With Indicating, Testing, Measuring Or Locating Patents (Class 166/250.01)
  • Patent number: 11939860
    Abstract: A downhole tool includes a body configured to move in a wellbore formed from a terranean surface to a subterranean formation in a direction downhole of the terranean surface independent of a downhole conveyance attached to the body; one or more sensors positioned in the body, the one or more sensors configured to measure a value associated with at least one of the wellbore or the terranean surface; and at least one mass positioned in the body and configured to adjust an orientation of the body in response to one or more forces acting on the body as the downhole tool moves in the wellbore in the direction downhole of the terranean surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Huseyin Rahmi Seren, Max Deffenbaugh, Mohamed Larbi Zeghlache
  • Patent number: 11939857
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and techniques for monitoring for monitoring and evaluating conditions associated with a wellbore and wellbore operations that use neural operators instead of computationally intensive iterative differential equations. Such systems and techniques allow for determinations to be made as operations associated with a wellbore are performed. Instead of having to wait for computationally intensive tasks to be performed or take risks of proceeding with a wellbore operation without real-time evaluations being performed, these wellbore operations may be continued while determinations are timely made, thus improving operation of computing systems that perform evaluations and that make decisions regarding safely and efficiently performing wellbore operations such as drilling a wellbore, cementing wellbore casings in place, or injecting fluids into formations of the Earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Xusong Wang, Ahmed Elsayed Fouda, Xiang Wu, Christopher Michael Jones, Wei Zhang, Junwen Dai
  • Patent number: 11927087
    Abstract: A system monitors operation of a component in a hydraulic fracturing fleet. A sensor exposed to an external environment of the component is configured to detect external indicia of the operation of the component. Memory stores an artificial intelligence (AI) model, the AI model being trained to monitor the operation of the component in the system. One or more processors are operatively coupled to the memory and the sensor. The one or more processors are configured to obtain data of the external indicia detected with the sensor; input the obtained data into the AI model; detect, with the AI model and based on the input data of the external indicia, one of a plurality of predetermined states corresponding to the operation of the component; and perform a predetermined function based on the detected one of the plurality of predetermined states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Typhon Technology Solutions (U.S.), LLC
    Inventors: Adrian Benjamin Bodishbaugh, Carrie Murtland
  • Patent number: 11913328
    Abstract: A downhole tool includes a choke, a controller, a communication and power element, instrumentation, and a stabilizer. The choke is configured to vary an annular well pressure. The choke includes an expandable element having an expanded position, an expanding position, and an unexpanded position. The controller is connected to the choke and is configured to place the choke in the expanded position, the expanding position, and the unexpanded position. The communication and power element is electronically connected to the controller. Power and instructions are sent to the controller from the communication and power element. The instrumentation is electronically connected to the communication and power element. The instrumentation comprises sensors configured to obtain downhole data and the downhole data is sent to the communication and power element. The stabilizer is configured to centralize the choke within the casing string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Affleck, Krzysztof Karol Machocki
  • Patent number: 11905825
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for hydrocarbon monitoring are provided. An example method (e.g., performed by a monitoring system) includes receiving one or more first downhole measurements including a first speed of sound (SoS) measurement of a flowing fluid at a first location, wherein a pressure of the flowing fluid at the first location is greater than a bubble-point pressure of the flowing fluid; receiving one or more second downhole measurements including a second SoS measurement of the flowing fluid at a second location, wherein a pressure of the flowing fluid at the second location is less than the bubble-point pressure of the flowing fluid and wherein the flowing fluid is a 3-phase fluid mixture at the second location; and calculating one or more phase flow rates of the 3-phase fluid mixture, based on the first SoS measurement, the second SoS measurement, and a measurement of a bulk velocity of the flowing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Omer Haldun Unalmis
  • Patent number: 11906394
    Abstract: There is described a method of locating an area of interest in a conduit, comprising: measuring multiple acoustic signals at multiple locations along the conduit; for each acoustic signal, determining its autocorrelation; and applying a relationship to the determined autocorrelations to estimate a location of the area of interest, wherein the relationship is between autocorrelations of acoustic signals measured in a modelled conduit and modelled areas of interest in the modelled conduit, wherein it is assumed that acoustic signals propagating along the modelled conduit reflect from at least one point in the modelled conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HIFI ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventors: Arne Dankers, Seyed Ehsan Jalilian
