2001 patents
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Methods and Systems for Estimating Properties of Organic Matter In Geological Rock Formations
20 Apr 23
Methods are provided for characterizing organic matter in a geological rock formation that perform a Raman spectroscopy measurement on a rock sample of the formation to acquire a Raman spectrum of the rock sample.
Bastian Christoph Eddie Sauerer, Paul Ryan Craddock, Wael Abdallah
Filed: 9 Mar 21
Utility
Acceleration of Subsurface Simulation Using Filtered Grid Connectivity Graph
20 Apr 23
A subsurface representation may define subsurface configuration of a subsurface region.
Shingo Watanabe, Jostein Natvig, Pavel Tomin
Filed: 20 Oct 21
Design
Electronic device with display screen and graphical user interface
18 Apr 23
Zhen Li, Adelle Knight, Sacha Brants-Menard
Filed: 10 Jul 20
Utility
Blowout preventer with reduced fluid volume
18 Apr 23
A system for operating a blowout preventer (BOP) includes a front piston positioned at least partially in a front chamber.
Pascal Berthaud, Mohamed Kouba, Benoit Jauzion, Florent Vargas
Filed: 7 Feb 22
Utility
Anti-swirl ribs in electric submersible pump balance ring cavity
18 Apr 23
Systems and features for improving sand control in pumps are provided.
David Eslinger, Kean Wee Cheah
Filed: 23 Sep 21
Utility
System and Method for Removing Debris from a Drilling Fluid
13 Apr 23
An internal assembly (230) for a tool (200) includes a retainer (232) that at least partially defines an axial bore (238).
James Edward Atkins
Filed: 8 Mar 21
Utility
Method for Performing Raman Spectroscopy Within a Logging While Drilling Instrument
13 Apr 23
A downhole tool has a tool body with an outer diameter equal to a borehole diameter, at least one cavity formed in and opening to an outer surface defining the outer diameter of the tool body, a light source, a filter, and a light detector mounted in the at least one cavity, and a window disposed at the opening of the at least one cavity, wherein the window encloses the cavity.
Harold Pfutzner, Bastian Sauerer
Filed: 14 Dec 22
Utility
Multi-Domain Controller
13 Apr 23
A method can include, in a runtime environment of compiled multi-domain code for multiple different domains that describe physical operations performed using equipment, responsive to input, issuing a call to a planning domain definition language planner; responsive to the call, receiving a plan that includes at least one action; and dispatching at least one of the at least one action to call for performance of at least a portion of at least one of the physical operations.
Daniel Abad, Qiuhua Liu, Rustam Isangulov
Filed: 24 Feb 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Downhole Service Tools
13 Apr 23
A mechanical service tool that may include one or more anchors, a cutter, a communication and control system, and one or more sensors, as well as methods for operating the mechanical service tool, are provided.
Robert Kyle Wiesenborn, Matthew Dresel, Pierre-Olivier Gourmelon, Rex Mennem, Matthew Billingham, Todor Sheiretov, Nathan Landsiedel, Yoann Couble, Wade DuPree
Filed: 14 Dec 22
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Intelligent Time-stepping for Numerical Simulations
13 Apr 23
Systems and methods are provided for modeling a reservoir.
Soham SHETH, Kieran NEYLON, Ghazala FAZIL, Francois MCKEE, Jonathan NORRIS
Filed: 3 Nov 22
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Characterization of Polar Species In Reservoir Fluids
13 Apr 23
A workflow and fluid analysis system to determine polar concentration and type of a reservoir fluid sample that is collected and analyzed in a downhole environment.
Sharath Chandra Mahavadi, Yi-Qiao Song
Filed: 11 Feb 21
Utility
Autonomous Surface System
13 Apr 23
Methods of controlling surface systems described herein include acquiring data during operation of a surface system that handles fluid using sub-systems; generating a parameter value for one of the sub-systems using at least a portion of the data and a model that models the sub-system using historical data that include operational adjustment data for operational adjustments responsive to conditions; and automatically controlling the one of the sub-systems using the parameter value.
Hugues Trifol, Laure Mandrou, Dominique Bodin, Thierry Val
Filed: 1 Mar 21
Utility
Ground Roll Attenuation Using Unsupervised Deep Learning
13 Apr 23
A machine-implemented method, at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, and a computing system are provided for attenuating noise.
Haibin DI, Nicolae MOLDOVEANU, Hiren MANIAR, Aria ABUBAKAR
Filed: 22 Mar 21
Utility
Guided Mode Beamforming for Probing Open-hole and Cased-hole Well Environments
13 Apr 23
A method and downhole tool is provided that uses beamforming to localize acoustic energy at a desired zone-of-interest within a wellbore traversing a subterranean formation.
Yang Liu, Ralph D'Angelo, Smaine Zeroug, Sandip Bose
Filed: 14 Dec 22
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Three Dimensional Printed Resistor for Downhole Applications
13 Apr 23
Aspects of the disclosure relate to apparatus and methods for producing a downhole electrical component, having steps of providing a non-conductive polymer substrate, establishing an active area on the non-conductive polymer substrate, patterning the active area on the non-conductive polymer substrate with a conductive material through an additive manufacturing process and incorporating the patterned non-conductive polymer substrate into a final arrangement.
Swapna Arun Kumar, Srinand Karuppoor
Filed: 14 Dec 22
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System and method for using subterranean biological reactors
11 Apr 23
A system and method using a subterranean biological reactor can include a pre-reactor storage unit configured to receive a feedstock including a slurry of biologically derived material and at least one pump configured to pump the effluent from the pre-reactor storage unit.
Dean Michael Willberg, Andrew Pomerantz, Thorarinn Kristjansson
Filed: 25 Jun 19
Utility
Flat rheology wellbore fluids for generating clean wellbores
11 Apr 23
A method of drilling a wellbore may include drilling the wellbore using a wellbore fluid that has rheological property values for 6 rpm, 10 minute gel, Yield Point, and/or 10 minute-to-10 second gel ratio that are +/20% of the mean values across a temperature range from 40° F. to 300° F.; and conditioning the wellbore with less than 2 hole volumes.
Damian R. Vickers, Chemsseddine Bouguetta
Filed: 8 Nov 19
Utility
Accumulator system
11 Apr 23
An accumulator system that includes a housing.
Christopher Nault, Matthew David Givens, Vikas Rakhunde
Filed: 19 Aug 19
Utility
Estimating downhole RPM oscillations
11 Apr 23
Methods and apparatus for including obtaining raw surface data for present values of torque (TTD) generated by a top drive operably coupled with a drillstring, obtaining raw surface data for present values of rotational speed (ω) of the top drive corresponding to the TTD, obtaining inertia (JTD) of the top drive, and estimating torque TST of the drillstring based on the obtained TTD data, the obtained data, and the obtained JTD data.
Jian Wu, Ramakrishna Madhireddy, Nathaniel Wicks
Filed: 3 Jun 19
Utility
Measuring backlash of a pump gear train
11 Apr 23
Apparatus and methods for measuring backlash of a gear train of a pump unit for pumping a fluid.
Michael Raymond Netecke
Filed: 1 Sep 20