1026 patents
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Integration of mud and cementing equipment systems
16 Nov 21
A well operation facility including a first pump for delivering mud and cement to a borehole, a second pump for delivering mud to the borehole; a third pump for delivering the mud to the borehole, an inlet manifold coupled to each of the pumps for delivering the mud and/or cement to the pumps, and a discharge manifold coupled to each of the pumps for delivering the mud and/or cement at a pressure.
Franz Aguirre, Andrew Marlatt, John Allen Ray, David Gerard Gerber, Jr., Jagan Mohan Reddy Thaduri, Seoyeon Hong
Filed: 25 Sep 17
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Dual flapper isolation valve
16 Nov 21
A downhole tool includes an upper flow tube connected to a lower flow tube, an upper flapper sub-assembly including an upper flapper, and a lower flapper sub-assembly including a lower flapper.
Marco Quilico, Jason Henry, Ignacio Marquez, Garis McCutcheon, Geoffrey Pinard
Filed: 15 Aug 18
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Blowout preventer with choke and kill line pass through conduits
16 Nov 21
Blowout preventers having bodies with internal choke and kill line pass-through conduits are provided.
Matthew D. Givens, Christopher J. Nault, Darrin L. Yenzer, Ray Cummins
Filed: 28 Apr 17
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System and methodology for joining components
16 Nov 21
A technique facilitates joining of components without subsequent heat treatments.
Chase Cox, Ashutosh Dikshit
Filed: 7 Oct 16
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Real time deformation of seismic slices using programmable shaders
16 Nov 21
A method, apparatus, and program product render a seismic slice in real time and in a computationally-efficient manner using a displacement mapping technique implemented in one or more programmable shaders of a graphics processing unit (GPU), e.g., using programmable shaders in a GPU to perform both tessellation and displacement of primitives in connection with rendering a displacement-mapped visualization of the seismic slice for display in an interactive 3D visualization environment.
Markus Schlafli, Hallgrim Ludvigsen
Filed: 15 Jun 20
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Geologic stratigraphy via implicit and jump functions
16 Nov 21
A method can include receiving a mesh that represents a geologic environment where the mesh includes elements; receiving location information for a discontinuity in the geologic environment; based at least in part on the location information, defining enrichment equations for a portion of the elements where the enrichment equations include a jump function that models the discontinuity; solving a system of equations for an implicit function where the system of equations includes the enrichment equations; and, based at least in part on the solving, outputting values for the implicit function with respect to at least a portion of the mesh.
Thomas Laverne
Filed: 10 May 16
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Vibratory separator with a sloped ramp
9 Nov 21
A frame assembly for a vibratory separator includes a screen and a pan positioned at least partially below the screen.
Charles Bowen
Filed: 10 Dec 19
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Gas purging for electric submersible pumping system
9 Nov 21
A technique facilitates removal of gas from a gas-sensitive region in an electric submersible pumping system.
Arthur I. Watson, Grant T. Harris
Filed: 23 Oct 17
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Seal apparatus and methods of use
9 Nov 21
A seal apparatus and method of use is described.
Gareth Edward George Brown
Filed: 28 Jun 18
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Method for temporary isolation of well interval, method for hydraulic refracturing, and method for well killing
9 Nov 21
Elena Vladimirovna Danilevich, Sergey Dmitrievich Parkhonyuk, Nikita Yurievich Silko
Filed: 9 Jun 17
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Systems and methods for injecting fluids into high pressure injector line
9 Nov 21
A system includes a hydraulic fracturing system including a tank having a slurry and an injector line, where the injector line is disposed between a high-pressure pump and a treatment line to fluidly couple to a wellhead.
Adam Ethan Keilers, Anna Dunaeva, Alhad Phatak, Herbe Gomez Conzatti y Martinez, Garud Bindiganavale Sridhar
Filed: 7 Sep 17
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Simultaneous analysis of multiple components in well fluids
9 Nov 21
The current application discloses methods and systems to analyze on-site and in real-time or quasi real-time the composition of the well fluid before or during use or disposition.
Sharath Chandra Mahavadi, Simon Ivar Andersen, Olivier Porcherie, Isabelle Couillet
Filed: 20 Jan 15
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Methods and computing systems for geosciences and petro-technical collaboration
9 Nov 21
Computing systems and methods for geosciences collaboration are disclosed.
Shashi Menon
Filed: 21 Aug 15
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Fracing plug
2 Nov 21
An apparatus for use in forming a plug during hydraulic fracturing of a subterranean soil formation includes a top tubular retaining body extending between top and bottom ends and having a frustoconical outer surface extending from the bottom end thereof; and a plurality of slip arms located around the outer surface of the retaining body, each slip arm extending between top and bottom ends and having an inner surface extending from the slip arm top end corresponding to the outer surface of the retaining body and an exterior surface adapted to engage a wellbore.
Curtis Ring, Grant George, Matthew McCarthy, Shane Sargent
Filed: 6 Dec 19
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Tool catcher system
2 Nov 21
A tool catcher system that includes a housing.
Ian McDaniel, Jesse Garcia, Jeffrey Lambert, Nathaniel Pettibone, Ross Stevenson, Kody Carrillo
Filed: 12 Sep 19
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Downhole characterization of formation pressure
2 Nov 21
A method includes operating a downhole acquisition tool in a wellbore in a geological formation and performing formation testing using the downhole acquisition tool in the wellbore to determine at least one measurement associated within the geological formation, the wellbore, or both.
Jiyao Li, Terizhandur S. Ramakrishnan
Filed: 21 Jun 18
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Neutron imaging devices for cased wells and open boreholes
2 Nov 21
A neutron imaging device employs a neutron source including a sealed enclosure, gamma ray detector(s) spaced from the neutron source, and particle detector(s) disposed in the sealed enclosure of the neutron source.
Harold Pfutzner, Mohammed Badri, Mustapha Abbad
Filed: 26 Jul 19
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Downhole characterization of formation pressure
26 Oct 21
A method includes operating a downhole acquisition tool in a wellbore in a geological formation and performing formation testing to determine at least one measurement associated within the formation, the wellbore, or both.
Jiyao Li, Terizhandur S. Ramakrishnan
Filed: 21 Jun 18
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Shale hydration inhibitor and method of use
26 Oct 21
Wellbore fluids may contain alkyl amine and cyclic organic acid complexes capable of controlling hydration in swellable formations such as shale- and clay-containing formations.
Steve Cliffe
Filed: 8 Oct 15
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Reactive super-elastic composite oilfield components
26 Oct 21
An oilfield tool can include a composite structure that includes a reactive shape-memory alloy element disposed at least in part in a filler material.
Manuel P. Marya, Virendra Singh, Jushik Yun
Filed: 3 Oct 17