  • Patent number: 11905817
    Abstract: A method may include obtaining reservoir data for a geological region of interest. The method may further include obtaining production data regarding one or more wells coupled to the geological region of interest. The method may further include obtaining carbon emission data for the one or more wells. The method may further include determining predicted carbon emission data and predicted production data using a machine-learning model. The method may further include determining one or more stimulation parameters for a stimulation operation based on the predicted carbon emission data and the predicted production data. The method may further include transmitting a command to a control system coupled to an injection well. The command adjusts an amount of carbon dioxide that is supplied to the injection well based on the one or more stimulation parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Klemens Katterbauer, Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim, Alberto F. Marsala, Sara Abu Alsaud, Ali Abdallah AlYousif
  • Patent number: 11899005
    Abstract: A divisible device and a method for sand production and sand control experiment for natural gas hydrate exploitation. The experimental device includes a reactor system, a feeding system, a separation and measurement system, a water-bath jacket system, a support and safety system, and a software recording and analyzing system. In the reactor system, the reactor units can be combined in different ways depending on the experimental conditions and purposes. The reactor units include: left/right reactor units, secondary reactor units, central reactor units, and caps. The combination of a left/right reactor unit with a cap gives a hydrate formation reactor without sand control screens. Combining the left/right reactor unit, secondary left/right reactor units and central reactor units with other accessories allows the reactor system to carry out the simulation experiments with either zero, one, or two view zones, and with either one or two wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xiaosen Li, Yi Wang, Zhaoyang Chen, Zhiming Xia, Gang Li, Yu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11859449
    Abstract: A downhole sub has a body defined by a wall extending in an axial direction from a first end to a second end. An inner surface of the wall defines a flow path through the downhole sub and an outer surface of the wall defines an outer diameter of the downhole sub. A compartment extends from the outer surface into the wall to having a depth less than a thickness of the wall. A housing may be removably fixed in the compartment. One or more mobile devices may be disposed in the housing. Each of the one or more mobile devices includes a sensor encapsulated in a protective material. A control element may block an opening of the housing, the control element is made of a dissolvable material configured to dissolve at a predetermined depth in a wellbore and release the one or more mobile devices into the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Bodong Li, Jianhui Xu, Abrar Alshaikh, Chinthaka P. Gooneratne, Guodong Zhan
  • Patent number: 11846146
    Abstract: A power tong includes a lower tong and an upper tong, each with multiple grippers distributed around a tubular passage, for gripping a lower tubular and ripping an upper tubular respectively. A torque actuator includes a first hydraulic drive and a second hydraulic drive, for rotating the upper tong relative to the lower tong. The first hydraulic drive and the second hydraulic drive each have a drive shaft that supports a guide wheel for cooperating with a guide track, and a pinion for cooperating with a rack, which guide wheel and pinion are concentrically, mounted on the drive shaft of the hydraulic drive. The hydraulic drives are mounted with the drive shafts parallel to the main axis, and the upper tong or the lower tong comprises a guide track receiving the guide wheel and a rack cooperating with the pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ITREC B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Dirk Melis Van Duivendijk, Joop Roodenburg
  • Patent number: 11846180
    Abstract: A downhole monitoring system for continuously measuring in real-time a fluid produced from a reservoir includes a tubing extending into a wellbore, spaced apart packers forming annular seals between the tubing and a wall of the wellbore, isolated compartments formed between the spaced apart packers, each compartment having an opening in the tubing to allow fluid communication from the reservoir to surface equipment, and an ultraviolet spectrometer installed in each compartment. The ultraviolet spectrometer includes an ultra-violet source that excites diamondoids, a photomultiplier to quantify the excited diamondoids, and an electronic circuit that digitizes a response from the photomultiplier and sends the response to the surface of the wellbore. Additionally, a method includes continuously monitoring and in real-time a fluid produced from a reservoir and determining reservoir connectivity and reservoir profiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdulaziz S. Al-Qasim, Yuguo Wang, Mohamed Nabil Noui-Mehidi
  • Patent number: 11795793
