Patents Assigned to BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS
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Patent number: 11906058Abstract: A rotary valve including a port housing, a port, an axially actuated rotary sleeve disposed within the port housing, the sleeve having a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with the port; and an insert disposed within the sleeve, the insert having an opening, the sleeve being rotatable to align one of the plurality of apertures with the opening. A rotary valve including a port housing, having a port, an axially actuated rotary sleeve disposed within the port housing, the sleeve having an aperture; and an insert disposed within the sleeve, the insert having a plurality of openings of distinct size from one another, the aperture of the sleeve being selectively alignable with one of the plurality of openings.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Hai Hoang Nguyen, Michael Andrew Palmer
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Patent number: 11905459Abstract: Halite scales in an oilfield brine that has a potential for halite scaling can have halite scale formation inhibited or prevented by adding an effective amount of an additive, where the additive contains at least one non-water-soluble quaternary ammonium compound and at least one organic solvent. The quaternary ammonium compound may be benzyl-alkyldimethyl ammonium chloride, where the alkyl group has from 2 to 30 carbon atoms. The organic solvent may be one or more alcohol or glycol.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Dong Shen, Haiping Lu, Daniel Philip Bestgen, Kung-Po Chao, Joseph Penkala
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Patent number: 11904273Abstract: A method for capturing carbon from a source of volatile pollutants includes the steps of capturing a mixture of volatile pollutants and air from the source of volatile pollutants, transporting the volatile pollutant-air mixture to an oxidizer module, converting the volatile pollutants into carbon dioxide within the oxidizer module, transporting the carbon dioxide from the oxidizer module to a contactor, loading the carbon dioxide onto sorbents within the contactor, and separating the carbon dioxide from the loaded sorbents to produce a concentrated carbon dioxide product stream. The step of separating the carbon dioxide from the loaded sorbents may optionally include the steps of passing the loaded sorbents to the oxidizer module, and then heating the loaded sorbents in the oxidizer module with the combustion of the mixture of volatile pollutants and air within the oxidizer module to produce the concentrated carbon dioxide product stream while regenerating the sorbents.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Jeremy Van Dam, Robert Krumm, Melissa Allin
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Patent number: 11910144Abstract: A system including a work string and an acoustic device for sensing or transmitting an acoustic signal at least partially traveling through a borehole fluid within a wellbore and a method of operation. The acoustic device includes a compensation fluid, an acoustic transducer at least partially disposed in the compensation fluid and configured to sense the acoustic signal, and a metallic cover that separates the compensation fluid from the borehole fluid and configured to deform in response to a pressure difference between the borehole fluid and the compensation fluid. The acoustic device is conveyed into the wellbore and an electric signal is sent or received with the processor to or from the acoustic transducer.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Necmi Unsal, Tobias Colista
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Publication number: 20240052715Abstract: An asymmetric release configuration including a projection, a recess receptive to the projection the recess having a first shoulder that when brought into contact with the projection in a first direction loads the projection in a first way that results in a first release threshold, and a second shoulder that when brought into contact with the projection in a second direction loads the projection in a second way that results in a second release threshold, the second release threshold being different than the first release threshold. A method for operating a borehole including running a configuration into a borehole to a target depth, resisting a load on the configuration in a first direction to a first release threshold, and resisting a load in another direction to a second release threshold different than the first release threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Ryan Faul, Marcelle H. Hedrick, Jonathan Hanson
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Patent number: 11898423Abstract: A hanger system including an expandable liner, an expandable first slip subsystem disposed about the liner, an expandable second slip subsystem disposed about the liner, a seal disposed about the liner and between the first slip subsystem and the second slip subsystem, and an expandable lock ring disposed about the liner and against one of the first slip subsystem or the second slip subsystem. A method for lining a borehole including running a liner system into a borehole, landing the liner system in a liner hanger, expanding the first slip subsystem simultaneously with a portion of the liner, expanding the second slip subsystem simultaneously with another portion of the liner, and sealing the liner to the liner hanger between the first slip subsystem and the second slip subsystem with the seal. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a casing in the borehole, and a liner system.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONSInventors: Jeffrey Williams, Andy Tom, Matthew Krueger
