods for Completing a Wellbore with Sand Control | 26 |
46 | Gary L. Rytlewski | US | League City, TX | Dec 11, 2014 / 20140363692 - DEGRADABLE COMPOSITIONS, APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS OF USE | 26 |
47 | Thomas J. Wheeler | US | Houston, TX | Jul 16, 2015 / 20150198027 - ANTI-RETENTION AGENT IN STEAM-SOLVENT OIL RECOVERY | 26 |
48 | Luke William Holderman | US | Plano, TX | Feb 25, 2016 / 20160053576 - Liquid Valve for Flow Control Devices | 26 |
49 | Bernd-Georg Pietras | DE | Wedemark | Feb 20, 2014 / 20140048248 - CONTROL LINE RUNNING SYSTEM | 26 |
50 | Kim Nutley | GB | Inverurie | Jun 25, 2015 / 20150176364 - DOWNHOLE ISOLATION METHODS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | 25 |
51 | Pierre-Yves Corre | FR | Eu | Feb 18, 2016 / 20160047200 - Expandable Packer Methods | 25 |
52 | David R. Hall | US | Provo, UT | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296939 - Head Covering Device Providing Filtered Intake and Exhaust Air | 25 |
53 | Harold Dean Brannon | US | Magnolia, TX | Mar 10, 2016 / 20160069175 - METHOD OF FRACTURING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS WITH CROSSLINKED FLUID | 25 |
54 | Joseph Varkey | US | Sugar Land, TX | Jan 03, 2019 / 20190006065 - COMPRESSION AND STRETCH RESISTANT COMPONENTS AND CABLES FOR OILFIELD APPLICATIONS | 25 |
55 | Peter J. Fay | US | Houston, TX | Dec 11, 2014 / 20140360734 - PACKER SETTING MECHANISM | 25 |
56 | Robert S. O'Brien | US | Katy, TX | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160097267 - MULTI-ZONE COMPLETION ASSEMBLY INSTALLATION AND TESTING | 25 |
57 | Kenneth G. Caillouet | US | Thibodaux, LA | Aug 20, 2020 / 20200263515 - ROTATING AND RECIPROCATING SWIVEL APPARATUS AND METHOD | 24 |
58 | Terry P. Robichaux | US | Houma, LA | Aug 20, 2020 / 20200263515 - ROTATING AND RECIPROCATING SWIVEL APPARATUS AND METHOD | 24 |
59 | Kip M. Robichaux | US | Houma, LA | Aug 20, 2020 / 20200263515 - ROTATING AND RECIPROCATING SWIVEL APPARATUS AND METHOD | 24 |
60 | Terje Moen | NO | Sandnes | Feb 05, 2015 / 20150034323 - SAND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY | 24 |
61 | Donald E. Mosing | US | Lafayette, LA | Jun 04, 2015 / 20150152699 - TUBULAR GUIDING AND GRIPPING APPARATUS AND METHOD | 24 |
62 | Schlumberger Technology Corporation | US | Sugar Land, TX | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130204534 - Method Of Estimating A Subterranean Formation Property | 24 |
63 | Richard Yingqing Xu | US | Tomball, TX | Jun 13, 2013 / 20130146307 - TREATMENT PLUG AND METHOD OF ANCHORING A TREATMENT PLUG AND THEN REMOVING A PORTION THEREOF | 23 |
64 | John W. Still | US | Katy, TX | Mar 19, 2015 / 20150075797 - WELL TREATMENT | 23 |
65 | Michael T. Hecker | US | Tomball, TX | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170044880 - Hybrid Sand Control Systems and Methods for Completing a Wellbore with Sand Control | 23 |
66 | Bruce A. Dale | US | Sugar Land, TX | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160076363 - Discrete Wellbore Devices, Hydrocarbon Wells Including a Downhole Communication Network and the Discrete Wellbore Devices and Systems and Methods Including the Same | 23 |
67 | Gaurav Agrawal | US | Aurora, CO | Sep 17, 2020 / 20200291284 - DIVALENT BRINE FLUIDS HAVING IMPROVED RHEOLOGY AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES | 23 |
68 | Alexander F. Zazovsky | US | Houston, TX | Aug 27, 2015 / 20150240613 - METHOD OF FRACTURING MULTIPLE ZONES WITHIN A WELL USING PROPELLANT PRE-FRACTURING | 23 |
69 | Scott Christopher Jackson | US | Wilmington, DE | Sep 14, 2017 / 20170260156 - HYDROGENATION OF CATMINT OIL | 23 |
70 | Raymond Hofman | US | Midland, TX | May 14, 2015 / 20150129205 - Downhole Tools, System and Methods of Using | 23 |
71 | Patrick J. Zimmerman | US | Houston, TX | Sep 11, 2014 / 20140251640 - Extended Length Packer with Timed Setting | 23 |
72 | Rocky A. Turley | US | Houston, TX | Oct 07, 2021 / 20210310338 - RUNNING TOOL FOR A LINER STRING | 22 |
73 | Oleg A. Mazyar | US | Houston, TX | Jan 28, 2016 / 20160024374 - FERROFLUIDS ABSORBED ON GRAPHENE/GRAPHENE OXIDE FOR EOR | 22 |