    Abstract: Systems, computer-readable media, and methods for valuating measurement data, of which the method includes obtaining a first model of a subsurface volume, determining a baseline control parameter based on the first model, receiving new measurement data measured using a data collection device, the new measurement data representing one or more characteristics of the subsurface volume, and obtaining a second model of the subsurface volume based in part on the new measurement data. The first model is not based on the new measurement data. Further, the method includes determining an enhanced control parameter based on the second model, determining an enhanced value corresponding to the second model using the enhanced control parameter, determining a realized value corresponding to the second model using the baseline control parameter, and calculating a value of the new measurement data by comparing the enhanced value and the realized value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: William Bailey, Dzevat Omeragic
  • Patent number: 11753323
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an in-situ method for removing sulfates. The method comprises delivering at least one low molecular weight organic compound (LMWOC) to soil or groundwater to attain a concentration of the LMWOC of 750-3000 mg/L, such as 1000-2000 mg/L, or about 1500 mg/L, especially whereby sulfate is reduced to below 250 mg/L in the soil or groundwater. The method may further comprise contacting the soil or groundwater with an oxidizer, such as hydrogen peroxide, whereby the concentration of metals or metalloids is reduced in the soil or groundwater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: COMMERCIAL LIABILITY PARTNERS, LLC
    Inventors: Ronald DuWayne Froh, Jesse Ronald Froh, Nizette Consolazio, Eric R. Calderón-Ortiz, Alexander Krichevsky
  • Patent number: 11753928
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for a bottom hole assembly that comprises a housing and a caliper arm. The caliper arm is pivotally coupled to the housing at a hinge disposed within the housing, wherein the caliper arm is operable to rotate about the hinge between a first position within the housing and a second position external to the housing. The bottom hole assembly further comprises a linear actuator coupled to the caliper arm and operable to extend the caliper arm to the second position, wherein the caliper arm is biased to remain in the second position in contact with a borehole wall. The bottom hole assembly further comprises a sensor disposed within the housing and operable to monitor a position of the caliper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Breaux, Michael Dewayne Finke, John R. Hardin
  • Patent number: 11739252
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition and a method for mitigating formation or activity of a corrosion-associated biofilm on metal surfaces of pipelines. The pipelines are first treated with pigs i.e. bi-di pigs for removing/disturbing biofilm, followed by microbial treatment i.e. application of microbecidal composition. The microbecidal composition comprising at least one alcohol, one corrosion inhibitor, one surfactant, one biocide and a lignin-based nanoparticle. The lignin-based nano particle is functionalized with amine functionalizing agent. The present composition and method is eco-friendly, as low concentration is sufficient and further, regular dosing is not required for MIC control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Indian Oil Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Manoj Kumar, Qazi Mohammad Amir, Prakash Chandra Sahoo, Suresh Kumar Puri, Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar
  • Patent number: 11732569
    Abstract: A method for performing a maintenance operation of a well in an oil/gas field. The method includes identifying an extent of corrosion deposit of the well, predicting, using a descaling model of the oil/gas field and based on the extent of corrosion deposit, expected descaling metal loss in a tubular of the well, calculating, based on the expected descaling metal loss, a tubular burst/collapse pressure for a predicted thickness of the tubular, comparing the tubular burst/collapse pressure against a well operating pressure to generate a comparison result, and performing the maintenance operation of the well based on the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Fuad A. AlSultan, Abdulrahman T. Mishkhes
  • Patent number: 11725648
    Abstract: A water transfer monitoring system includes a meter skid to monitor water flow at a first location along the water transfer line, the meter skid having one or more meter skid sensors to detect and collect data associated with water flow at the first location; a control panel skid configured to receive and implement commands along a water transfer line, the control panel skid having a controller in communication with the one or more meter skid sensors, the controller to implement commands based on data received from the one or more meter skid sensors; the meter skid and the control panel skid are portable and re-usable; and data from the one or more meter skid sensors and the controller is transmitted to a remote data services for operator monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Harry Joseph Browne
  • Patent number: 11725481
    Abstract: A mandrel in production tubing within a well has a side pocket with an inlet port for connection to an upper control line segment that extends upward alongside the production tubing. An outlet port is below the inlet port for connection to a lower control line segment extending below the pocket. A filter assembly is lowered through the production tubing into the pocket. A valve at a lower end of the pocket is movable from a closed position closing the outlet port to an open position opening the outlet port. A probe mounted to a lower end of the filter assembly engages and pushes the valve from the closed position to the open position while the filter assembly is being seated in the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Yuh Loh, Zhi Yong He, Tony Rocco Hepp
