Robert Russell Castillo

US Patent:

7806193, Oct 5, 2010

Filed:

Jun 6, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/134419

Inventors:

Vel Berzin - Houston TX, US
Douglas J. Murray - Magnolia TX, US
Edward T. Wood - Kingwood TX, US
Steven N. Bailey - Corpus Christi TX, US
Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Darwin D. Arline - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 33/00
E21B 33/12

US Classification:

166387, 166132, 166179

Abstract:

A packer assembly which incorporates a swellable elastomeric packer element and one or more swellable thermoplastic components. The swellable thermoplastic components are support rings that are located at each axial end of the elastomeric element and provide positive mechanical backups for the elastomeric element to limit extrusion of the packer element.

US Patent:

7997338, Aug 16, 2011

Filed:

Mar 11, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/401994

Inventors:

Anthony P. Foster - Katy TX, US
Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Ammar Munshi - Houston TX, US
Edward T. Wood - Kingwood TX, US
Gregory C. Badke - Houston TX, US
Nervy Enrique Faria - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 33/12

US Classification:

166188, 166195, 1662422, 1662423

Abstract:

A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can also be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.

US Patent:

8127978, Mar 6, 2012

Filed:

May 20, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/469576

Inventors:

Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Anthony P. Foster - Katy TX, US

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

B23K 31/02

US Classification:

228115, 166179, 228116

Abstract:

A swelling element packer is made with internal rings that are either split or scrolled. After the swelling element is built on a temporary mandrel a longitudinal seam of a variety of designs is cut through the element. This allows the rapid deployment of the element on the tubular that will be a part of a string and will serve as the final mandrel. The assembly is then magnetic pulse welded or crimped so as to urge the open ends of the rings to move toward each other and become secured to each other and further opening the possibility of attaching parts on the ring itself to the underlying tubular by displacing or otherwise removing the swelling material that was between the ring and the final mandrel when the magnetic pulse process began. The rings can be embedded wholly within the element or can extend beyond the opposed ends or combinations of the two.

US Patent:

8225861, Jul 24, 2012

Filed:

Jul 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/180062

Inventors:

Anthony P. Foster - Katy TX, US
Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Ammar Munshi - Houston TX, US
Edward T. Wood - Kingwood TX, US
Gregory C. Badke - Houston TX, US
Nervy Enrique Faria - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 33/12

US Classification:

166188, 166195, 1662422, 1662423

Abstract:

A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.

US Patent:

8371374, Feb 12, 2013

Filed:

May 1, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/461126

Inventors:

Anthony P. Foster - Katy TX, US
Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Ammar Munshi - Houston TX, US
Edward T. Wood - Kingwood TX, US
Gregory C. Badke - Houston TX, US
Nervy Enrique Faria - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 33/12

US Classification:

166188, 166195, 1662422, 1662423

Abstract:

A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.

US Patent:

8550156, Oct 8, 2013

Filed:

Dec 7, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/313497

Inventors:

Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Anthony P. Foster - Katy TX, US

Assignee:

Baker hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 33/12

US Classification:

166180, 166179

Abstract:

A swelling element packer is made with internal rings that are either split or scrolled. After the swelling element is built on a temporary mandrel a longitudinal seam of a variety of designs is cut through the element. This allows the rapid deployment of the element on the tubular that will be a part of a string and will serve as the final mandrel. The assembly is then magnetic pulse welded or crimped so as to urge the open ends of the rings to move toward each other and become secured to each other and further opening the possibility of attaching parts on the ring itself to the underlying tubular by displacing or otherwise removing the swelling material that was between the ring and the final mandrel when the magnetic pulse process began. The rings can be embedded wholly within the element or can extend beyond the opposed ends.

US Patent:

20080135260, Jun 12, 2008

Filed:

Dec 6, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/634772

Inventors:

Vel Berzin - Houston TX, US
Walter J. Laflin - Houston TX, US
Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Darwin D. Arline - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

E21B 33/12

US Classification:

166380, 166387

Abstract:

A field assembled packer or plug features a sleeve of a swelling material, preferably rubber, which is slipped over the tubular. A pair of molds is assembled over the tubular. The molds can accommodate variation in the size and out of roundness of standard API tubulars. An epoxy mixture is formulated on site and pumped into the molds at opposed ends of the sealing element assembly and allowed to set up. The molds are removed and the assembly is ready to be run in the hole as a packer included in a tubular string. The element assembly can include a harder swelling material on opposed ends of the main sealing element to protect the main sealing element from damage during run in.

US Patent:

20100230902, Sep 16, 2010

Filed:

Mar 12, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/402667

Inventors:

Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Darwin D. Arline - Houston TX, US
Gregory C. Badke - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 33/127

US Classification:

277331, 277314

Abstract:

Disclosed herein is a downhole sealing device. The device includes, a swellable member, and a passageway having a perimetrically continuous wall. The swellable member is configured to cause sealing between a downhole structure and a plurality of tubulars when in a swelled condition, the plurality of tubulars are routed through a plurality of voids extending longitudinally through the swellable member, each of the plurality of voids has perimetrically continuous walls surrounding each of the plurality of tubulars.

Address:

9617 Westview Dr, Houston, TX 77055

VIN:

3GNEC12J87G127293

Make:

CHEVROLET

Model:

AVALANCHE

Year:

2007

Address:

3133 Buffalo Speedway APT 7106, Houston, TX 77098

VIN:

4T1BE46K67U561795

Make:

TOYOTA

Model:

CAMRY

Year:

2007