Patents by Inventor Ameet B. Agnihotri

Ameet B. Agnihotri 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).

  • Publication number: 20220389814
    Abstract: A system includes a pipe string; a wireline cable run through the pipe string; and a downhole tool for formation testing, wherein the downhole tool comprises, an upper assembly, an impeller unit connected to a downhole end of the upper assembly, wherein the impeller unit comprises a first impeller coupled to a second impeller by a shaft, a first flowline having a first end that is open to the formation, a packer unit that isolates a portion of a borehole surrounding the first end of the first flowline from the rest of the borehole, and a tool string connected to the first flowline, wherein the tool string hydraulically connects the packing device to the upper assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Harrigan, Matthew L. Lee, Ameet B. Agnihotri, Charles Wilton Seckar, Christopher Michael Jones, Nestor Javier Rodriguez, Darren George Gascooke
  • Patent number: 11466567
    Abstract: A formation tester consists of an upper assembly, an impeller unit, a straddle packer unit, and an inverted reservoir description tool string. The upper assembly seals off the wireline cable at the rig and connects the wireline cable to the formation tester. The impeller unit includes an upper turbine which converts hydraulic power from circulation of drilling mud into mechanical power. The mechanical power is used to drive a lower impeller which is capable of pumping formation fluids at high flow rates. The straddle packer unit isolates a portion of the formation tester which is open to the borehole to allow entry and exit of formation fluids through the formation tester. The inverted reservoir description tool string contains a combination of formation description modules which are inverted from traditional reservoir description tool modules to allow fluid flow paths to bypass electrical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Harrigan, Matthew L. Lee, Ameet B. Agnihotri, Charles Wilton Seckar, Christopher Michael Jones, Nestor Javier Rodriguez, Darren George Gascooke
  • Publication number: 20220018249
    Abstract: A formation tester consists of an upper assembly, an impeller unit, a straddle packer unit, and an inverted reservoir description tool string. The upper assembly seals off the wireline cable at the rig and connects the wireline cable to the formation tester. The impeller unit includes an upper turbine which converts hydraulic power from circulation of drilling mud into mechanical power. The mechanical power is used to drive a lower impeller which is capable of pumping formation fluids at high flow rates. The straddle packer unit isolates a portion of the formation tester which is open to the borehole to allow entry and exit of formation fluids through the formation tester. The inverted reservoir description tool string contains a combination of formation description modules which are inverted from traditional reservoir description tool modules to allow fluid flow paths to bypass electrical components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Harrigan, Matthew L. Lee, Ameet B. Agnihotri, Charles Wilton Seckar, Christopher Michael Jones, Nestor Javier Rodriguez, Darren George Gascooke
  • Patent number: 9798036
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a multi-array induction method uses user selectable zoning of a borehole to generate an updated look-up table for borehole corrections based on averaged calipers for the borehole. One example method averages caliper data, defines a good zone of the borehole substantially unaffected by corkscrew borehole effect, defines a start depth and an end depth of a zone of the borehole affected by the corkscrew borehole effect, and averages the caliper data for each coil array to generate updated resistivity outputs RO, Rt, and Rf for further drilling of the borehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ameet B. Agnihotri, Junsheng Hou
  • Publication number: 20170045641
    Abstract: A system and method are described, such as for collecting borehole logging induction data with an induction logging tool. It may then be determined if the borehole logging induction data is within operating limitations of the logging tool. The operating limitations may be defined by a maximum diameter of the borehole at a predetermined mud resistivity. A borehole diameter threshold is determined that is within the operating limitations of the logging tool. When the diameter of the borehole is greater than the borehole diameter threshold, the borehole logging induction data is corrected based on executing an array induction job planner using the borehole diameter threshold at the predetermined mud resistivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ameet B. Agnihotri, Junsheng Hou