  • Patent number: 11694006
    Abstract: A method for enhanced oil recovery may comprise inputting into a computer system data related to properties of a hydrocarbon reservoir and depletion of the hydrocarbon reservoir; calculating, with the computer system, a current oil saturation and a current gas saturation of the hydrocarbon reservoir based on the data; determining, with the computer system, that the current reservoir pressure is less than a bubble point pressure based on the data; calculating, with the computer system, a time to repressure the hydrocarbon reservoir by waterflooding based on the data; comparing, with the computer system, the data related to properties of the hydrocarbon reservoir to oil recovery screening criteria; selecting a flooding technique from a plurality of flooding techniques, with the computer system, based on satisfying the oil recovery screening criteria with the data related to properties of the hydrocarbon reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
    Inventors: Ganesh C. Thakur, Sriram Balasubramanian, Ahmed M. Alzahabi, Sushanta Bose
  • Patent number: 11692858
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for hydrocarbon monitoring are provided. A method that may be performed by a flowmeter or monitoring system includes receiving downhole measurements of a flowing fluid from a flowmeter; determining a standard phase fraction of the flowing fluid based on the downhole measurements from the flowmeter; receiving surface measurements of the flowing fluid; determining a surface phase fraction of the flowing fluid based on the surface measurements; comparing the standard phase fraction to the surface phase fraction; based on the comparison being greater than a predetermined threshold, using the surface measurements as a reference to adjust a speed of sound (SoS) of a first phase until a target value is achieved; and receiving additional downhole measurements of the flowing fluid from the flowmeter, wherein the flowmeter is operating using the adjusted SoS of the first phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Omer Haldun Unalmis
  • Patent number: 11687103
    Abstract: A method of controlling an output relay of a chemical controller is disclosed. The output relay is coupled to a pump configured to introduce at least one chemical into the aquatic application. The chemical controller controls the operation of the pump using the output relay. The method includes the step of utilizing a watchdog timer circuit to determine that a processor has failed to send a reset signal to the watchdog timer circuit before a timer of the watchdog timer circuit reaches zero. The method further includes the step of outputting a processor fault signal from the watchdog timer circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: PENTAIR WATER POOL AND SPA, INC.
    Inventors: Keith Lewis, Greg Lyons
  • Patent number: 11661809
    Abstract: A downhole tool system includes an electrical submersible pump (ESP) assembly configured to couple to a downhole conveyance that includes a production fluid flow path for a production fluid from a subterranean formation; and a logging sub-assembly directly coupled to a downhole end of the ESP assembly and including a length of logging cable spoolable off a cable spool of the logging sub-assembly within a wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Chidirim Enoch Ejim, Brian A. Roth
  • Patent number: 11661838
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for determining cement barrier quality of a cementing process. Systems and methods are provided for receiving data from a distributed acoustic sensing fiber optic line positioned proximate to cement barrier of a wellbore, determining at least one zonal isolation in the cement barrier based on the data received from the distributed acoustic sensing fiber optic line, and compiling a cement bond log based on the determining of the at least one zonal isolation in the cement barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Paul Bir Singh, Mikko Jaaskelainen, John L. Maida, Krishna Babu Yerubandi
  • Patent number: 11662050
    Abstract: An inline inspection vehicle includes an auto-adjustable, self-adaptive structure. The inline inspection vehicle includes a plurality of self-adjustable carrier racks carrying inspection device carts with positioning rollers, and self-adaptive driving turbine wheels at a front part and a back end for auto-adjustable driving speeds. The inline inspection vehicle also includes intelligent self-control mechanisms implemented using self-adaptive schema and algorithms for a finite set of control states to integrate the adaptive controller and actuators. Furthermore, it may conduct virtual pressure tests by carrying intelligent inline data acquisition devices to converge the Pipeline Integrity Management with SCADA monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Shuyong Paul Du
  • Patent number: 11643913
    Abstract: System and methods for simulating fluid flow during downhole operations are provided. Measurements of an operating variable at one or more locations within a formation are obtained from a downhole tool disposed in a wellbore within the formation during a current stage of a downhole operation being performed along the wellbore. The obtained measurements are applied as inputs to a hybrid model of the formation. The hybrid model includes physics-based and machine learning models that are coupled together within a simulation grid. Fluid flow within the formation is simulated, based on the inputs applied to the hybrid model. A response of the operating variable is estimated for a subsequent stage of the downhole operation along the wellbore, based on the simulation. Flow control parameters for the subsequent stage are determined based on the estimated response. The subsequent stage of the operation is performed according to the determined flow control parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Srinath Madasu, Keshava Prasad Rangarajan
