Patents by Inventor Rick Covington

Rick Covington 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: 9732584
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising placing a plurality of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensors in a wellbore composition, placing the wellbore composition in the wellbore, obtaining data from the MEMS sensors using a plurality of data interrogation units spaced along a length of the wellbore, and telemetrically transmitting the data from an interior of the wellbore to an exterior of the wellbore using a conduit positioned in the wellbore. A system, comprising a wellbore extending the earth's surface, a conduit positioned in the wellbore, a wellbore composition positioned in the wellbore, the wellbore composition comprising a plurality of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensors, and a plurality of data interrogation units spaced along a length of the wellbore and adapted to obtain data from the MEMS sensors and telemetrically transmit the data from an interior of the wellbore to an entrance of the wellbore via the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig W. Roddy, Rick Covington, Krishna M. Ravi, Michael Bittar, Clovis Bonavides, Gordon Moake, Batakrishna Mandal, Paul Rodney, William Tapie
  • Publication number: 20110199228
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising placing a plurality of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensors in a wellbore composition, placing the wellbore composition in the wellbore, obtaining data from the MEMS sensors using a plurality of data interrogation units spaced along a length of the wellbore, and telemetrically transmitting the data from an interior of the wellbore to an exterior of the wellbore using a conduit positioned in the wellbore. A system, comprising a wellbore extending the earth's surface, a conduit positioned in the wellbore, a wellbore composition positioned in the wellbore, the wellbore composition comprising a plurality of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensors, and a plurality of data interrogation units spaced along a length of the wellbore and adapted to obtain data from the MEMS sensors and telemetrically transmit the data from an interior of the wellbore to an entrance of the wellbore via the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Craig W. RODDY, Rick Covington, Krishna M. Ravi, Michael Bittar, Clovis Bonavides, Gordon Moake, Batakrishna Mandal, Paul Rodney, William Tapie
  • Publication number: 20110192592
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising placing into a wellbore a first wellbore composition comprising a plurality of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensors having a first identifier, and determining positions in the wellbore of the MEMS sensors having the first identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Craig W. RODDY, Rick Covington, Krishna M. Ravi, Michael Bittar, Gary Frisch, Batakrishna Mandal, Paul Rodney, William Tapie
  • Publication number: 20110192593
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising placing at least one piece of equipment in the wellbore comprising micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensors, wherein the MEMS sensors are disposed in one or more composite or resin portions of the equipment, and gathering wellbore data from the MEMS sensors. A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising placing at least one piece of equipment in the wellbore comprising a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) sensor data interrogation unit, wherein the data interrogation unit is disposed in one or more composite or resin portions of the equipment, and gathering wellbore data from MEMS sensors located in the wellbore via the data interrogation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Craig W. RODDY, Rick Covington, Krishna M. Ravi, Clovis Bonavides, Gary Frisch, Gordon Moake, Batakrishna Mandal, Paul Rodney, William Tapie
  • Publication number: 20110192597
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising placing a plurality of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensors in a wellbore composition, pumping the wellbore composition into the wellbore at a flow rate, determining velocities of the MEMS sensors along a length of the wellbore, and determining an approximate cross-sectional area profile of the wellbore along the length of the wellbore from at least the velocities of the MEMS sensors and the fluid flow rate. A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising placing a plurality of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensors in a wellbore composition, pumping the wellbore composition into the wellbore, determining positions of the MEMS sensors relative to one or more known positions along a length of the wellbore, and determining an approximate cross-sectional area profile of the wellbore along the length of the wellbore from at least the determined positions of the MEMS sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Craig W. RODDY, Rick Covington, Krishna M. Ravi, Clovis Bonavides, Gary Frisch, Batakrishna Mandal
  • Publication number: 20110186290
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising placing a wellbore composition comprising a plurality of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensors in the wellbore, placing a plurality of acoustic sensors in the wellbore, obtaining data from the MEMS sensors and data from the acoustic sensors using a plurality of data interrogation units spaced along a length of the wellbore, and transmitting the data obtained from the MEMS sensors and the acoustic sensors from an interior of the wellbore to an exterior of the wellbore. A method of servicing a wellbore, comprising placing a wellbore composition comprising a plurality of Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) sensors in the wellbore, and obtaining data from the MEMS sensors using a plurality of data interrogation units spaced along a length of the wellbore, wherein one or more of the data interrogation units is powered by a turbo generator or a thermoelectric generator located in the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Craig W. RODDY, Rick Covington, Krishna M. Ravi, Clovis Bonavides, Michael Bittar, Gordon Moake, Batakrishna Mandal