Patents by Inventor Ibrahim El Mallawany

Ibrahim El Mallawany 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: 20240117707
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in at least one aspect, provides a production sub, a well system, and a method. The production sub, in one aspect, includes a tubular having a length (l), an inside ID, an OD, and a sidewall thickness (t), a plurality of production ports extending through the sidewall thickness (t) and coupling the inside diameter (ID) and the outside diameter (OD), and a fluid flow assembly positioned in each of the plurality of production ports. Each fluid flow assembly, in one aspect, includes a radially interior burst disc, a radially exterior burst disc, a sealing member positioned in a chamber created between the radially interior burst disc and the radially exterior burst disc, and a sealing member seat located in the chamber proximate the radially exterior burst disc, the sealing member configured to engage with the sealing member seat as fluid is pushing the sealing member radially outward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Sean Canning, Joseph Ray Collins
  • Publication number: 20240117708
    Abstract: The present disclosure, in at least one aspect, provides a production sub, a well system, and a method. The production sub, in one aspect, includes a tubular having a length (l), an inside diameter (ID), an outside diameter (OD), and a sidewall thickness (t), a plurality of production ports extending through the sidewall thickness (t) and coupling the inside diameter (ID) and the outside diameter (OD), and a fluid flow assembly positioned in each of the plurality of production ports. Each fluid flow assembly, in one aspect, includes a radially interior burst disc, as well as a degradable fluid flow orifice positioned radially outside of the radially interior burst disk, the degradable fluid flow orifice configured to degrade over time after the radially interior burst disc has burst to increase a flow volume through the production port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Sean Canning, Joseph Ray Collins
  • Publication number: 20240117718
    Abstract: A washpipe free feature may include a housing defining a chamber having a bypass portion and a securing portion. The housing has first and second bores to put the bypass portion in fluid communication with an annulus of a wellbore and a central bore of a downhole tubular, respectively. Further, the washpipe free feature includes a magnet secured in the bypass portion, a ferromagnetic ball disposed within the bypass portion, and a piston disposed within the chamber. A distal end of the piston blocks the ball from contacting the magnet in a run-in position such that the ball may plug the first bore in response to fluid flow from the tubular toward the annulus. Additionally, the piston is slideable to an open position such that the magnet may hold the ball out of a flow path between the first bore and the second bore in the bypass portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Patent number: 11952873
    Abstract: A washpipe free feature may include a housing defining a chamber having a bypass portion and a securing portion. The housing has first and second bores to put the bypass portion in fluid communication with an annulus of a wellbore and a central bore of a downhole tubular, respectively. Further, the washpipe free feature includes a magnet secured in the bypass portion, a ferromagnetic ball disposed within the bypass portion, and a piston disposed within the chamber. A distal end of the piston blocks the ball from contacting the magnet in a run-in position such that the ball may plug the first bore in response to fluid flow from the tubular toward the annulus. Additionally, the piston is slideable to an open position such that the magnet may hold the ball out of a flow path between the first bore and the second bore in the bypass portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Patent number: 11952862
    Abstract: A wireless flow control device includes a shiftable apparatus and a power source configured to provide power to shift the shiftable apparatus from a first position to a second position. The wireless flow control device also includes a valve that forms a first fluid flow path through the wireless flow control device while the shiftable apparatus is in the first position. The wireless flow control device further includes an actuation assembly, which, when actuated, forms a second fluid flow path through the wireless flow control device, and a turbine configured to recharge the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Stephen Michael Greci, Ibrahim El Mallawany
  • Publication number: 20240076960
    Abstract: Provided is a multilateral junction and a well system. The multilateral junction, in one aspect, includes a housing, the housing including a first housing end and a second housing end, a bore extending through the housing from the first housing end to the second housing end, and a bore coupling profile located along an inside surface of the bore proximate the second housing end. The multilateral junction, according to this aspect, further includes a multilateral bore leg extending into the bore, the multilateral bore leg including a tubular having a first tubular end and a second tubular end, and a tubular coupling profile located along an outside surface of the tubular proximate the first tubular end. The multilateral junction, according to this aspect, further includes an arced coupling located between the bore and the tubular and engaged with the bore coupling profile and the tubular coupling profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Jamie Revelle Weber
  • Publication number: 20240076959
    Abstract: Provided is a multilateral junction and a well system. The multilateral junction, in one aspect, includes a housing, the housing including a first housing end and a second housing end, a bore extending through the housing from the first housing end to the second housing end, and a toothed coupling profile located along an inside surface of the bore proximate the second housing end. The multilateral junction, according to this aspect, further includes a multilateral bore leg extending into the bore, the multilateral bore leg including a tubular having a first tubular end and a second tubular end. The multilateral junction, according to this aspect, further includes a toothed coupling located between the bore and the tubular and engaged with the toothed coupling profile and the tubular to axially fix the housing and the multilateral bore leg relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Jamie Revelle Weber
