Patents by Inventor Jim Stanley

Jim Stanley 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).

  • Annulus pressure control drilling systems and methods
    Patent number: 8122975
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for drilling a wellbore includes an act of drilling the wellbore by injecting drilling fluid through a tubular string disposed in the wellbore, the tubular string comprising a drill bit disposed on a bottom thereof. The drilling fluid exits the drill bit and carries cuttings from the drill bit. The drilling fluid and cuttings (returns) flow to a surface of the wellbore via an annulus defined by an outer surface of the tubular string and an inner surface of the wellbore. The method further includes an act performed while drilling the wellbore of measuring a first annulus pressure (FAP) using a pressure sensor attached to a casing string hung from a wellhead of the wellbore. The method further includes an act performed while drilling the wellbore of controlling a second annulus pressure (SAP) exerted on a formation exposed to the annulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Belcher, Adrian Steiner, Kevin Schmigel, David Brunnert, Darcy Nott, Richard Todd, Jim Stanley, Simon Harrall
  • ANNULUS PRESSURE CONTROL DRILLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20110114387
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for drilling a wellbore includes an act of drilling the wellbore by injecting drilling fluid through a tubular string disposed in the wellbore, the tubular string comprising a drill bit disposed on a bottom thereof. The drilling fluid exits the drill bit and carries cuttings from the drill bit. The drilling fluid and cuttings (returns) flow to a surface of the wellbore via an annulus defined by an outer surface of the tubular string and an inner surface of the wellbore. The method further includes an act performed while drilling the wellbore of measuring a first annulus pressure (FAP) using a pressure sensor attached to a casing string hung from a wellhead of the wellbore. The method further includes an act performed while drilling the wellbore of controlling a second annulus pressure (SAP) exerted on a formation exposed to the annulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Gary Belcher, Adrian Steiner, Kevin Schmigel, David Brunnert, Darcy Nott, Richard Todd, Jim Stanley, Simon Harrall
  • Annulus pressure control drilling systems and methods
    Patent number: 7836973
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for drilling a wellbore includes an act of drilling the wellbore by injecting drilling fluid through a tubular string disposed in the wellbore, the tubular string comprising a drill bit disposed on a bottom thereof. The drilling fluid exits the drill bit and carries cuttings from the drill bit. The drilling fluid and cuttings (returns) flow to a surface of the wellbore via an annulus defined by an outer surface of the tubular string and an inner surface of the wellbore. The method further includes an act performed while drilling the wellbore of measuring a first annulus pressure (FAP) using a pressure sensor attached to a casing string hung from a wellhead of the wellbore. The method further includes an act performed while drilling the wellbore of controlling a second annulus pressure (SAP) exerted on a formation exposed to the annulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Belcher, Adrian Steiner, Kevin Schmigel, David Brunnert, Darcy Nott, Richard Todd, Jim Stanley, Simon Harrall
  • ANNULUS PRESSURE CONTROL DRILLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20080060846
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for drilling a wellbore includes an act of drilling the wellbore by injecting drilling fluid through a tubular string disposed in the wellbore, the tubular string comprising a drill bit disposed on a bottom thereof. The drilling fluid exits the drill bit and carries cuttings from the drill bit. The drilling fluid and cuttings (returns) flow to a surface of the wellbore via an annulus defined by an outer surface of the tubular string and an inner surface of the wellbore. The method further includes an act performed while drilling the wellbore of measuring a first annulus pressure (FAP) using a pressure sensor attached to a casing string hung from a wellhead of the wellbore. The method further includes an act performed while drilling the wellbore of controlling a second annulus pressure (SAP) exerted on a formation exposed to the annulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Gary Belcher, Adrian Steiner, Kevin Schmigel, David Brunnert, Darcy Nott, Richard Todd, Jim Stanley, Simon Harrall