963 patents
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Utility
Linear Motor Hoisting System
4 Jan 24
Systems and methods for hoisting a top drive of a drilling rig.
Michael Raymond Netecke
Filed: 15 Sep 23
Utility
Automated Fingerboard for a Drilling Rig
4 Jan 24
A fingerboard includes a first finger and a second finger that are laterally offset from one another.
Rune SKIBSRUD, Kristian TINDVIK, Dag HOLEN, Ivar Magnus JANSEN
Filed: 20 Oct 21
Utility
Interactive Monitoring and Control System for a Mineral Extraction System
4 Jan 24
An interactive monitoring and control system for a mineral extraction system includes one or more processors configured to receive sensor data indicative of properties of components of the mineral extraction system and to provide a user interface for display via a display screen.
Dinesh Kumar DHAMODARAN, Dhinesh Prabhu NATARAJA PRABU, Matthew OLSON, Vikas RAKHUNDE
Filed: 16 Nov 21
Utility
Methods for Shortening Waiting-on-cement Time In a Subterranean Well
4 Jan 24
Methods for shortening the waiting-on-cement (WOC) time during primary and remedial cementing operations are disclosed.
Dominic Perroni, Bipin Jain, Anatoly Medvedev, Carlos Abad, Christopher Daeffler
Filed: 10 Nov 21
Utility
Large Shaped Charge Perforation Tool
4 Jan 24
A perforation tool features a container with a longitudinal axis; an initiator module in the container, the initiator module having a firing circuit, an electrical contact at the longitudinal axis, and a detonator housing; and a shaped charge frame in the container, the shaped charge frame having a first end; a second end opposite the first end; a recess for accepting a shaped charge between the first end and the second end, the recess having a wide end and a narrow end, wherein the longitudinal axis is between the wide end and the narrow end; a first electrical contact at the first end, the first electrical contact located at the longitudinal axis; a second electrical contact at the second end, the second electrical contact located at the longitudinal axis; an electrical conductor connecting the first and second contacts; and a ballistic pathway coupling the detonator housing to the narrow end of the recess.
Andrew Prisbell, Erick Lowe, Hari Kalakonda, Jay Garza
Filed: 15 Nov 21
Utility
Fracturing Operation System
4 Jan 24
A method can include, for a control action for a hydraulic fracturing operation of a well, using a trained machine learning model that predicts treatment pressure of the hydraulic fracturing operation, determining if the control action increases efficiency; if the control action increases efficiency, assessing viability of the control action with respect to one or more predefined criteria; and, if the control action is viable, issuing the control action for implementation during the hydraulic fracturing operation.
Jared Michael Bruns, Andrey Konchenko, Andrew Bonnell, Juan David Estrada Benavides
Filed: 29 Oct 21
Utility
Automated Slide Detection Using Both Surface Torque and Surface RPM for Directional Drilling Applications
4 Jan 24
A method includes receiving at least one drilling condition input from at least one sensor of a drilling rig, obtaining a first slide mode determination based at least partially on a rotational speed of a drill string, obtaining a second slide mode determination based at least partially on torque applied to the drill string, selecting one of the first or second slide mode determinations based on the at least one drilling condition input, determining that the drilling rig is in slide mode based on the selected one of the first or second slide mode determinations, calculating at least one steering parameter based at least in part on determining that the drilling rig is in slide mode, and executing at least one drilling operation based in part on the at least one steering parameter.
Hussein Sahli, Samba Ba
Filed: 30 Jun 23
Utility
Motor Efficiency and Degradation Interpretation System
4 Jan 24
A method can include receiving real-time data during a drilling operation performed by a drillstring that includes a mud motor and a bit characterized by an expected performance profile; determining actual performance of the drillstring based at least in part on the real-time data; predicting degraded performance of the drillstring based at least in part on the real-time data and a mud motor degradation model; and updating the expected performance profile based on a comparison of the actual performance and the degraded performance.
Yuelin Shen, Zhengxin Zhang, Wei Chen, Zhenyu Chen, Sylvain Chambon, Adrien Chassard, Samba Ba, Anton Kolyshkin, Dmitry Belov
Filed: 3 Dec 21
Utility
Field Pump Equipment System
4 Jan 24
A method can include receiving input that includes time series data from pump equipment at a wellsite, where the wellsite includes a wellbore in contact with a fluid reservoir; processing the input using a first trained machine learning model as an anomaly detector to generate output; and processing the input and the output using a second trained machine learning model to predict a survival function for the pump equipment.
