Patents Assigned to Fracture ID, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11280185
    Abstract: An innovative apparatus and computer implemented methods to obtain values for a set of scalars corresponding to each force and displacement, which may be obtained from acoustical signals captured by sensors of a drill bit while drilling, in a material of known mechanical properties, such as a cement from casing the well, such that the application and use of the scalars in relation to measurements of the mechanics while drilling, such as the acceleration of the bit and motion of the bit captured by sensors such as accelerometers, allow for absolute values of mechanical rock properties to be obtained in rock formations, being drilled through, with otherwise unknown mechanical properties prior to drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lakings, Jeffrey A. Godwin, Jesse B. Havens, Joshua D. Ulla
  • Patent number: 11199089
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of using drilling vibrations generated by the deformation of a rock formation in response to forces acting on the rock formation, where the forces are related to a drill bit and/or drilling fluid system, to identify the nature and occurrence of fractures, fracture swarms and other mechanical discontinuities (boundaries) such as bedding planes and/or faults that offset or otherwise separate rock formations with different mechanical rock properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Christopher Neale, James D. Lakings
  • Patent number: 10544673
    Abstract: An innovative apparatus and computer implemented methods to obtain values for a set of scalars corresponding to each force and displacement, which may be obtained from acoustical signals captured by sensors of a drill bit while drilling, in a material of known mechanical properties, such as a cement from casing the well, such that the application and use of the scalars in relation to measurements of the mechanics while drilling, such as the acceleration of the bit and motion of the bit captured by sensors such as accelerometers, allow for absolute values of mechanical rock properties to be obtained in rock formations, being drilled through, with otherwise unknown mechanical properties prior to drilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lakings, Jeffrey A. Godwin, Jesse B. Havens, Joshua D. Ulla
  • Patent number: 10519769
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a novel way of using drilling vibrations generated by the deformation of a rock formation in response to forces acting on the rock formation, where the forces are related to a drill bit and/or drilling fluid system, to identify the nature and occurrence of fractures, fracture swarms and other mechanical discontinuities (boundaries) such as bedding planes and/or faults that offset or otherwise separate rock formations with different mechanical rock properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse B. Havens, James D. Lakings, R. Christopher Neale
  • Patent number: 10132162
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of using drilling vibrations generated by the deformation of a rock formation in response to forces acting on the rock formation, where the forces are related to a drill bit and/or drilling fluid system, to identify the nature and occurrence of fractures, fracture swarms and other mechanical discontinuities (boundaries) such as bedding planes and/or faults that offset or otherwise separate rock formations with different mechanical rock properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Christopher Neale, James D. Lakings
  • Publication number: 20180106147
    Abstract: An innovative apparatus and computer implemented methods to obtain values for a set of scalars corresponding to each force and displacement, which may be obtained from acoustical signals captured by sensors of a drill bit while drilling, in a material of known mechanical properties, such as a cement from casing the well, such that the application and use of the scalars in relation to measurements of the mechanics while drilling, such as the acceleration of the bit and motion of the bit captured by sensors such as accelerometers, allow for absolute values of mechanical rock properties to be obtained in rock formations, being drilled through, with otherwise unknown mechanical properties prior to drilling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lakings, Jeffrey A. Godwin, Jesse B. Havens, Joshua D. Ulla
  • Publication number: 20170275989
    Abstract: An innovative apparatus and computer implemented methods to obtain values for a set of scalars corresponding to each force and displacement, which may be obtained from acoustical signals captured by sensors of a drill bit while drilling, in a material of known mechanical properties, such as a cement from casing the well, such that the application and use of the scalars in relation to measurements of the mechanics while drilling, such as the acceleration of the bit and motion of the bit captured by sensors such as accelerometers, allow for absolute values of mechanical rock properties to be obtained in rock formations, being drilled through, with otherwise unknown mechanical properties prior to drilling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lakings, Jeffrey A. Godwin, Jesse B. Havens, Joshua D. Ulla
  • Patent number: 9664039
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a novel way of using drilling vibrations generated by the deformation of a rock formation in response to forces acting on the rock formation, where the forces are related to a drill bit and/or drilling fluid system, to identify the nature and occurrence of fractures, fracture swarms and other mechanical discontinuities (boundaries) such as bedding planes and/or faults that offset or otherwise separate rock formations with different mechanical rock properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Christopher Neale, James D. Lakings
  • Publication number: 20170067337
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a novel way of using drilling vibrations generated by the deformation of a rock formation in response to forces acting on the rock formation, where the forces are related to a drill bit and/or drilling fluid system, to identify the nature and occurrence of fractures, fracture swarms and other mechanical discontinuities (boundaries) such as bedding planes and/or faults that offset or otherwise separate rock formations with different mechanical rock properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse B. Havens, James D. Lakings, R. Christopher Neale
  • Publication number: 20170058669
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a obtaining force and motion data from a measurement while drilling apparatus or the like having sensors measuring forces and motions of the drill bit while drilling a well. The force and motion data is transformed into spectral pairings from which distributions, such as force displacement and power law relationship, are generated. From the distributions various rock strength properties along the well bore may be derived and used in various possible completion processes such as perforation placements and packer placements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Lakings, Jesse B. Havens
  • Publication number: 20160290130
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a novel way of using drilling vibrations generated by the deformation of a rock formation in response to forces acting on the rock formation, where the forces are related to a drill bit and/or drilling fluid system, to identify the nature and occurrence of fractures, fracture swarms and other mechanical discontinuities (boundaries) such as bedding planes and/or faults that offset or otherwise separate rock formations with different mechanical rock properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Christopher Neale, James D. Lakings
  • Publication number: 20160069182
    Abstract: The present disclosure involves a novel way of using drilling vibrations generated by the deformation of a rock formation in response to forces acting on the rock formation, where the forces are related to a drill bit and/or drilling fluid system, to identify the nature and occurrence of fractures, fracture swarms and other mechanical discontinuities (boundaries) such as bedding planes and/or faults that offset or otherwise separate rock formations with different mechanical rock properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Applicant: Fracture ID, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Christopher Neale, James D. Lakings