  • Publication number: 20240076954
    Abstract: Provided is a float for use with a fluid flow control device, a fluid flow control device, a method for manufacturing a float, and a well system. The float, in one aspect, includes a fluid tight enclosure. The float, according to this aspect, further includes density specific material located within the fluid tight enclosure, the fluid tight enclosure and the density specific material creating a net density for the float that is between a first density of a desired fluid and a second density of an undesired fluid, such that the float may control fluid flow through a flow control device when encountering the desired fluid or the undesired fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Michael Linley Fripp, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Publication number: 20240035372
    Abstract: Provided is a density sensor, a downhole tool, and a well system. The density sensor, in one aspect, includes one or more float chambers, and two or more floats located within the one or more float chambers. In one aspect, the two or more floats have a density ranging from 0.08 sg to 2.1 sg, and further a first of the two or more floats has a first known density (?1) and a second of the two or more floats has a second known density (?2) greater than the first known density (?1). The density sensor, according to this aspect, may further include one or more sensors located proximate the one or more float chambers, the one or more sensors configured to sense whether ones of the two or more floats sink or float within production fluid having an unknown density (?f).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Michael Linley Fripp, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Publication number: 20240035376
    Abstract: Provided is a downhole tool and a well system. The downhole tool, in one aspect, includes a tubular providing one or more production fluid flow paths for a production fluid. The downhole tool, according to this aspect, further includes one or more float chambers located within the tubular, and two or more floats located within the one or more float chambers. In one aspect, a first of the two or more floats has a first density (?1) between a density of gas (?g) and a density of oil (?o), and a second of the two or more floats has a second density (?2) between the density of oil (?o) and a density of water (?w). The downhole tool, according to this aspect, further includes two or more non-contact proximity sensors configured to sense a radial location of the two or more floats to determine a gas:oil ratio and oil:water ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Michael Linley Fripp, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Patent number: 11846165
    Abstract: Provided is a fluid flow control system and a well system. The fluid flow control system, in one aspect, includes a fluid nozzle operable to receive production fluid having a pressure (P3) and discharge control fluid having a control pressure (P2). The fluid flow control system, in accordance with this aspect, further includes an inflow control device having a production fluid inlet operable to receive the production fluid having the pressure (P3), a control inlet operable to receive the control fluid having the control pressure (P2) from the fluid nozzle, and a production fluid outlet operable to pass the production fluid to the tubing, the inflow control device configured to open or close the production fluid outlet based upon a pressure differential value (P3?P2). The fluid flow control system, in another aspect, includes a flow regulator coupled to the inflow control device, the flow regulator configured to regulate a pressure drop (P3?P1) across the production fluid inlet and the production fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Ryan Wesley McChesney, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Patent number: 11846156
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a production valve. In one embodiment, a production valve includes a tubular having one or more first openings therein; a sliding member positioned within the tubular and having one or more second openings therein, configured to move between a first closed position wherein the first openings are offset from the second openings to close a fluid path and a second open position wherein the first openings are aligned with the second openings to open the fluid path; a remote open member positioned within the tubular, coupled to the sliding member in the first position and decoupled from the sliding member in the second position; and a first and second seal positioned between the tubular and at least one of the sliding member or remote open member, the first seal having a first seal area, and the second seal having a second greater seal area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke Holderman, Ibrahim El Mallawany, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Publication number: 20230399906
    Abstract: A system includes a tool mandrel securable to a landing nipple and a prong receptacle coupled to a lower end of the tool mandrel. The prong receptacle includes a central bore and a pressure release port in communication with the central bore. The system also includes an equalizing prong initially securable within the tool mandrel in a run-in position. Further, the system includes a tubular prong extension coupled to the equalizing prong. An upper end of the tubular prong extension extends up out of the tool mandrel. Moreover, axially downward movement of the tubular prong extension from the run-in position to a set position secures the tool mandrel to the landing nipple, and axially upward movement of the tubular prong extension from the set position to a released position disengages the tool mandrel from the landing nipple.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Ibrahim El Mallawany