Amey Ambade, Praprut Songchitruksa
Filed: 3 Jul 23
Utility
Fluid Production Network Leak Detection System
4 Jan 24
A method can include receiving real time data where the real time data include at least pressure sensor data from multiple pressure sensors of a hydrocarbon fluid production network for multiple locations in the hydrocarbon fluid production network; generating an expected operational region in a multidimensional domain using at least a portion of the real time data; operating a leak detection system using the expected operational region; tracking at least a portion of the real time data in the multidimensional domain; and issuing a leak detection signal responsive to the tracking indicating an excursion from the expected operational region, where the leak detection signal indicates the presence of a leak in the hydrocarbon fluid production network.
Kjetil Havre, Christian Trudvang, Gustav Kjorrefjord
Filed: 7 Dec 21
Utility
Systems and Methods for Detecting Abnormal Flowback
4 Jan 24
A method of analyzing flowback of a downhole system includes generating active flowback data by monitoring an active flowback from a wellbore.
Chao Mu, Florian Le Blay, Tao Yu
Filed: 29 Jun 23
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Continuous Monitoring System for Detecting, Locating, and Quantifying Fugitive Emissions
4 Jan 24
A method includes determining where to place one or more devices at a site.
Francisco Jose Gomez, Christopher Gerard Lunny, Carsten Falck Russenes, Minghao Pan, Karl Staffan Tekin Eriksson
Filed: 28 Jun 23
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One-sack Geopolymer Compositions
28 Dec 23
Geopolymer precursor compositions are presented that are useful for cementing a subterranean well, among other uses.
Andrey Yakovlev, Mark Meade, Nathan Fischer, Yeukayi Nenjerama, Randy Tercero, Christopher Parton, Veronica McDonald, Roderick Pernites, Valerie Gisele Helene Lafitte
Filed: 27 Jun 23
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Elastomer Alloy for Intelligent Sand Management
28 Dec 23
An elastomer alloy includes a base polymer including hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) and at least one secondary polymer, which is at least one of paraffin wax, low-density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and a plastomer.
Jinglei Xiang, Jason Holzmueller, Xiaohong Ren, Jushik Yun
Filed: 11 Oct 21
Utility
PDC Cutter with Enhanced Performance and Durability
28 Dec 23
A cutting element has a cutting face at an axial end of the cutting element, a peripheral surface extending circumferentially around the cutting face, and a cutting edge formed between the cutting face and the peripheral surface.
Youhe Zhang, Yuri Burhan, Ke Chen, Xiaoge Gan
Filed: 23 Nov 21
Utility
Hydraulic Fracturing Valve System
28 Dec 23
A method can include checking states of valves of equipment with respect to a workflow specification according to a checking order defined by assigned numbers; responsive to the checking of the states of the valves, identifying individual valves that are not in a corresponding state as indicated by the workflow specification; and generating a sequence for changing the state of each of the individual valves that is not in its corresponding state to its corresponding state.
Yang Chen, Muktabh Anchlia, Mark Viator
Filed: 22 Jun 23
Utility
Reconfigurable Flow In Drilling and Measurements Tools
28 Dec 23
The disclosure provides for systems and methods for controlling fluid flow into a power generation section of a tool string.
Harmel Defretin, Ahmed Morsy
Filed: 12 Sep 23
Utility
Supervisory Control System for a Well Construction Rig
28 Dec 23
A method and system that include receiving sensor data that is indicative of an operational status of a well construction equipment that is being utilized to construct a planned well that include receiving a well construction plan that includes information that is indicative of the planned well and the well construction equipment.
Njaal Aarsland, Shunfeng Zheng, Anstein Jorud, Jason Bryant, Loic Hoarau
Filed: 14 Sep 23
Utility
Multiphase Flowmeters and Related Methods
28 Dec 23
Multiphase flowmeters and related methods are disclosed herein.
Felipe Nogueira, Cheng-Gang Xie, Kun Yang, Arifin Arifin
Filed: 11 Sep 23
Utility
Agent Guided Drilling Assessment
28 Dec 23
A method can include receiving a location from a process guided by an agent, where the process intends to reach a target; assigning uncertainty to the process; performing multiple simulation runs, guided by agent output, from the location with an intent to reach the target, where the multiple simulation runs account for the uncertainty; and generating output based on the multiple runs that characterizes an ability of the agent to reach the target in view of the uncertainty.
Yingwei Yu, Cheolkyun Jeong, John Richard Meehan
Filed: 8 Nov 21