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Utility
Well construction communication and control
24 Oct 23
Apparatus and methods regarding a first processing system operable to receive a job plan developed by a second processing system, and implement the job plan, including generating commands for an equipment controller based on the job plan.
Shunfeng Zheng, Juan Jose Rojas
Filed: 8 Oct 21
Utility
Mud motor rotor with core and shell
24 Oct 23
A rotor for a mud motor includes a core having a first outer shape, and a shell positioned around the core, the shell having a second outer shape that is different from the first outer shape, the second outer shape defining one or more lobes and one or more cavities that are configured to engage a bore of a stator during rotation of the rotor relative to the stator.
Anton Kolyshkin, Li Guo
Filed: 4 Mar 21
Utility
Accumulator system
24 Oct 23
An accumulator system includes a chamber configured to receive a first fluid, a piston configured to move within the chamber to pressurize and drive the first fluid out of the chamber, a driving shaft coupled to the piston, a screw adapter coupled to the driving shaft, a plurality of anti-rotation shafts, and an electric actuator configured to couple to the screw adapter and to rotate the screw adapter to axially move the driving shaft.
Christopher Nault, Matthew David Givens, Vikas Rakhunde, Stephen McGuire
Filed: 19 Aug 22
Utility
Conductivity probe fluid property measurement systems and related methods
24 Oct 23
Conductivity probe fluid property measurement systems and related methods are disclosed herein.
Bertrand Theuveny, Ryan Donald Williams, Cheng-Gang Xie, Guillaume Jolivet
Filed: 2 Mar 18
Utility
Apparatus and method for testing rock heterogeneity
24 Oct 23
A scratch tester has at least one cutter that moves simultaneously both rotationally and axially relative to the rock it is cutting.
Mohammed Badri, Devon Gwaba, Gallyam Aidagulov, Mustapha Abbad, Salah Mohammed Al-Ofi
Filed: 16 Aug 19
Utility
Automated analysis of drilling fluid
24 Oct 23
A system includes a fluid conduit, a fluid chamber in communication with the fluid conduit, a rheology sensor in communication with the fluid chamber, and an electric temperature controller in communication with the fluid chamber.
Colin Stewart, Zakhar Chizhov, Jerry Thomas Connaughton, Neil McPherson, Truls Fossdal, Rahul Sheladia, Ragnar Melz
Filed: 23 Sep 19
Utility
Determination of formation water salinity using downhole low frequency electromagnetic measurements and permittivity dispersions based thereon
24 Oct 23
Methods and systems are provided for characterizing formation water salinity of subsurface formation using multifrequency permittivity data over a range of frequencies below 1 MHz.
Ping Zhang, Shouxiang Ma, Wael Abdallah, Chengbing Liu
Filed: 28 Jul 20
Utility
Power unit phase angle for separation unit control
24 Oct 23
Embodiments described herein provide a method of separating a liquid mixture, comprising providing a liquid mixture to a separator, electrically coupling a power circuit to the liquid mixture inside the separator, applying a time-varying voltage to the power circuit, detecting a phase angle in the power circuit; and controlling the phase angle by adjusting a characteristic of the time-varying voltage.
Gary W. Sams, S. Pavankumar B. Mandewalkar
Filed: 21 Nov 19
Utility
Applying geotags to images for identifying exploration opportunities
24 Oct 23
A method includes obtaining first data representing a subterranean domain, and creating a geotag associated with a three-dimensional location of interest in the subterranean domain and a feature at the location of interest.
Tracy Frugier-Dorrington, Carlos Garcia, Jr.
Filed: 4 Jun 20
Utility
Digital treatment of multi-phase liquid mixtures
24 Oct 23
A method of operating a liquid separator includes detecting a volume of a multi-phase liquid mixture inside the operating liquid separator using one or more detectors; determining, from a signal of the one or more detectors, a volume of the multi-phase liquid mixture; determining an amount of a chemical treatment, or other operating parameter, based on the volume of the multi-phase liquid mixture; and applying the amount of chemical treatment, or other operating parameter, to the separator.
