Patents by Inventor Luis E. Quintana

Luis E. Quintana 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).

  • One-step directional coring or drilling system
    Patent number: 7320373
    Abstract: An assembly for sidetracked drilling in a wall of a borehole previously drilled or cored in a formation includes a guide element and an expansible device fixed to the front end of the guide element operable to be selectively expanded by an actuation means. A sidetracking channel is formed in the guide element in alignment with an internal space, upstream of the expansible device in the direction of advance. A longitudinal cavity is formed in the guide element parallel to the longitudinal axis and arranged to allow passage from the internal space to the actuation means of the expansible device. Within the internal space of the guide element, an external tube of the core barrel includes a core bit fixed to the front end of the external tube and arranged to slide, after having been released, in the internal space and in the sidetracking channel and then progress to the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe R. Fanuel, Luis E. Quintana, Olivier Mageren
  • One-step directional coring or drilling system
    Patent number: 7117958
    Abstract: An assembly for sidetracked drilling in a wall of a borehole previously drilled or cored in a formation includes a guide element and an expansible device fixed to the front end of the guide element operable to be selectively expanded by an actuation means. A sidetracking channel is formed in the guide element in alignment with an internal space, upstream of the expansible device in the direction of advance. A longitudinal cavity is formed in the guide element parallel to the longitudinal axis and arranged to allow passage from the internal space to the actuation means of the expansible device. Within the internal space of the guide element, an external tube of the core barrel includes a core bit fixed to the front end of the external tube and arranged to slide, after having been released, in the internal space and in the sidetracking channel and then progress to the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe R. Fanuel, Luis E. Quintana, Olivier Mageren