Patents by Inventor Pierre Ramondenc

Pierre Ramondenc 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: 11959362
    Abstract: A technique facilitates controlled creation of pressure waves in a downhole environment. The technique enables creation of, for example, dynamic underbalance (DUB) pressure waves or dynamic overbalance (DOB) pressure waves which can be used to perform desired activities downhole. According to an embodiment, a pump is coupled with a pressure chamber and conveyed downhole into a borehole to a desired location. The pump may be operated downhole to change a pressure level in the pressure chamber until a sufficient pressure differential exists between an interior and an exterior of the pressure chamber. A release mechanism in communication with the pressure chamber is then rapidly opened to establish the desired pressure wave as the differing pressures equalize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Callister Oettli, Pierre Ramondenc, Charles Kearney
  • Patent number: 11619124
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein facilitate operation of well-related tools. In certain embodiments, a variety of data (e.g., downhole data and/or surface data) may be collected to enable optimization of operations related to the well-related tools. In certain embodiments, the collected data may be provided as advisory data (e.g., presented to human operators of the well to inform control actions performed by the human operators) and/or used to facilitate automation of downhole processes and/or surface processes (e.g., which may be automatically performed by a computer implemented surface processing system (e.g., a well control system), without intervention from human operators). In certain embodiments, the systems and methods described herein may enhance downhole operations (e.g., milling operations) by improving the efficiency and utilization of data to enable performance optimization and improved resource controls of the downhole operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Morrison, Sascha Trummer, Luis Silva, Zhanke Liu, Charles Kearney, Jordi Segura Dominguez, Santiago Hassig Fonseca, Pierre Ramondenc
  • Publication number: 20220389793
    Abstract: A technique facilitates controlled creation of pressure waves in a downhole environment. The technique enables creation of, for example, dynamic underbalance (DUB) pressure waves or dynamic overbalance (DOB) pressure waves which can be used to perform desired activities downhole. According to an embodiment, a pump is coupled with a pressure chamber and conveyed downhole into a borehole to a desired location. The pump may be operated downhole to change a pressure level in the pressure chamber until a sufficient pressure differential exists between an interior and an exterior of the pressure chamber. A release mechanism in communication with the pressure chamber is then rapidly opened to establish the desired pressure wave as the differing pressures equalize.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Callister Oettli, Pierre Ramondenc, Charles Kearney
  • Publication number: 20210189864
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein facilitate operation of well-related tools. In certain embodiments, a variety of data (e.g., downhole data and/or surface data) may be collected to enable optimization of operations related to the well-related tools. In certain embodiments, the collected data may be provided as advisory data (e.g., presented to human operators of the well to inform control actions performed by the human operators) and/or used to facilitate automation of downhole processes and/or surface processes (e.g., which may be automatically performed by a computer implemented surface processing system (e.g., a well control system), without intervention from human operators). In certain embodiments, the systems and methods described herein may enhance downhole operations (e.g., milling operations) by improving the efficiency and utilization of data to enable performance optimization and improved resource controls of the downhole operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Morrison, Sascha Trummer, Luis Silva, Zhanke Liu, Charles Kearney, Jordi Segura Dominguez, Santiago Hassig Fonseca, Pierre Ramondenc
  • Patent number: 10718206
    Abstract: A method for determining a flow distribution of a wellbore during a wellbore treatment comprises disposing an optical fiber into a wellbore, performing a wellbore treatment in the wellbore with the fiber optic in place by flowing a well treatment fluid from the surface and wellbore and into the formation, taking distributed temperature measurements at a time interval with the fiber optic cable during the wellbore treatment operation, and calculating a flow distribution of the wellbore while performing the wellbore treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaowei Weng, Pierre Ramondenc
  • Patent number: 10655442
    Abstract: Methods of performing a stimulation operation at a wellsite are disclosed. The wellsite is positioned about a subterranean formation having a wellbore therethrough and zones thereabout. The method involves establishing at least one objective for stimulating production of reservoir fluid from the subterranean formation and into the wellbore. The stimulating involves placing a stimulating fluid along the zones of the wellbore. The objective is based on wellsite data. The method also involves identifying at least one constraint for the stimulating, determining target distributions of the stimulation fluid based on the objective(s) and the constraint(s), and selecting operational parameters for the stimulating based on the constraint(s) and the target distributions. The method may also involve stimulating the subterranean formation using the target distributions and the operational parameters, monitoring the wellsite during the stimulating, and adjusting the stimulating based on the monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Bruno Lecerf, Pierre Ramondenc, Philippe Michel Jacques Tardy
  • Publication number: 20180073356
    Abstract: A system for managing multiple transmissions over a single fiber optic thread at an oilfield. The system includes surface equipment and a downhole device coupled to the equipment by way of the fiber optic thread. The types of transmissions may be telemetric or even optical power. Additionally, the transmissions may be one-way or two-way in nature between the equipment and the downhole device. Additionally, unique platform layouts may be employed for sake of managing different transmission types in different ways, for example, during coiled tubing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Santiago Hassig Fonseca, Jordi Juan Segura Dominguez, Pierre Ramondenc
  • Publication number: 20170067335
    Abstract: An embodiment for determining a flow distribution of a wellbore during a wellbore treatment comprises disposing an optical fiber into a wellbore, performing a wellbore treatment in the wellbore with the fiber optic in place by flowing a well treatment fluid from the surface and wellbore and into the formation, taking distributed temperature measurements at a time interval with the fiber optic cable during the wellbore treatment operation, and calculating a flow distribution of the wellbore while performing the wellbore treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaowei Weng, Pierre Ramondenc
  • Publication number: 20140182841
    Abstract: Methods of performing a stimulation operation at a wellsite are disclosed. The wellsite is positioned about a subterranean formation having a wellbore therethrough and zones thereabout. The method involves establishing at least one objective for stimulating production of reservoir fluid from the subterranean formation and into the wellbore. The stimulating involves placing a stimulating fluid along the zones of the wellbore. The objective is based on wellsite data. The method also involves identifying at least one constraint for the stimulating, determining target distributions of the stimulation fluid based on the objective(s) and the constraint(s), and selecting operational parameters for the stimulating based on the constraint(s) and the target distributions. The method may also involve stimulating the subterranean formation using the target distributions and the operational parameters, monitoring the wellsite during the stimulating, and adjusting the stimulating based on the monitoring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruno Lecerf, Pierre Ramondenc, Philippe Michel Jacques Tardy