Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

John Gilbert Heaton

Jason D Bivens

Rickey Lynn Morgan

William J Caveny

Michael J Szymanski

Richard F Vargo, Jr

David L Bolado

Robert Paul Freese

Ed B Hagan

Herbert John Horinek

Keith Edward Blaschke

Robert Douglas Hayworth

Kristin Katherine Holden

Elizabeth Loraine Wells

Mark W Fikes

Stanley C Combs

Bryan Walker

A method includes optically interacting a flow of bulk material or powder in a pneumatic conveyor with an integrated computational element ('ICE') configured to modify an electromagnetic radiation according to a characteristic of the flow of bulk material or powder. The method includes detecting the modified electromagnetic radiation with a detector, producing an output signal corresponding to the characteristic of the flow, and receiving and processing the output signal with a signal processor to yield a value for the characteristic of the flow. Also, the method includes modifying at least one of a flow rate or an air pressure in the pneumatic conveyor in response to the value of the characteristic of the flow. The bulk material or powder includes a dry cement or a dry cement component.

Pneumatic conveying system and method using optical flow characterization data

Diagnostic system for bulk well material handling plants that includes multiple fluid flow pathways to transport well materials. The bulk well material handling system includes multiple connections, each connected to a fluid flow pathway. The system also includes a control system connected to the multiple connections and adapted to automatically operate one or more connections of the multiple connections to a fluid flow pathway to analyze a pneumatic integrity of the fluid flow pathway in the bulk material handling system.

Diagnostic system for bulk well material handling plants

A transfer system includes a conduit, a support, and a conveyor. The conduit has a first end and a second end and is configured to transfer dry material from the first end to the second end. The support is in contact with at least a portion of the conduit and is configured to maintain the second end of the conduit in a desired position relative to the first end of the conduit during transfer of the dry material from the first end to the second end. The conveyor is adjacent to the conduit and is configured to deliver the dry material to the first end of the conduit from a floating vessel configured to transport the dry material.

Proppant transfer system

A method for servicing a well comprises providing at least one trailer, providing at least one towing vehicle, providing servicing equipment, supporting the equipment with the trailer, and moving the towing vehicle, so as to move the trailer along with the equipment. The combination gross weight rating or combination gross vehicle weight of the trailer and the towing vehicle may be less than 26,001 pounds or less than less than the commercial drivers license threshold, under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's regulations.

Method for constructing and treating subterranean formations

The present invention relates generally to weight measurement methods and systems, and more specifically, to weight measurement methods and systems for material in a dynamic vacuum material transfer or other system utilizing differential conveying fluid pressure. The invention determines a corrected weight of a batching tank. The invention includes measuring and logging weights and pressures while the batching tank is being evacuated and determining the density of the air in the batching tank at one or more pressures. While material is being transferred into the vessel the invention measures the weight and pressure of the batching tank and calculates the corrected weight based on logged weights, logged pressures, and the density of the material added to the batching tank.

System and method for measuring material added to a vessel under a vacuum

Methods of using density-reducing additives comprising low-density particulates in subterranean cementing operations are provided. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of cementing comprising: providing a cement composition comprising a cement component, a base fluid, and a density-reducing additive comprising particulates that comprise an agglomerating material; placing the cement composition in a location to be cemented; and allowing the cement composition to set therein.

Low-density cement compositions, density-reducing additives, and methods of use

Density-reducing additives comprising low-density particulates, and cement compositions comprising such additives, are provided. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a cement composition comprising: a cement component; a density-reducing additive comprising particulates that comprise an agglomerating material; and a base fluid.

A method for blending dry material in a plant comprises automatically controlling fluidization of the dry material, transfer of the material, or both. In various embodiments, the automatically controlling comprises optimizing an amount of time that the dry material is fluidized prior to transfer, optimizing the transfer rate of the dry material, detecting and eliminating a developing plug of the dry material, estimating the weight of the dry material in the transfer line, minimizing dribbling during transfer of the dry material, and combinations thereof.

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Duncan, OK, United States of America

John Gilbert Heaton