Patents by Inventor Jacques Chedotal

Jacques Chedotal 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).

  • Method and system for monitoring the drilling of a wellbore
    Patent number: 10571451
    Abstract: A method of monitoring the drilling of a wellbore having a drilling fluid that circulates in the wellbore during drilling, comprises: Extracting a plurality of gaseous compounds from a sample of drilling fluid exiting the wellbore, Measuring a quantity y(i) of at least a group of compounds, each group comprises comprising at least one extracted gaseous compound, Determining, from the measured quantity y(i) and an extraction coefficient ?(i) associated to each group, the content x(i) of each group of gaseous compounds present in the sample of drilling fluid, Deriving a drilling indicator from the content x(i) of at least one group of gaseous compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: GEOSERVICES EQUIPEMENTS
    Inventors: Ivan Fornasier, Ilaria De Santo, David Cook, Jacques Chedotal, Slim Hbaieb
  • Method and system for monitoring the drilling of a wellbore
    Publication number: 20170226852
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of monitoring the drilling of a wellbore, wherein a drilling fluid circulates in the wellbore during drilling, the method comprising: Extracting (106) a plurality of gaseous compound from a sample of drilling fluid exiting the wellbore, Measuring (108) a quantity y(i) of at least a group of compounds, wherein each group comprises at least one extracted gaseous compound, Determining (110), from the measured quantity y(i) and an extraction coefficient ?(i) associated to each group, the content x(i) of each group of gaseous compounds present in the sample of drilling fluid, Deriving (116) a drilling indicator from the content x(i) of at least one group of gaseous compounds,
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Ivan Fornasier, Ilaria De Santo, David Cook, Jacques Chedotal, Slim Hbaieb