  • Patent number: 11634250
    Abstract: A multi-vessel reservoir assembly is provided. The multi-vessel reservoir assembly comprises a first fluid vessel, a second fluid vessel, and at least one linkage positioned between the first and second fluid vessels. The at least one linkage serves to maintain the first and second fluid vessels in fixed and spaced-apart relationship relative to one another. The first and second fluid vessels are independent and separately operable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ABC TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Richard Allan
  • Patent number: 11629583
    Abstract: Systems and methods for exchanging fracturing components of a hydraulic fracturing unit and may include an exchangeable fracturing component section to facilitate quickly exchanging a fracturing component of a hydraulic fracturing unit. The fracturing component section may include a section frame including a base, and a fracturing component connected to the base. The fracturing component section also may include a component electrical assembly and a component fluid assembly connected to the section frame. The fracturing component section further may include a coupling plate connected to the section frame. The fracturing component section also may include one or more of a plurality of quick-connect electrical couplers or a plurality of quick-connect fluid couplers connected to a coupling plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Joseph Foster
  • Patent number: 11627683
    Abstract: Embodiments of an enclosure assembly to enhance cooling of a hydraulic fracturing direct drive unit (DDU) during operation are included. The enclosure assembly may include an enclosure body extending at least partially around an enclosure space to house the DDU for driving a fluid pump. The enclosure assembly may include one or more heat exchanger assemblies connected to the enclosure body for cooling a process fluid associated with one or more of the DDU and the fluid pump, and which may be configured to draw air into the enclosure space from and external environment, toward one or more radiator assemblies to cool the process fluid, and along an airflow path through the enclosure space. One or more outlet fan assemblies may be operative to discharge air from the enclosure space to the external environment to maintain a desired temperature of the enclosure space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Guillermo Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11619129
    Abstract: Various apparatus or methods are arranged to determine a first isotope ratio of an effluent drilling fluid, wherein the effluent drilling fluid is a drilling fluid after the drilling fluid has interacted with a plasma discharge produced via one or more electrodes of a drill bit of a pulsed power drill string disposed in a borehole. A second isotope ratio is estimated based on the first isotope ratio and a downhole reaction generated by the plasma discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Mathew Dennis Rowe
  • Patent number: 11619115
    Abstract: System and methods of controlling fluid flow during reservoir stimulation treatments are provided. A flow distribution of treatment fluid injected into formation entry points along a wellbore path is monitored during a current stage of a multistage stimulation treatment. Upon determining that the monitored flow distribution meets a threshold, a remainder of the current stage is partitioned into a plurality of treatment cycles and at least one diversion phase for diverting the fluid to be injected away from one or more formation entry points between consecutive treatment cycles. A portion of the fluid to be injected into the formation entry points is allocated to each of the treatment cycles of the partitioned stage. The treatment cycles are performed for the remainder of the current stage using the treatment fluid allocated to each treatment cycle, wherein the flow distribution is adjusted so as not to meet the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Lane Camp, Tyler Austen Anderson, Aaron Gene Russell, Srinath Madasu, Karan Dhuldhoya, Ubong Inyang
  • Patent number: 11613988
    Abstract: The present invention considers bringing a mobile unit closer to the site of interest and conduct the quantification of the tracers by performing the detection methods in situ and in real time at the wellhead, and that can be moved to the site on numerous occasions for the preparation of results during the test where the quantification of tracers is necessary, helping to speed up and reduce times that, until now, have not been achieved with stationary laboratories and that depending on the laboratory can last up to three months providing results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETROLEO
    Inventors: Jetzabeth Ramirez Sabag, Jose Francisco Trejo Reyes
  • Patent number: 11609196
