Patents by Inventor Donovan Balli

Donovan Balli 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).

  • Patent number: 10030997
    Abstract: This disclosure is generally drawn to systems, devices, apparatus, and/or methods related to choke systems for drilling environments. Specifically, the disclosed systems, devices, apparatus, and/or methods relate to choke calibration, position, and time display systems for drilling environments. In some examples, a choke display for providing choke status, position, time, and/or calibration information is provided, in some examples, an apparatus may include a circuit board having a right side and a left side, a first set of sensors disposed adjacent the right side of the circuit board, a second set of sensors disposed adjacent the left side of the circuit board, and a display portion configured to display a first mode and/or a second mode based on an actuation of the first set of sensors and an actuation of the second set of sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Alan Burkhard, Donovan Balli
  • Patent number: 9228433
    Abstract: An apparatus and a process for wellbore characterization are disclosed, including: separating, in a separation vessel, drilling mud from gas produced during drilling of a wellbore; transporting the separated produced gas from the separation vessel to a downstream process; and measuring at least one of a temperature, a pressure, a mass flow rate, and a volumetric flow rate of the separated produced gas during transport using one or more sensors. Properties of the gas separated from the mud may be used to determine characteristics of a wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Scott Sawyer, Donovan Balli, Michael J. Tangedahl, James Gunnels, Roger Suter
  • Publication number: 20150369630
    Abstract: This disclosure is generally drawn to systems, devices, apparatus, and/or methods related to choke systems for drilling environments. Specifically, the disclosed systems, devices, apparatus, and/or methods relate to choke calibration, position, and time display systems for drilling environments. In some examples, a choke display for providing choke status, position, time, and/or calibration information is provided, in some examples, an apparatus may include a circuit board having a right side and a left side, a first set of sensors disposed adjacent the right side of the circuit board, a second set of sensors disposed adjacent the left side of the circuit board, and a display portion configured to display a first mode and/or a second mode based on an actuation of the first set of sensors and an actuation of the second set of sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Alan Burkhard, Donovan Balli
  • Patent number: 8994389
    Abstract: A method for automatically measuring a property of a fluid associated with a drilling application, including obtaining a sample of the fluid, wherein the sample of the fluid is obtained by directing the fluid through an electrode probe assembly comprising an electrode probe and depositing the fluid in a probe gap between electrodes of the electrode probe, ramping up a voltage applied to the electrodes of the electrode probe until a threshold current is obtained, recording the breakdown voltage at the threshold current value, and using the breakdown voltage to compute the property of the sample of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Frederick B. Growcock, Marian Baranowski, Donovan Balli
  • Publication number: 20110284288
    Abstract: An apparatus and a process for wellbore characterization are disclosed, including: separating, in a separation vessel, drilling mud from gas produced during drilling of a wellbore; transporting the separated produced gas from the separation vessel to a downstream process; and measuring at least one of a temperature, a pressure, a mass flow rate, and a volumetric flow rate of the separated produced gas during transport using one or more sensors. Properties of the gas separated from the mud may be used to determine characteristics of a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Scott Sawyer, Donovan Balli, Michael J. Tangedahl, James Gunnels, Roger Suter
  • Publication number: 20100283492
    Abstract: A method for automatically measuring a property of a fluid associated with a drilling application, including obtaining a sample of the fluid, wherein the sample of the fluid is obtained by directing the fluid through an electrode probe assembly comprising an electrode probe and depositing the fluid in a probe gap between electrodes of the electrode probe, ramping up a voltage applied to the electrodes of the electrode probe until a threshold current is obtained, recording the breakdown voltage at the threshold current value, and using the breakdown voltage to compute the property of the sample of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: M-I LLC
    Inventors: Frederick B. Growcock, Marian Baranowski, Donovan Balli