  • Publication number: 20230374367
    Abstract: Introducing metal ions into fluids produced from a wellbore may inhibit the formation of scale on downhole production equipment. The ions may be introduced by one or more electrodes disposed in downhole locations such as in a sand control screen assembly, an inflow control device or in a production tubing base pipe. Parameters indicative or predictive of scale formation may be monitored, and an electrical voltage supplied to the electrodes may be adjusted to in response to any predetermined threshold of the parameters being exceeded. In some embodiments, a chemical ion source may be provided, which may release ions in response to erosion or corrosion reaction controlled by electrical power. Electric control of scale production allows for targeted feedback control of the amount of metal ions released as a scale inhibitor without requiring storage of downhole chemical solutions or the passage of fluid lines to downhole locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Ibrahim El Mallawany, Rodrigo de Carvalho Mendez
  • Publication number: 20230366291
    Abstract: A wireless flow control device includes a shiftable apparatus and a power source configured to provide power to shift the shiftable apparatus from a first position to a second position. The wireless flow control device also includes a valve that forms a first fluid flow path through the wireless flow control device while the shiftable apparatus is in the first position. The wireless flow control device further includes an actuation assembly, which, when actuated, forms a second fluid flow path through the wireless flow control device, and a turbine configured to recharge the power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley FRIPP, Stephen Michael GRECI, Ibrahim EL MALLAWANY
  • Patent number: 11807808
    Abstract: Introducing metal ions into fluids produced from a wellbore may inhibit the formation of scale on downhole production equipment. The ions may be introduced by one or more electrodes disposed in downhole locations such as in a sand control screen assembly, an inflow control device or in a production tubing base pipe. Parameters indicative or predictive of scale formation may be monitored, and an electrical voltage supplied to the electrodes may be adjusted to in response to any predetermined threshold of the parameters being exceeded. In some embodiments, a chemical ion source may be provided, which may release ions in response to erosion or corrosion reaction controlled by electrical power. Electric control of scale production allows for targeted feedback control of the amount of metal ions released as a scale inhibitor without requiring storage of downhole chemical solutions or the passage of fluid lines to downhole locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Ibrahim El Mallawany, Rodrigo de Carvalho Mendez
  • Patent number: 11781407
    Abstract: Systems and method for injection a chemical into a wellbore. A chemical injection system may comprise a first valve, a chemical line, a pilot line, an injection line, and a backflow prevention valve disposable in the injection line. A production fluid recovery system may comprise a chemical injection system, a first valve, a pilot line, an injection line, a backflow prevention valve, a production tree, a wellhead, and production tubing. A method for actuating a valve in a chemical injection system may comprise pushing a fluid into a chemical line, pressurizing a pilot line to open a first valve, pushing the fluid through the first valve, increasing pressure in the pilot line to open a second valve, pushing the fluid through the second valve, pushing the fluid through a chemical line, and injecting fluid into a wellbore from the chemical line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Gregory James, Ibrahim El Mallawany
  • Patent number: 11702906
    Abstract: Provided, in one aspect, is a fluid flow device. The fluid flow device, in one aspect, includes a housing having at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet, and a sleeve positioned within the housing. The fluid flow device according to this aspect additionally include a fluid flow member positioned within the sleeve, wherein the sleeve and fluid flow member are movable with respect to one another to define a first overlap distance and a first fluid flow path length when the housing encounters a first fluid flow pressure, and a second greater overlap distance and a second greater fluid flow path length when the housing encounters a second greater fluid flow pressure, the first fluid flow path length and the second greater fluid flow path length configured to provide a constant flow of the fluid out of the at least one fluid outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Publication number: 20230203914
    Abstract: A downhole deployment and isolation system may be used to deploy a completion string, service the well, and isolate the lower completion string, optionally in a single trip. The lower completion string may be run into the well with a valve in an open condition, such as a ball valve propped open by a mandrel. The mandrel may be operable to both disconnect the work string from the lower completion string and to close the valve upon disconnecting such as by removing the mandrel from the ball. The valve may be remotely reopened with fluid pressure form surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Francois Chevallier, Ibrahim El Mallawany
  • Patent number: 11680470
    Abstract: A flow control system selectively regulates production of a fluid from a well. The flow control system includes a plurality of flow control devices, each flow control device rotatable by a portion of the fluid and selectively directing the portion of the fluid through an outlet of the flow control device based on the density of the fluid. The system further includes a regulator valve controlled at least in part by the portion of fluid exiting the outlet of the flow control device. The regulating valve regulates production of a remaining portion of the fluid from the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Michael Linley Fripp, Stephen Michael Greci