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Patent number: 11898106Abstract: It has been discovered that solid contaminants in a mixture of a hydrocarbon phase and an aqueous phase may be retained in the hydrocarbon phase by introducing to the mixture an effective amount of an oil-wetting additive to retain at least a portion of the solid contaminants in the hydrocarbon phase as contrasted with an aqueous phase. The oil-wetting additive can be a surface-active additive including, but is not necessarily limited to, drilling fluid additives, surfactants, antifoulants, nanoparticles and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Brandon Vittur, Carl E. Weaver, Tran M. Nguyen, Lirio Quintero, Leonardo Franca, Jerry J. Weers, Joseph Arensdorf
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Patent number: 11897147Abstract: Examples described herein provide a system that includes a pallet. The pallet includes a base and a support member extending from the base. The support member is configured to support another pallet upwardly adjacent to and spaced from goods on the pallet. The support member is configured with an indexing feature. The system further includes a robot including a pallet engaging member configured to engage the pallet at the indexing feature on the support member. The system further includes a control system to control the robot based on a task.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Reza Ettehadi Osgouei, Eliah Everhard, Charles Thompson, Mehrdad Gharib Shirangi, Jason Norman
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Patent number: 11897767Abstract: A method for producing fluorinated boron nitride involves heating a reactor chamber, providing boron nitride in the reactor chamber, flowing fluorine and an inert gas through the reactor chamber, and exposing the boron nitride to the flowing gases and the heat. The method may include boron nitride that is exfoliated or non-exfoliated. The fluorinated boron nitride that is produced from this method may have a hexagonal crystal structure or a cubic crystal structure. The method may additionally comprise removing the fluorinated boron nitride from the reactor chamber and mixing it with a surfactant. A suspension may comprise particles of fluorinated boron nitride suspended in a fluid, which may be polar or non-polar, and may additionally include a surfactant. The fluorinated boron nitride may have a hexagonal or a cubic crystal structure. Furthermore, the boron nitride may be exfoliated or non-exfoliated.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: William Marsh Rice University, Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Valery N. Khabashesku, Ashok Kumar Meiyazhagan, Pulickel M. Ajayan
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Patent number: 11901143Abstract: A magnetic switching arrangement including a first contact, a second contact, at least one of the first and second contacts including a magnetically responsive material, a biaser operably connected to one of the first and second contacts and biasing the one of the first and second contact into electrical connection with the other of the first and second contacts such that a closed circuit is achieved in the absence of an external force preventing closure of the first and second contacts, and a disconnector maintaining the first and second contacts spaced from one another, preventing formation of a circuit. A method for operating a tool including applying or removing a magnetic field configuration and causing a first and second contact within the tool to make electrical contact. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, and disposed in the borehole.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Sean Yakeley
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Patent number: 11899036Abstract: Methods for determining properties of a media on an exterior of a casing in downhole systems are described. The methods include conveying a logging tool through a casing in a downhole formation, stimulating shear waves and flexural waves in the casing, obtaining a shear attenuation rate measurement and a flexural attenuation rate measurement within the casing responsive to the media on the exterior of the casing, comparing the measured shear attenuation rate and the measured flexural attenuation rate against a plurality of respective division boundary values, and determining one or more properties of the media on the exterior of the casing based on the comparison of the measured shear attenuation rate and the measured flexural attenuation rate against the plurality of respective interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Sebastien Kamgang, John F. Priest, Douglas Patterson, Joseph Olaiya, Baoyan Li, Muhammad Abrar Manzar
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Patent number: 11898093Abstract: Methods can include introducing a cleaning fluid into a near-wellbore zone of an injection well penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the cleaning fluid includes: 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % of a surfactant blend comprising an alkoxy carbonate surfactant and an internal olefin sulfonate surfactant; salt water having a total dissolved solids (TDS) of about 15,000 mg/L or greater; and 0 wt % to about 0.05 wt % of an organic acid; and dispersing a hydrocarbon from the near-wellbore zone in the cleaning fluid. Compositions for cleaning a near-wellbore zone of a subterranean formation can include 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % of a surfactant blend comprising an alkoxy carbonate surfactant and an internal olefin sulfonate surfactant; salt water having a total dissolved solids (TDS) of about 15,000 mg/L or greater; and 0 wt % to about 0.05 wt % of an organic acid.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Lirio Quintero, Jeffrey A. Russek