    Abstract: A subsurface monitoring system and method is provided for measuring a rate of change in an amount of a reactive material within a subsurface formation using measurements of thermal parameters at one or more positions within the subsurface without the need for background correction which may lead erroneous calculations and require additional monitoring equipment. The measured thermal parameters may be used to determine the heat generated by the degradation of the reactive material. The method may include measuring a first temperature near the surface of a subsurface region and a second temperature further from the surface. In some instances, an estimated location of a planar subsurface heat source/sink due to exothermic degradation reactions within the subsurface may be selected. With the derived thermal parameters and the estimated location of the subsurface heat source/sink, change rates for the reactive materials in the subsurface region may be determined or estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Thomas C. Sale, Kayvan Karimi Askarani
  • Patent number: 11578585
    Abstract: A wellbore tool includes a body having a longitudinal axis and an outer circumferential surface. The wellbore tool includes moveable arms, housings, actuators, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, and a heat source, such as a microwave source. Each moveable arm is coupled to a respective actuator and a respective housing. Each actuator is configured to move the respective moveable arm. The temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature of the subterranean formation. The pressure sensor is configured to measure a pressure of the subterranean formation. The microwave source is configured to generate microwave radiation. Methods of analyzing acquired transient temperature and transient pressure data for formation evaluation are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mustafa A. Al-Huwaider, Shouxiang Mark Ma
  • Patent number: 11566503
    Abstract: The systems and method described in this specification relate to a method for determining a residual oil saturation of a reservoir. The method includes obtaining a plurality of rock samples from the reservoir; determining a permeability of each of the rock samples; measuring a fluid viscosity of oil in the reservoir; estimating a location-specific permeability of the reservoir across the reservoir based on the permeability of each of the rock samples; determining a location-specific displacing velocity of the reservoir based on a function of the location-specific permeability and the fluid viscosity of the oil; determining the residual oil saturation of the reservoir based on the location-specific displacing velocity using Franklin's equation; and predicting a recovery of the oil from the reservoir using the residual oil saturation in a computational model of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hassan Mohammed Alhussain, Noor A. Saif
  • Patent number: 11566520
    Abstract: A tubular string formed by one or more tubulars with a central flow passage for an internal fluid therethrough and an external surface. The tubular having a wall thickness defined between external surface and the central flow passage and at least one sensor port disposed along a longitudinal length of the tubular. At least one sensor includes a main body and=nipple extending from the main body and inserted into the sensor port of the tubular. The nipple extends through the wall thickness sufficient to detect a property of an internal fluid within the central flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES
    Inventors: Clint Adam Brown, Suzi Marie Marcuccio, Michael Linley Fripp, Thomas Jules Frosell
  • Patent number: 11549347
    Abstract: A system for use in hydraulic fracturing of at least one reservoir. The system including at least one pump for injecting a friction modifier into a wellbore, at least one friction modifier controller for controlling an amount of friction modifier channeled through at least one well bore, and at least one injector. The friction modifier controller is configured to monitor at least one of a fluid flow rate and pressure associated with each wellbore, compare the at least one of the fluid flow rate and the pressure with at least one of a desired flow rate and desired pressure, and adjust a friction modifier level for at least one wellbore based on results of the comparison. The injector is configured to control the pump to deliver an amount of a friction modifier into the wellbore based on the friction modifier level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Holiman Hunter, Stanley V. Stephenson, Ubong Akpan Inyang
  • Patent number: 11542811
    Abstract: A computer system and method for analyzing effectiveness of applied treatments or characterizing landing zones. The method includes, for respective one or more wells, receive production data, determining oil, gas, and/or water production data from the production data, determining an effective fluid production time for production of the oil and/or gas, combining the oil, gas, and/or water production data per to obtain a fluid production per time interval, calculate a fluid production rate per time interval as a function of the effective fluid production time and the fluid production of the time interval, and normalize the fluid production rate per time interval using a normalization factor that is available in the production data received. The method further includes analyzing effectiveness of treatments applied to one of the wells using the well's normalized fluid production rate associated with the plurality of time intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Pablo Esteban Johanis, Jose Rafael Vielma, Santiago Miguel Casala
  • Patent number: 11536121
    Abstract: A method for producing a well includes receiving production information associated with wells within a field; deriving a field specific model from the production information; receiving production information associated with the well; projecting production changes associated with installing artificial lift at the well at a projected date, the projecting using a production analysis engine applied to the field specific model, the projecting including determining a set of artificial lift parameters; and installing the artificial lift at the well in accordance with the artificial lift parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: DataInfoCom USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Atanu Basu, Daniel Mohan, Chun Wang, Frederick Venter
