Patents by Inventor Alexandre Jaime Mello Vieira

Alexandre Jaime Mello Vieira has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • DETERMINATION OF DOWNHOLE FORMATION FLUID CONTAMINATION AND CERTAIN COMPONENT CONCENTRATIONS
    Publication number: 20230313680
    Abstract: A method and system may include receiving, via one or more sensors in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, measurements of a concentration of an interactive component and a concentration of a non-interactive component in a formation fluid from the subsurface formation, wherein the non-interactive component and the interactive component comprise a component in the formation fluid that is non-interactive and interactive, respectively, with respect to a drilling fluid. The method and system may further include determining a level of contamination from a drilling fluid filtrate that contaminates the formation fluid based on the non-interactive component concentration in the formation fluid and the interactive component concentration in the formation fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Jones, Ralph Engel Piazza, Anthony H. Van Zuilekom, Megan Renee Pearl, Luiz Alexandre Sacorague, Alexandre Jaime Mello Vieira
  • Determination of downhole formation fluid contamination and certain component concentrations
    Patent number: 11697992
    Abstract: A method and system can obtain real time property measurements of a fluid comprising a formation fluid downhole, real time measurements of an amount of an interactive component of the fluid downhole, and real time measurements of an amount of a non-interactive component of the fluid downhole. The method and system further includes determining a total amount of the interactive component in the fluid or a contamination level of the formation fluid at a time of interest based on the real time property measurements of the fluid downhole and the real time measurements of the amounts of the interactive component and non-interactive component downhole. The real time measurements of the amount of the interactive component downhole are real time measurements of the amount of the interactive component in its free form downhole, and the property can be scaled with the contamination level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Ralph Piazza, Anthony H. Van Zuilekom, Megan Renee Pearl, Luiz Alexandre Sacorague, Alexandre Jaime Mello Vieira
  • DETERMINATION OF DOWNHOLE FORMATION FLUID CONTAMINATION AND CERTAIN COMPONENT CONCENTRATIONS
    Publication number: 20200157937
    Abstract: A method and system can obtain real time property measurements of a fluid comprising a formation fluid downhole, real time measurements of an amount of an interactive component of the fluid downhole, and real time measurements of an amount of a non-interactive component of the fluid downhole. The method and system further includes determining a total amount of the interactive component in the fluid or a contamination level of the formation fluid at a time of interest based on the real time property measurements of the fluid downhole and the real time measurements of the amounts of the interactive component and non-interactive component downhole. The real time measurements of the amount of the interactive component downhole are real time measurements of the amount of the interactive component in its free form downhole, and the property can be scaled with the contamination level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Ralph Piazza, Anthony H. Van Zuilekom, Megan Renee Pearl, Luiz Alexandre Sacorague, Alexandre Jaime Mello Vieira