Patents by Inventor Lili Zhong

Lili Zhong 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: 9766362
    Abstract: A system and a method use dual telemetry for tools located in a wellbore. A first telemetry system and a second telemetry system coordinate communication with the tools. Both the first telemetry system and the second telemetry system may transmit data regarding the tools and/or drilling conditions from the tools to a surface location simultaneously. The first telemetry system or the second telemetry system may communicate with the surface location if communication using the other telemetry system is interrupted. The first telemetry system and the second telemetry system may have a master/slave relationship so that data requests from a specific telemetry system do not interfere with data requests from the other telemetry system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Desheng Zhang, Yi Zhang, Lili Zhong, Xueyuan Tang, Brian Oliver Clark
  • Publication number: 20140055277
    Abstract: A system and a method use dual telemetry for tools located in a wellbore. A first telemetry system and a second telemetry system coordinate communication with the tools. Both the first telemetry system and the second telemetry system may transmit data regarding the tools and/or drilling conditions from the tools to a surface location simultaneously. The first telemetry system or the second telemetry system may communicate with the surface location if communication using the other telemetry system is interrupted. The first telemetry system and the second telemetry system may have a master/slave relationship so that data requests from a specific telemetry system do not interfere with data requests from the other telemetry system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Desheng Zhang, Yi Zhang, Lili Zhong, Tang Xueyan, Brian Oliver Clark
  • Patent number: 8629782
    Abstract: A system and a method use dual telemetry for tools located in a wellbore. A first telemetry system and a second telemetry system coordinate communication with the tools. Both the first telemetry system and the second telemetry system may transmit data regarding the tools and/or drilling conditions from the tools to a surface location simultaneously. The first telemetry system or the second telemetry system may communicate with the surface location if communication using the other telemetry system is interrupted. The first telemetry system and the second telemetry system may have a master/slave relationship so that data requests from a specific telemetry system do not interfere with data requests from the other telemetry system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Desheng Zhang, Yi Zhang, Lili Zhong, Tang Xueyan, Brian Clark
  • Patent number: 8417455
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method to determine a formation property of a subsurface formation. A downhole logging tool having two or more antennas, at least one of the antennas being a non-co-located triaxial antenna, is provided. Azimuthally sensitive measurements are obtained using the antennas of the downhole logging tool. The measurements are fitted to a Fourier series having Fourier coefficients and the non-co-location of the triaxial antenna is compensated for by adjusting the Fourier coefficients. Compensated measurements are determined using the adjusted Fourier coefficients and the formation property of the subsurface formation is determined using the compensated measurements. The compensating may use one or more scale factors that depend on an amplitude, phase, and/or frequency of the received signal, and an alignment angle between the triaxial antenna and another of the antennas of the logging tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Lili Zhong, Qiming Li
  • Publication number: 20120166086
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method to determine a formation property of a subsurface formation. A downhole logging tool having two or more antennas, at least one of the antennas being a non-co-located triaxial antenna, is provided. Azimuthally sensitive measurements are obtained using the antennas of the downhole logging tool. The measurements are fitted to a Fourier series having Fourier coefficients and the non-co-location of the triaxial antenna is compensated for by adjusting the Fourier coefficients. Compensated measurements are determined using the adjusted Fourier coefficients and the formation property of the subsurface formation is determined using the compensated measurements. The compensating may use one or more scale factors that depend on an amplitude, phase, and/or frequency of the received signal, and an alignment angle between the triaxial antenna and another of the antennas of the logging tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Lili Zhong, QIMING LI
  • Publication number: 20100201540
    Abstract: A system and a method use dual telemetry for tools located in a wellbore. A first telemetry system and a second telemetry system coordinate communication with the tools. Both the first telemetry system and the second telemetry system may transmit data regarding the tools and/or drilling conditions from the tools to a surface location simultaneously. The first telemetry system or the second telemetry system may communicate with the surface location if communication using the other telemetry system is interrupted. The first telemetry system and the second telemetry system may have a master/slave relationship so that data requests from a specific telemetry system do not interfere with data requests from the other telemetry system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Desheng Zhang, Yi Zhang, Lili Zhong, Tang Xueyan, Brian Clark