  • Patent number: 11512568
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure generally relate to monitoring, evaluating, and controlling fracture geometry during a hydraulic fracturing operation, in real time. A method comprises measuring a signal representing a condition in a wellbore; inputting the signal into a model for estimating a dimension of a dominant fracture; determining the dimension of the dominant fracture; determining a target dimension for the dominant fracture; and minimizing a difference between the dimension of the dominant fracture and the target dimension in real time, by adjusting at least an injection pressure or flow rate of a hydraulic fracturing fluid into the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dinesh Ananda Shetty, Xusong Wang, Xiang Wu, Srividhya Sridhar
  • Patent number: 11512570
    Abstract: Systems and methods for exchanging fracturing components of a hydraulic fracturing unit and may include an exchangeable fracturing component section to facilitate quickly exchanging a fracturing component of a hydraulic fracturing unit. The fracturing component section may include a section frame including a base, and a fracturing component connected to the base. The fracturing component section also may include a component electrical assembly and a component fluid assembly connected to the section frame. The fracturing component section further may include a coupling plate connected to the section frame. The fracturing component section also may include one or more of a plurality of quick-connect electrical couplers or a plurality of quick-connect fluid couplers connected to a coupling plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BJ Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Tony Yeung, Ricardo Rodriguez-Ramon, Joseph Foster
  • Patent number: 11486246
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a well system environment communication system comprising of an acoustic communicator capable of communicating encoded data with a first wireless transceiver through a fluid medium and the first wireless transceiver capable of communicating encoded data with a second transceiver through a non-fluid medium. In one example, an acoustic communicator is communicatively coupled with a downhole tool allowing the downhole tool to communicate indirectly with a well system controller. In another aspect of the disclosure, a method is described wherein an acoustic communicator located in a wellbore can encode data from a downhole tool and communicate the data through a fluid medium to a first wireless transceiver and the first wireless transceiver can communicate with a second transceiver through a non-fluid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Thomas Jules Frosell, Richard Decena Ornelaz, Donald Kyle
  • Patent number: 11466554
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to managing and improving a drilling and completions process at a hydrocarbon extraction site, and to optimizing resource allocation at a hydrocarbon extraction site/region. In one scenario, a computer system accesses data generated by hardware sensors implemented by drilling and completion equipment at a hydrocarbon extraction site. The computer system formats the sensor data into a form readable by a data mining algorithm, and mines the formatted sensor data to identify characteristics related to the drilling and completion process. The computer system also accesses and integrates historical data related to the drilling and completion equipment at the hydrocarbon extraction site. The computer system then computes drilling and completion performance indicators that identify inefficiencies based on the characteristics identified for the equipment and based on the accessed historical data. Then, a remediation step is performed to resolve the identified inefficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: QRI GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Karimi Vajargah, David Castineira, Zheren Ma, Cedric Gael Fraces Gasmi, Hamed Darabi
  • Patent number: 11459862
    Abstract: Fluid is produced from a well that is equipped with a plunger lift system. The plunger lift system includes a plunger that is inserted into production tubing that is installed in the well. Liquid from a surrounding formation accumulates on top of the plunger. The liquid accumulation on the plunger is monitored. Lift gas is injected into the production tubing below the plunger to lift the plunger and accumulated liquid to surface. A wellhead assembly at surface directs the accumulated liquid away from the well, and injection of the lift gas is suspended to allow the plunger to drop back to its initial position. The timing of the lift gas injection is based on monitoring liquid accumulation, and also to maximize production from the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SILVERWELL TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventor: Peter John Watson
  • Patent number: 11459878
