Patents by Inventor Graeme O'Brien Phillip Salmon

Graeme O'Brien Phillip Salmon 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).

  • Determining approximate wellbore curvature
    Patent number: 11585208
    Abstract: A method for configuring a bottom hole assembly (BHA) includes receiving bending moment values for the BHA, curvature values and drilling conditions for a wellbore, and processing the bending moment values to create a representation of the curvature of the drilled wellbore. Processing the bending moment values includes selecting a set of curvature values in a specified range for a selected location, calculating a bending moment value for each curvature value, and determining an actual wellbore curvature at the location by matching the received bending moment value to one of the calculated bending moment values. The method further includes generating a representation of an actual path of the wellbore using selected curvature values at a plurality of wellbore locations, comparing the actual path of the wellbore with a planned path of the wellbore; and based on the comparison, determining a configuration of the BHA to drill a next wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Kenneth Snyder, Graeme O'Brien Phillip Salmon, Jeremy Alexander Greenwood
  • DETERMINING APPROXIMATE WELLBORE CURVATURE
    Publication number: 20210230999
    Abstract: A method for configuring a bottom hole assembly (BHA) includes receiving bending moment values for the BHA, curvature values and drilling conditions for a wellbore, and processing the bending moment values to create a representation of the curvature of the drilled wellbore. Processing the bending moment values includes selecting a set of curvature values in a specified range for a selected location, calculating a bending moment value for each curvature value, and determining an actual wellbore curvature at the location by matching the received bending moment value to one of the calculated bending moment values. The method further includes generating a representation of an actual path of the wellbore using selected curvature values at a plurality of wellbore locations, comparing the actual path of the wellbore with a planned path of the wellbore; and based on the comparison, determining a configuration of the BHA to drill a next wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: John Kenneth Snyder, Graeme O'Brien Phillip Salmon, Jeremy Alexander Greenwood