Emanuel J. Gottlieb, Gary W. Sams
Filed: 18 Jul 19
Utility
Snap in screen and method
17 Oct 23
A method of installing a vibratory shaker screen in a vibratory shaker, including placing a first end of the vibratory shaker screen in a retainer, wherein the retainer is one of attached and a component of the vibratory shaker; pivoting a second end of the vibratory shaker screen toward a screen installation position on the vibratory shaker, deflecting a tab on one of the vibratory shaker screen and the vibratory shaker through contact of the vibratory shaker screen to another retainer of the vibratory shaker, and connecting the vibratory shaker screen to the vibratory shaker, where the tab fixedly connects the vibratory shaker screen to the vibratory shaker.
Mitchell Landwehr, Benjamin Holton, John Fedders
Filed: 2 Jul 21
Utility
Downhole steering system and methods
17 Oct 23
A downhole steering system includes a substantially tubular housing, a shaft positioned within the substantially tubular housing, a first bearing and a second bearing, the first and second bearings being configured to support rotation of the shaft relative to the housing.
Jonathan D. Marshall, Edward George Parkin, Geoffrey Charles Downton, David C. Hoyle, Nalin Weerasinghe, Dennis Patrick Chesnutt
Filed: 13 Sep 21
Utility
Resilient matrix suspension for frangible components
17 Oct 23
A backup ring includes a plurality of segments defined by a plurality of slots, wherein each segment is defined by a sequential pair of the plurality of slots, and a resilient matrix material that at least partially fills each slot of the plurality of slots.
Robert Matthew Graham
Filed: 26 May 20
Utility
Safe drill floor access
17 Oct 23
Systems and methods for safe drill floor access.
Anstein Jorud, Jarle Hardeland Oevsthus, Jan Alvaer
Filed: 23 May 19
Utility
Supervisory control system for a well construction rig
17 Oct 23
A supervisory control system for a well construction rig operable to perform well construction operations to construct a planned well at a wellsite.
Njaal Aarsland, Shunfeng Zheng, Anstein Jorud, Jason Bryant, Loic Hoarau
Filed: 13 Jul 22
Utility
Methods for determining a volume fraction of water and water salinity in organic shale reservoirs using multi-frequency dielectric well logging measurements
17 Oct 23
The subject disclosure relates to a method for determining a volume fraction of water and water salinity in organic shales and other geological formations.
Nikita Seleznev, Tarek M. Habashy, Michel Claverie
Filed: 8 Jul 20
Utility
Compressed N2 for energy storage
17 Oct 23
This disclosure describes a power system that includes a first compressor with an air inlet and a compressed air outlet; a nitrogen separator coupled to the compressed air outlet, the nitrogen separator comprising a nitrogen concentrate outlet and a byproduct outlet; a second compressor coupled to the nitrogen concentrate outlet, the second compressor having a high pressure outlet for supplying high pressure concentrated nitrogen to an underground storage; and a turbine generator with an inlet for high pressure concentrated nitrogen for coupling to an underground storage.
Omar M. Kabir, Gary W. Sams, Ronald J. Manson
Filed: 10 Dec 18
Utility
Submersible pumping system thrust bearing gas venting
17 Oct 23
A system and methodology are provided for enhancing the life and usefulness of a thrust bearing assembly in a submersible pumping system component.
Arthur Ignatius Watson
Filed: 8 Aug 22
Utility
Slide-on inductive coupler system
17 Oct 23
A technique facilitates use of an inductive coupler assembly with casing, e.g. well casing.
Benoit Deville, Yann Dufour
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Utility
System having non-intrusive fluid sensor
17 Oct 23
A technique facilitates nonintrusive monitoring of a fluid constituent within an overall fluid flow.
Andrew J. Parry, Christian Chouzenoux, Eric Grandgirard, Benjamin Charles Perrin
Filed: 21 Aug 19