    Abstract: Described herein is a method and techniques for subsurface monitoring. The system includes a downhole including a casting with a lumen, a wireless power transmitter within the casting, a micro-sensor cement mixture including a plurality of micro-sensors mixed with a cement, the micro-sensor cement mixture on a surface of the casting opposite from the lumen, a relay system including a plurality of relays, each of the plurality of relays including a charging component and a surface receiver. The wireless power transmitter configured to transmit a wireless power signal. At least one micro-sensor of the plurality of micro-sensors is configured to receive the wireless power signal, sense at least one attribute, and transmit a sensed signal. A series of relays are configured to receive the sensed signal and re-transmit the sensed signal and a surface receiver is configured to receive the sensed signal at a third time after the second time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Ashwin Pasumarti, Joel Sminchak, Mark Moody
  • Patent number: 11448066
    Abstract: A well system includes a fiber optic cable positionable downhole along a length of a wellbore. The well system also includes a reflectometer communicatively coupleable to the fiber optic cable. The reflectometer injects optical signals into the fiber optic cable and receives reflected optical signals from the fiber optic cable. Further, the reflectometer identifies strain detected in the reflected optical signals generated from seismic waves of a microseismic event. Additionally, the reflectometer identifies a focal mechanism of the microseismic event and velocities of the seismic waves. The reflectometer also determines a position of the microseismic event using the strain detected in the reflected optical signals, the focal mechanism of the microseismic event, and the velocities of the seismic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandar Jeremic, Henry Clifford Bland, Timur Mukhtarov
  • Patent number: 11451059
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to mitigate flaring of natural gas. A natural gas processing system may process raw natural gas into a fuel gas stream that may be used to power any number of on-site power generation modules. In turn, the power generation modules may convert the fuel gas stream into an electrical output, which may be employed to power any number of distributed computing units housed within one or more mobile data centers. In certain embodiments, the distributed computing units may be adapted to mine cryptocurrency or perform other distributed computing tasks to generate revenue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: CRUSOE ENERGY SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Charles Cavness, Chase Lochmiller, Kenneth Parker
  • Patent number: 11435335
    Abstract: An exploration method starts from cuttings associated with sampling intervals and well data for a well in a subsurface formation. The cuttings are prepared and analyzed to extract textural and chemical/mineralogical data for plural fragments in each sample that is made of the cuttings in one sampling interval. The method then includes matching lithotypes of rock defined according to the textural and chemical/mineralogical data for each fragment with segments of the well data in the corresponding sampling interval to obtain correspondences between the lithotypes and depth ranges. The correspondences between the lithotypes and the depth ranges may be used as constraints for seismic data inversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CGG SERVICES SAS
    Inventors: Chi Vinh Ly, Ross Taylor
  • Patent number: 11428670
    Abstract: Provided is a method for inspecting at least a portion of a downhole conveyance device. The method, in one embodiment, includes providing a downhole conveyance device, and providing an ultrasonic defect inspection system adjacent the downhole conveyance device. The method, in this embodiment, further includes detecting defects in the downhole conveyance device using the ultrasonic defect inspection system, wherein the detecting includes transmitting ultrasonic waves from the ultrasonic defect inspection system toward the downhole conveyance device, and obtaining defect data by sensing disruptions in the reflected ultrasonic waves caused by defects in the downhole conveyance device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan D. Powell, Anthony Phan
  • Patent number: 11422999
    Abstract: A method includes creating a digital description of the well construction system, wherein the digital description of the well construction system describes the locational relationship of components in the well construction system, collecting multiple types of data from a well construction system, and tagging the collected data with an identification indicating at least one of a location of a source of collected data and a component in the well construction system from which the data is collected. The multiple types of data include sensor data collected from one or more sensors disposed along the well construction system and operational state data indicating an on/off status of one or more components in the well construction system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shunfeng Zheng, Benjamin Peter Jeffryes
  • Patent number: 11408262
    Abstract: A mobile fracking pump trailer 100 includes a gas turbine engine 102 and fracking pump 104, and torque converter 114 that fluidly couples the gas turbine engine 102 to the fracking pump 104. The mobile fracking pump trailer 100 further includes a first reduction gearing 118 connected between the gas turbine engine 102 and the torque converter 114 and a first power takeoff 120 connected to first reduction gearing 118. An electrical machine 128 is connected to the first power takeoff 120 for selectively starting the gas turbine engine 102 and generating electrical power to power the mobile fracking pump trailer 100 after the gas turbine engine 102 has been started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: SPM Oil & Gas Inc., Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Udo Reckels, Dalia El Tawy, Wesley P. Clark, Charles Benjamin Shuck, Bryan C. Wagner