Patents by Inventor Brandon Travis HOBBS

Brandon Travis HOBBS 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).

  • Fracturing operations controller
    Patent number: 11913446
    Abstract: A system can include one or more processors; memory; a data interface that receives data; a control interface that transmits control signals for control of pumps of a hydraulic fracturing operation; and one or more components that can include one or more of a modeling component that predicts pressure in a well fluidly coupled to at least one of the pumps, a pumping rate adjustment component that generates a pumping rate control signal for transmission via the control interface, a capacity component that estimates a real-time pumping capacity for each individual pump, and a control component that, for a target pumping rate for the pumps during the hydraulic fracturing operation, generates at least one of engine throttle and transmission gear settings for each of the individual pumps using an estimated real-time pumping capacity for each individual pump where the settings are transmissible via the control interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nan Mu, Xiaowei Weng, Timothy Michael Lesko, James Matthews, Marcos Suguru Kajita, Bao Mi, Amal Bagulayan, Francois Daube, Brandon Travis Hobbs, Yan P. Kuhn De Chizelle, Samir Menasria, Kevin Ho
  • FRACTURING OPERATIONS CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20220003059
    Abstract: A system can include one or more processors; memory; a data interface that receives data; a control interface that transmits control signals for control of pumps of a hydraulic fracturing operation; and one or more components that can include one or more of a modeling component that predicts pressure in a well fluidly coupled to at least one of the pumps, a pumping rate adjustment component that generates a pumping rate control signal for transmission via the control interface, a capacity component that estimates a real-time pumping capacity for each individual pump, and a control component that, for a target pumping rate for the pumps during the hydraulic fracturing operation, generates at least one of engine throttle and transmission gear settings for each of the individual pumps using an estimated real-time pumping capacity for each individual pump where the settings are transmissible via the control interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Nan MU, Xiaowei WENG, Timothy Michael LESKO, James MATTHEWS, Marcos Suguru KAJITA, Bao MI, Amal BAGULAYAN, Francois DAUBE, Brandon Travis HOBBS, Yan P. KUHN DE CHIZELLE, Samir MENASRIA, Kevin HO