William E Dye

US Patent:

7712551, May 11, 2010

Filed:

Feb 5, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/026318

Inventors:

William M. Dye - Cypress TX, US
Nels A. Hansen - Spring TX, US

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 21/06

US Classification:

175206, 175207

Abstract:

A system for forming a subterranean wellbore may include a pump and an additive supply. The pump pumps a drilling fluid into the wellbore while also generating a pressure differential that draws an additive across a supply line connected to the additive supply. The drilling fluid may be a gas or a liquid. A method for forming a wellbore may include drilling the wellbore, circulating a drilling fluid in the wellbore using a pump; and supplying an additive to the drilling fluid by flowing the additive across a supply line using a pressure differential generated by the pump. The pump may generate a vacuum pressure at a supply line outlet and/or create a pressure differential in the supply line. The flow of additive across the supply line may be regulated and/or stopped when the pump is not operating.

US Patent:

8047305, Nov 1, 2011

Filed:

May 11, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/777891

Inventors:

William M. Dye - Cypress TX, US
Nels A. Hansen - Spring TX, US

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

C09K 8/02

US Classification:

175 65, 175206, 175207, 175 66, 175 68, 175 69

Abstract:

A system for forming a subterranean wellbore may include a pump and an additive supply. The pump pumps a drilling fluid into the wellbore while also generating a pressure differential that draws an additive across a supply line connected to the additive supply. The drilling fluid may be a gas or a liquid. A method for forming a wellbore may include drilling the wellbore, circulating a drilling fluid in the wellbore using a pump; and supplying an additive to the drilling fluid by flowing the additive across a supply line using a pressure differential generated by the pump. The pump may generate a vacuum pressure at a supply line outlet and/or create a pressure differential in the supply line. The flow of additive across the supply line may be regulated and/or stopped when the pump is not operating.

US Patent:

50074890, Apr 16, 1991

Filed:

Apr 27, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/515573

Inventors:

Dorothy P. Enright - Houston TX
William M. Dye - Houston TX
F. Martin Smith - Houston TX
Alphonse C. Perricone - Houston TX

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 200
C09K 700

US Classification:

175 65

Abstract:

A method is provided for the prevention of balling of formation cuttings upon the surface of drilling equipment and for lubrication of said equipment used in conjunction with subterranean well operations. An aqueous system is prepared to which is added a composition of a water insoluble polyglycol having a molecular weight of from between about 1,200 and about 10,000, an emulsifying surfactant having a hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance of about 4 or more, and a hydrotrope. An additive for use in the method also is disclosed.

US Patent:

55866085, Dec 24, 1996

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/473614

Inventors:

David E. Clark - Humble TX
William M. Dye - Houston TX

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

C09K 702
E21B 4706
E21B 2108

US Classification:

175 40

Abstract:

A method of making a well fluid for use in a well which includes the steps of determining uphole and downhole operating temperatures in the well, and then contacting a well lubricant with a lubricating additive, wherein the lubricating additive has a cloud point temperature greater than the uphole operating temperature and less than the downhole operating temperature. A method of lubricating drilling equipment during opeation of a subterranean well, includes the steps of determining uphole and downhole operating temperatures in the well, and then contacting the drilling equipment with a treating fluid comprising a well lubricant and a lubricating additive, with the lubricating additive having a cloud point temperature greater than the uphole operating temperature and less than the downhole operating temperature.

US Patent:

50999303, Mar 31, 1992

Filed:

Jan 25, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/646088

Inventors:

Dorothy P. Enright - Houston TX
William M. Dye - Houston TX
F. Martin Smith - Houston TX
Alphonse C. Perricone - Houston TX

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 200
C09K 700

US Classification:

175 65

Abstract:

A method is provided for the prevention of balling of formation cuttings upon the surface of drilling equipment and for lubrication of said equipment used in conjunction with subterranean well operations. An aqueous system is prepared to which is added a composition of a water insoluble polyglycol having a molecular weight of from between about 1,200 and about 10,000, an emulsifying surfactant having a hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance of about 4 or more, and a hydrotrope. An additive for use in the method also is disclosed.

US Patent:

59197382, Jul 6, 1999

Filed:

Mar 25, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/823851

Inventors:

James E. Norfleet - Houston TX
Michael A. Jarrett - Houston TX
William M. Dye - Houston TX
Dennis K. Clapper - Houston TX
Geoffrey Robinson - Spring TX
Ronald G. Bland - Houston TX
John B. Weirich - Spring TX
Billy G. Chesser - Onalaska TX

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

C09K 702

US Classification:

507136

Abstract:

The present invention provides a method of preparing a fluid for use in drilling and completion operations comprising mixing a fluid comprising a salt of an alkaline earth metal with a nonionic colloid-forming material in an amount and under conditions sufficient to convert a majority of said nonionic colloid-forming material into water insoluble hydrated colloidal complexes comprising hydrated ions of said alkaline earth metal complexed with said nonionic colloid-forming material, said complexes being effective to improve a property of said fluid selected from the group consisting of rheology, fluid loss control, and a combination thereof.

US Patent:

56588607, Aug 19, 1997

Filed:

Jun 7, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/482712

Inventors:

David E. Clark - Humble TX
William M. Dye - Houston TX

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

C09K 702

US Classification:

507134

Abstract:

A well fluid emusion having a water phase and an oil phase of a sulfurized alcohol and a naturally occuring fat, oil or derivatives thereof. Also disclosed is a method of lubricating drilling equipment used in conjunction with the drilling, completion or workover of a subterranean well. The method includes introducing the above emulsified well fluid into the well for circulation through and out of the well, and further includes contacting the surface of the drilling equipment with the emulsified well fluid to provide an interface between the equipment surface and the water phase. Suitable naturally occurring fats and oils may be obtained from the following animal oils and fats: butter, lard, tallow, grease, herring, menhaden, pilchard and sardine; and from the following vegetable oils and fats: castor, coconut, coffee, corn, cottonseed, jojoba, linseed, liticica, olive, palm, palm kernel, peanut, rapeseed, safflower, soya, sunflower, tall and tung.

US Patent:

20190382667, Dec 19, 2019

Filed:

Aug 27, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/552726

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
William M. Dye - Cypress TX, US
Ibraheem T. Hussain - The Woodlands TX, US
Melissa V. McCray - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

Baker Hughes, a GE comany, LLC - Houston TX

International Classification:

C10G 29/22
B01D 17/04
E21B 21/06

Abstract:

Base oil can be recovered from contaminated O/SBF by combining a chemical process with a mechanical process. The chemical treatment includes adding a demulsifier, an anionic surfactant, a non-ionic surfactant and/or a mutual solvent to the contaminated O/SBF in an amount effective to separate the base oil from the contaminated O/SBF fluid followed by mechanical separation of oil from water, and optionally from any solids present. The recovered base oil (i.e. conventional drilling fluid, conductive drilling fluid and constant rheology drilling fluid, etc.) may then be reformulated to make a new OBM of the same type from which the base oil was recovered, or as a fuel for engines.

Address:

4947 Massillon Rd #B, North Canton, OH 44720

VIN:

1HD1GM4177K301971

Make:

Cadillac

Model:

Escalade ESV AWD 4dr

Year:

2007