2001 patents
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Utility
Stand break detection systems and methods
20 Dec 22
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a stand break detection system.
James Minh Tran, Richard Woods, Tania Maria Oviedo Gutierrez, Irina Kim
Filed: 19 Feb 20
Utility
Method for performing Raman spectroscopy within a logging while drilling instrument
20 Dec 22
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 May 18
Utility
Plug removal tool and methods thereof
20 Dec 22
A plug removal tool may include a mount for attaching the plug removal tool to a structure and a plug nut.
Hugues Trifol, Matthieu Dezaphix
Filed: 25 Oct 19
Utility
Reconstruction of multi-shot, multi-channel seismic wavefields
20 Dec 22
A method for seismic imaging includes receiving a multi-shot seismic data set that was collected using one or more streamers having recorders configured to detect seismic waves that propagate through a subterranean domain.
David Halliday
Filed: 14 Sep 18
Utility
Seismic interpretation using flow fields
20 Dec 22
A method for modeling a subsurface volume includes receiving a plurality of ordered seismic images including representations of objects in the subsurface volume, generating flow fields based on a difference between individual images of the plurality of ordered seismic images, and identifying the objects in the seismic images based on the flow fields and the plurality of ordered seismic images.
Zhun Li, Aria Abubakar
Filed: 15 Jan 21
Utility
Guided mode beamforming for probing open-hole and cased-hole well environments
20 Dec 22
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: 26 Mar 18
Utility
System and method for characterizing reservoir wettability from an imaging technique combined with multiphysics logs and data analytics
20 Dec 22
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards systems and method for characterizing wettability.
Wael Abdallah, Salah Mohammed Al-Ofi, Tianhua Zhang, Junyi Yuan
Filed: 11 Feb 20
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Processes and systems for correlating well logging data
20 Dec 22
Processes and systems for correlating well log data sets from well logging passes within a well bore.
Lin Liang, Tao Shan, Ji Li
Filed: 22 Apr 21
Utility
Method for characterizing the geometry of subterranean formation fractures from borehole images
20 Dec 22
Methods may include creating a fracture set from a collection of intersecting fractures in a borehole image log recorded within a subterranean formation; classifying the fracture set into groups of fully and partially intersecting fractures; calculating one or more of the elongation ratio and the rotation angle of the partially intersecting fractures; determining a probability of full intersection of fractures from the fracture set; and determining a fracture size or a parametric distribution of fracture sizes from the fracture set using the calculated one or more of the elongation ratio and the rotation angle and the determined probability of full intersection of formation fractures within the borehole.
Marie Emeline Cecile LeFranc, Michael David Prange, Laure Pizzella
Filed: 15 May 18
Utility
Double-sided hermetic multichip module
20 Dec 22
A packaged electronic module for downhole applications, in particular in a petrochemical well or similar environment.
Cleverson Souza Chaves, Francois Barbara
Filed: 3 Feb 17
Utility
Three dimensional printed resistor for downhole applications
20 Dec 22
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: 11 Oct 19
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Membrane Module
15 Dec 22
A membrane assembly includes a tube container having an inlet conduit and a first outlet conduit both oriented in a radial direction, and a second outlet conduit oriented in an axial direction; and a hollow fiber membrane element disposed inside the tube container, the hollow first membrane element comprising a first adapter with an axial permeate fluid passage in a center thereof and an inlet gas passage in a peripheral portion thereof; and a second adapter with an axial permeate fluid passage in a center thereof and a non-permeate fluid passage in a peripheral portion thereof.
George E. Mahley, III
Filed: 16 Dec 20
Utility
Bubble Size Monitoring and Control
15 Dec 22
Disclosed herein is a device and methods for enhancing oil separation from produced water.
Steinar Asdahl, Michel Iver Tveitan Maelum, Karsten Rabe
Filed: 17 Aug 22
Utility
Cutter with Edge Durability
15 Dec 22
A cutting element has a cutting face with a geometry including at least one protrusion spaced a radial distance apart from an edge of the cutting element, the edge extending around an entire periphery of the cutting face, and a lower portion extending within the distance between the at least one protrusion and the edge, wherein a lower portion axial height measured between the edge and a base of the at least one protrusion is less than 30 percent of a greatest axial height of the at least one protrusion measured between the base of the at least one protrusion and an axially highest point of the at least one protrusion.
Youhe Zhang, Xiaoge Gan
Filed: 25 Sep 20
Utility
Automated Kick and Loss Detection
15 Dec 22
A method for monitoring and controlling a mud flow system in a drilling rig includes measuring an active mud volume in an active mud pit and an inactive mud volume in an inactive mud pit, modeling a modeled active mud volume in the active mud pit, determining a mud volume balance by calculating a difference between the measurement of the active mud volume and the modeled active mud volume, detecting a transfer of mud from the inactive mud pit to the active mud pit based on a combination of a change in the measurement of the inactive mud volume in the inactive mud pit and a change in the mud volume balance, and detecting downhole gains and losses automatically based on the mud volume balance.
Aurore Lafond
Filed: 27 Oct 20
Utility
Combined Actuation of Slips and Packer Sealing Element
15 Dec 22
A technique facilitates actuation of a packer to a sealing and gripping position along a borehole.
Farhan Ahmed Omer, Susan Wu, Thomas Eric Dudley, Yiming Fan, Weiming Lan, Nitin Verroju
Filed: 20 Oct 20
Utility
Non-axisymmetric Hub and Shroud Profile for Electric Submersible Pump Stage
15 Dec 22
Electric submersible pump and other centrifugal pump stages having non-axisymmetric components and passage contours are disclosed.
Kean Wee Cheah, David Milton Eslinger
Filed: 23 Oct 20
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Wellbore Planning Systems and Methods
15 Dec 22
Planning a wellbore includes determining drillability values from surface drilling parameters for an offset wellbore.
Valerian Guillot, Fatma Mahfoudh, Josselin Kherroubi, Anderson Schmidt
Filed: 4 May 22
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Drilling Control
15 Dec 22
A method can include receiving sensor data; determining a rate of penetration drilling parameter value using a trained neural network and at least a portion of the sensor data; and issuing a control instruction for drilling a borehole using the determined rate of penetration drilling parameter value.
Nathaniel Wicks, Yingwei Yu, Richard John Meehan, Darine Mansour
Filed: 15 Jun 21
Utility
Electro-optical Wireline Cables
15 Dec 22
Cables that include a conductor and an optical fiber.
Joseph Varkey, Maria Grisanti, David Kim, Ian Mace, Tam Tran
Filed: 10 Jun 22