Patents by Inventor Nicklas Ritzmann

Nicklas Ritzmann 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: 20220018816
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure include a gas-analysis system. The gas-analysis system may include a first valve, a gas-measurement device, and a second valve. The first valve may be between a sample-gas line and a sample-gas outlet. The first valve may be configured to either allow or prevent gas movement between the sample-gas line and the sample-gas outlet. The gas-measurement device operatively coupled to a testing-gas line. The second valve may be between the sample-gas line, a flushing-gas inlet, and the testing-gas line. The second valve may be configured to allow gas movement from one of the sample-gas line or the flushing-gas inlet to the testing-gas line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Salar Azizi, Nicklas Ritzmann
  • Patent number: 10830040
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing field-wide downhole operations, the field having a plurality of wells. Methods include obtaining, at a computing system, a reference data set associated with the field, the reference data set including at least one property of a downhole formation, obtaining, at the computing system, a first well data set associated with a first well of the field, the first well data set including the at least one property of a downhole formation associated with the first well, calculating a similarity index ratio based on the reference data set and the first well data set, wherein the similarity index ratio indicates a similarity in values of the reference data set and the first well data set, and performing a responsive action based on the calculated similarity index ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Jonas Kaiser, Nicklas Ritzmann, Stefan Wessling
  • Patent number: 10802177
    Abstract: Techniques for evaluating hydrocarbon reserves using tool response models are provided. An example method includes measuring a first fluid distribution of a first formation proximate to a first wellbore and measuring a second fluid distribution of a second formation proximate to a second wellbore. The method further includes generating a first tool response model for the first formation based at least in part on the first fluid distribution and generating a second tool response model for the second formation based at least in part on the second fluid distribution. The method further includes comparing results of the first tool response model to results of the second tool response model to determine a fluid distribution difference between the first formation and the second formation and implementing a drilling command to alter drilling of one of the first and second wellbores based at least in part on the fluid distribution difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Wessling, Nicklas Ritzmann
  • Patent number: 10690642
    Abstract: A method for generating a log of a value of a property of a fluid in an earth formation versus depth includes: obtaining a plurality of samples of drilling fluid that are entrained with a formation gas and correlating each sample to a depth in a borehole from which the formation gas was entrained in the drilling fluid; extracting the formation gas from each sample to provide a plurality of gas samples; analyzing each formation gas sample to provide a chemical composition of each formation gas sample in the plurality of formation gas samples; and determining a property value of the fluid in the earth formation versus depth using the chemical composition of each formation gas sample in the plurality of formation gas samples to provide the log.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Nicklas Ritzmann, Oliver Mohnke, Holger Frank Thern
  • Patent number: 10648329
    Abstract: A method of estimating one or more properties of an earth formation includes acquiring formation fluid data indicative of a qualitative property of a formation fluid in a near-field region of an earth formation surrounding a borehole, the near field region including a surface of the borehole, and acquiring acoustic data based on acoustic signals transmitted into a far-field region of the formation, and estimating a property of one or more fractures in the far-field region based on the acoustic data. The method also includes combining the formation fluid data and the acoustic data, and estimating, by a processing device, at least one fracture characteristic of the formation in the near-field region and the far-field region based on the combined data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Nicklas Ritzmann, Frank Walles, Alex Bruns, David Gadzhimirzaev, Sergey Kotov
  • Publication number: 20190113653
    Abstract: Techniques for evaluating hydrocarbon reserves using tool response models are provided. An example method includes measuring a first fluid distribution of a first formation proximate to a first wellbore and measuring a second fluid distribution of a second formation proximate to a second wellbore. The method further includes generating a first tool response model for the first formation based at least in part on the first fluid distribution and generating a second tool response model for the second formation based at least in part on the second fluid distribution. The method further includes comparing results of the first tool response model to results of the second tool response model to determine a fluid distribution difference between the first formation and the second formation and implementing a drilling command to alter drilling of one of the first and second wellbores based at least in part on the fluid distribution difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Wessling, Nicklas Ritzmann
  • Publication number: 20190106986
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing field-wide downhole operations, the field having a plurality of wells. Methods include obtaining, at a computing system, a reference data set associated with the field, the reference data set including at least one property of a downhole formation, obtaining, at the computing system, a first well data set associated with a first well of the field, the first well data set including the at least one property of a downhole formation associated with the first well, calculating a similarity index ratio based on the reference data set and the first well data set, wherein the similarity index ratio indicates a similarity in values of the reference data set and the first well data set, and performing a responsive action based on the calculated similarity index ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Jonas Kaiser, Nicklas Ritzmann, Stefan Wessling
  • Publication number: 20180291734
    Abstract: An embodiment of a method of estimating one or more properties of an earth formation includes acquiring formation fluid data indicative of a qualitative property of a formation fluid in a near-field region of an earth formation surrounding a borehole, the near field region including a surface of the borehole, and acquiring acoustic data based on acoustic signals transmitted into a far-field region of the formation, and estimating a property of one or more fractures in the far-field region based on the acoustic data. The method also includes combining the formation fluid data and the acoustic data, and estimating, by a processing device, at least one fracture characteristic of the formation in the near-field region and the far-field region based on the combined data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicklas Ritzmann, Frank Walles, Alex Bruns, David Gadzhimirzaev, Sergey Kotov
  • Publication number: 20180088096
    Abstract: A method for generating a log of a value of a property of a fluid in an earth formation versus depth includes: obtaining a plurality of samples of drilling fluid that are entrained with a formation gas and correlating each sample to a depth in a borehole from which the formation gas was entrained in the drilling fluid; extracting the formation gas from each sample to provide a plurality of gas samples; analyzing each formation gas sample to provide a chemical composition of each formation gas sample in the plurality of formation gas samples; and determining a property value of the fluid in the earth formation versus depth using the chemical composition of each formation gas sample in the plurality of formation gas samples to provide the log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicklas Ritzmann, Oliver Mohnke, Holger Frank Thern