2001 patents
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Particle Guard Ring for Mixed Flow Pump
7 Oct 21
A mixed-flow impeller for an electric submersible pump can include a lower end and an upper end; a hub that includes a through bore that defines an axis; blades that extend at least in part radially outward from the hub where each of the blades includes a leading edge and a trailing edge; an upper balance ring that includes a radially inward facing balance chamber surface and a radially outward facing diffuser clearance surface; and an upper guard ring disposed radially outwardly from the upper balance ring where the upper guard ring includes an axially facing diffuser clearance surface that is disposed axially between the trailing edges of the blades and the upper end.
Kean Wee Cheah, David Milton Eslinger
Filed: 21 Jun 21
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Circular Downhole Ultrasonic Phased Array
7 Oct 21
A downhole tool having an acoustic transducer for downhole measurements.
Jean-baptiste Cozon, Orland Guedes, Roel Van Os, Stephane Guimont
Filed: 29 Mar 21
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Degradable composite structures
5 Oct 21
Embodiments may generally take the form of a degradable composite structure and a method for controlling the rate of degradation of a degradable composite structure.
Philip Kokel, Shitong S. Zhu, Matthew Godfrey, Meng Qu, Jahir A. Pabon, Yucun Lou, Francois M. Auzerais, John David Rowatt, Roman Kats, Gauri Joshi, Miranda Amarante
Filed: 18 Dec 15
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High trip rate drilling rig
5 Oct 21
A high trip rate drilling rig has first handling equipment to transport stands in/out of setback, second handling equipment to deliver stands to/from well center, and a hand-off position to set down stands for exchange between first/second equipment.
Joe Rodney Berry, Robert Metz, Melvin Alan Orr, Mark W. Trevithick
Filed: 25 Apr 18
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Downhole tools with variable cutting element arrays
5 Oct 21
A downhole tool includes a cone with an outer surface, a cone axis, and a set on the outer surface thereof.
Scott D. McDonough, Craig A. Raisanen
Filed: 11 Feb 19
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Method for detecting a fracture position in a well (variants)
5 Oct 21
The positions of hydraulic fractures may be detected during multistage reservoir stimulation operations.
Sergey Vladimirovich Semenov, Anatoly Vladimirovich Medvedev, Fedor Nikolaevich Litvinets
Filed: 1 Jul 16
Utility
Inflatable packer system for an annular blowout preventer
5 Oct 21
An inflatable packer system for an annular blowout preventer (BOP) includes an inflatable bladder configured to be positioned within a housing of the annular BOP and to inflate upon receipt of a fluid within the inflatable bladder.
Ray Zonoz, Steven Shimonek, Nicolas Arteaga, Bruce Boulanger, Taylor Mozisek, Jeffrey Lambert, Ian McDaniel
Filed: 13 Dec 19
Utility
Well construction using downhole communication and/or data
5 Oct 21
Apparatus and methods pertaining to a processing system operable to determine a change to an operation of a well construction system based on an indication of a quality of transmitted communication between downhole equipment of the well construction system in a wellbore and surface communication equipment of the well construction system transmitted during the operation, a projected effect of the operation on future communication between the downhole equipment and the surface communication equipment, downhole data related to one or more conditions in the wellbore, or a combination thereof.
Shunfeng Zheng, Benjamin Peter Jeffryes, Mochammad Faisal Wingky
Filed: 2 Feb 17
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Power Management at a Wellsite
30 Sep 21
An example well construction system includes well construction equipment, a power supply system, and a control system.
Nick Paul Krippner, James Arthur Zapico, Mateo Garcia, Carlos White
Filed: 31 Mar 21
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Methods of Drilling Using Mixed Proportional Integral Derivative Control
30 Sep 21
A proportional integral derivative (PID) controller implements control over a drilling system based on an integral term and a proportional term.
Benjamin Peter Jeffryes
Filed: 15 Mar 21
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Using High Rate Telemetry to Improve Drilling Operations
30 Sep 21
Systems and methods for using high rate telemetry to improve drilling operations.
Nathaniel Wicks, Joergen Johnsen, Rui Pan
Filed: 30 Mar 20
Utility
Automated Method and Apparatus for Measuring Saturate, Aromatic, Resin, and Asphaltene Fractions Using Microfluidics and Spectroscopy
30 Sep 21
Vincent Joseph Sieben, Farshid Mostowfi, Nejib Hamed, Alexander Stickel, Collins Obiosa-Maife
Filed: 14 Jun 21
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Method of Separation Evaluation of Acoustic Anisotropy and Heterogeneity
30 Sep 21
Aspect of the disclosure provides for a method to display sonically received data after defects of anisotropy and heterogeneity have been removed.
Naoki Sakiyama
Filed: 24 Mar 20
Utility
Dynamic Field Operations System
30 Sep 21
A method can include acquiring data associated with a field operation in a geologic environment; processing the data by partitioning operationally and representing symbolically; formulating a symbolic query for an operating procedure specification; performing a search of the symbolically represented data utilizing the symbolic query and a probabilistic chain model; receiving a search result responsive to the search; assessing compliance with the operation procedure specification utilizing the search result; and issuing a control signal to field equipment utilizing the assessment of compliance.
Sai Venkatakrishnan, Oney Erge, Sylvain Chambon, Richard Meehan, Mohammad Khairi Hamzah, Darine Mansour, David Conn
Filed: 21 Aug 18
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Compositions and methods for well cementing
28 Sep 21
Methods for cementing a subterranean well and maintaining zonal isolation involve preparing a cement slurry that contains water, an inorganic cement and an expanding agent.
Mickael Allouche, Sebastien Catheline, Alice Chougnet-Sirapian, Nicolas Droger
Filed: 16 Jun 15
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Methods for characterizing multi-string cased wells using wide frequency bandwidth signals
28 Sep 21
Methods are provided for estimating a quality of cement in the annuli of a multi-string wellbore.
Yang Liu, Bikash K. Sinha, Smaine Zeroug
Filed: 27 Mar 18
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Tubular measurement
28 Sep 21
A tubular measuring system having a sensor at a predetermined position with respect to a datum and a processing device comprising a processor and a memory storing computer program code in signal communication with the sensor.
Jacques Orban, Shunfeng Zheng, Vishwanathan Parmeshwar
Filed: 26 Jan 17
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Geologic Formation Characterization Via Fluid Separation
23 Sep 21
A method can include flowing fluid from a formation from an inlet of a tool to an annulus; flowing spacer fluid from a conduit to the annulus; flowing the fluid and the spacer fluid in the annulus to a station; and collecting the fluid.
Hadrien Dumont, Francois Xavier Dubost, Bertrand Claude Theuveny, Adriaan Gisolf, Pierre-Yves Corre
Filed: 22 Mar 21
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Systems, Methods, and Apparatus to Measure Multiphase Flows
23 Sep 21
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to measure a multiphase flow.
Cheng-Gang Xie, Guillaume Jolivet
Filed: 18 Jul 19
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Adjustable rotating weight
21 Sep 21
This disclosure is drawn systems, devices, apparatus, and/or methods related to the separation of a mixture of solids according to size and the separation of solids from liquid.
Robert A. Lunnemann
Filed: 18 Oct 17