74 | Larry S. Eoff | US | Duncan, OK | Nov 20, 2014 / 20140338907 - Wellbore Servicing Materials and Methods of Making and Using Same | 22 |
75 | John Michael Karanikas | US | Houston, TX | May 26, 2016 / 20160145985 - PYROLYSIS TO PRESSURISE OIL FORMATIONS | 22 |
76 | Robert D. Fallon | US | Elkton, MD | Dec 04, 2014 / 20140352946 - CONTROLLING BIOAVAILABILITY OF NUTRIENT ADDITIONS IN SUBSURFACE FORMATIONS | 22 |
77 | Ronald G. Dusterhoft | US | Katy, TX | Oct 15, 2015 / 20150293256 - METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF A FORMATION | 21 |
78 | William Mark Richards | US | Flower Mound, TX | May 18, 2017 / 20170138171 - EQUIPMENT MONITORING USING ENHANCED VIDEO | 21 |
79 | Michael D. Barry | US | The Woodlands, TX | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170044880 - Hybrid Sand Control Systems and Methods for Completing a Wellbore with Sand Control | 21 |
80 | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | US | | Oct 23, 2014 / 20140310940 - METHODS OF APPLYING A PROTECTIVE BARRIER TO THE LINER OF AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE | 21 |
81 | Michael T. Pelletier | US | Houston, TX | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220282365 - Depositing Coatings On and Within Housings, Apparatus, or Tools | 20 |
82 | Mark K. Adam | US | Houston, TX | Jun 09, 2016 / 20160160638 - SANDFACE LINER WITH POWER, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION LINK VIA A TIE BACK STRING | 20 |
83 | Lijun Lin | US | Sugar Land, TX | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160096988 - Methods for Servicing Subterranean Wells | 20 |
84 | Carlos Abad | US | Richmond, TX | Jun 12, 2014 / 20140158356 - ENCAPSULATED EXPLOSIVE PELLET | 20 |
85 | Nicholas J. Clem | US | Houston, TX | Nov 12, 2015 / 20150322765 - Real Time Tool Erosion Prediction Monitoring | 20 |
86 | Brock Watson | US | Oklahoma City, OK | May 12, 2016 / 20160129565 - RETENTION APPARATUS FOR PORTIONS OF ADJUSTABLE WRENCH | 20 |
87 | Edward T. Wood | US | Kingwood, TX | May 19, 2016 / 20160138373 - Electronically-Activated Liner Hangers and Methods of Setting Same in Wellbore | 20 |
88 | Syed A. Ali | US | Sugar Land, TX | Nov 05, 2015 / 20150315457 - COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION | 19 |
89 | Julian J. Pop | US | Houston, TX | May 05, 2016 / 20160123318 - Adaptive Pump Control For Positive Displacement Pump Failure Modes | 19 |
90 | Balkrishna Gadiyar | US | Katy, TX | Jul 09, 2015 / 20150191983 - WELLBORE FLUID USED WITH OIL-SWELLABLE ELEMENTS | 19 |
91 | Michael Fripp | US | Carrollton, TX | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170175500 - DISSOLVABLE PERFORATING DEVICE | 19 |
92 | Stephen Michael Greci | US | Mckinney, TX | Jan 28, 2016 / 20160024897 - Well Screen Assembly with Extending Screen | 19 |
93 | Leiming Li | US | Sugar Land, TX | Dec 02, 2021 / 20210371729 - Enhancement Of Friction Reducer Performance In Hydraulic Fracturing | 19 |
94 | John H. Hales | US | Frisco, TX | Nov 05, 2015 / 20150316359 - CHARGE CASE FRAGMENTATION CONTROL FOR GUN SURVIVAL | 19 |
95 | James C. Doane | US | Friendswood, TX | May 05, 2016 / 20160123107 - Control Interface for Seal Back-Up/Slip | 19 |
96 | John D. Burleson | US | Denton, TX | Feb 18, 2016 / 20160047235 - CAPTURING DATA FOR PHYSICAL STATES ASSOCIATED WITH PERFORATING STRING | 19 |
97 | Gregory L. Hern | US | Porter, TX | May 18, 2017 / 20170138139 - Watermelon Mill with Replaceable Cutting Structure | 19 |
98 | Jim B. Surjaatmadja | US | Duncan, OK | Apr 28, 2016 / 20160115772 - System and Methods for Constructing and Fracture Stimulating Multiple Ultra-Short Radius Laterals from A Parent Well | 19 |
99 | Richard D. Rickman | US | Duncan, OK | Dec 26, 2013 / 20130341022 - Methods of Using Nanoparticle Suspension Aids in Subterranean Operations | 19 |
100 | Keven O'Connor | US | Houston, TX | May 18, 2017 / 20170138183 - Communication System for Sequential Liner Hanger Setting, Release from a Running Tool and Setting a Liner Top Packer | 18 |