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Patent number: 11897860Abstract: A method for direct synthesis of cyclic carbonates is achieved by reacting at least one epoxide with carbon dioxide in the presence of a choline catalyst, such as choline chloride, under mild conditions such as a temperature between about 25° C. to 150° C. and a pressure of from about atmospheric to 75 psi (0.52 MPa), in a cyclic carbonate solvent. The choline catalyst may be the only catalyst used, and a co-catalyst or hydrogen bond donor is not necessary. The concentration of choline catalyst in the solvent ranges from about 0.5 mol % to about 10 mol %, based on the epoxide.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Analette Carrasco, Jerry J. Weers, Catherine C Blackwell, Sankaran Murugesan, Xiaofeng Wang, Douglas Nugent, Corby A. Roberts
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Publication number: 20240044220Abstract: A method for pulling casing includes disposing a casing modification and pulling tool having an element therein that includes a profile, causing the element to move radially outwardly into contact with a casing disposed radially outwardly of the tool, deforming the casing with the element, applying a load to the casing, and failing the casing at the deformation. A system for pulling casing includes a casing modification tool having an element radially displaceable into a casing disposed radially outwardly thereof, the element configured to deform the casing, a casing spear operably connected to the casing modification tool, the spear configured to apply a load to the casing to fail the casing at the deformation. A borehole system includes a borehole in a subsurface formation, a casing disposed in the borehole, and a casing modification and pulling tool disposed in the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: David Alexander, Andrew Ponder, Mohsen Ali
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Patent number: 11892861Abstract: An autonomous flow control device with pilot amplification includes a primary valve responsive to changes in fluid composition, and a pilot valve responsive to and more sensitive to changes in fluid composition than the primary valve and configured to aid change in position of the primary valve in the event of a change in fluid composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Oscar Becerra Moreno
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Patent number: 11891869Abstract: A clutch mechanism of a downhole assembly and a method of operating the assembly in a borehole. The clutch mechanism includes a plug including a mandrel and a wall-engaging component, a sub of a ball valve, the sub coupled to the mandrel, a torque lock nut of the ball valve, the torque nut coupled to the wall-engaging component, and a clutch of the ball valve. The clutch is moved axially against the torque lock nut to engage the torque lock nut to the sub. A torque is applied on the clutch to rotate the sub of the ball valve via transmission of the torque from the clutch to the ball valve via the torque nut. Application of the torque against the sub actuates the ball valve.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONSInventors: Andres Sosa, Jason Cullum, David Rabalais, Levi Oberg
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Patent number: 11891875Abstract: An expandable annular seal tool including a cone having an actuation surface, a seal member disposed in the actuation surface, and an annular seal element disposed on the actuation surface. An embodiment of a borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, and a tool disposed in the borehole.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONSInventor: Andrew Duggan
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Patent number: 11891871Abstract: A hanger running tool includes a mandrel. The hanger running tool also includes a mandrel protrusion, the mandrel protrusion extending radially outward from the mandrel. The hanger running tool includes a hold down nut coupled to the mandrel and arranged axially uphole of the mandrel protrusion. The hanger running tool includes a thrust collar coupled to the mandrel and arranged axially downhole of the mandrel protrusion. The hanger running tool includes a void cavity defined, at least in part, by the hold down nut, the thrust collar, and the mandrel, wherein the mandrel protrusion is positioned within the void cavity. The hanger running tool also includes a bearing system positioned within the void cavity.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventor: Joseph Shu Yian Liew
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Patent number: 11891868Abstract: An assembly and a method of performing an operation in a borehole. The assembly includes a plug, and a retrieving head rigidly coupled to the plug in a locked configuration. The retrieving head includes a lock disposed therein comprising a housing, a mandrel, and a ball seat. The ball seat is secured to the housing at a first seat location when the assembly is in the locked configuration. The assembly is conveyed assembly in the borehole. A ball is dropped through the assembly to seat at the ball seat. A fluid pressure created at the ball moves the ball seat to a second seat location within the housing to place the assembly in an unlocked configuration. The mandrel is shifted to allow the retrieving head to move axially in the unlocked configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Jason Cullum, Andres Sosa
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Patent number: 11892093Abstract: A device for generating pressure pulses includes a valve member disposed in a fluid passageway, the fluid passageway including a restriction, the valve member movable by an actuator relative to the restriction to generate a pressure pulse in a fluid in the fluid passageway based on varying a relative position between the valve member and the restriction and creating a differential pressure across the fluid passageway, the differential pressure applying a first force on the valve member. The device also includes a piston member in hydraulic communication with the differential pressure, the differential pressure applying a second force on the piston member, the piston member having a locomotive mechanical connection to the valve member.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Volker Peters