Patents Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services
  • Publication number: 20240125230
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to control of a downhole tool via at least one radio isotope. The radio isotope(s) is pumped from the surface to contact an isotopic analyzer of the tool. The isotopic analyzer reads the isotope and directs the tool to perform a specific action(s) in the wellbore based on the type of isotope read by the analyzer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohan Gunasekaran, Mathusan Mahendran
  • Publication number: 20240125229
    Abstract: A method and non-transitory storage computer-readable medium for performing a neural operator on one or more wellbore measurements. The method may comprise o obtaining one or more measurements, performing a measurement normalization on the one or more measurements to form one or more normalized measurements, forming a material function with the one or more normalized measurements, and forming a neural operator generated physical response with a neural operator and the material function. The method may further comprise forming a beamforming map with the one or more measurements, and forming a neural operator leak source location map with a neural operator and the one or more measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Xusong Wang, Ahmed Fouda, Xiang Wu, Christopher Michael Jones, Wei Zhang, Junwen Dai
  • Patent number: 11959013
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the methods include introducing a treatment fluid including an aqueous base fluid, at least one viscoelastic surfactant, a divalent salt, a metal salt; and a metal oxide into a wellbore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation; and allowing the treatment fluid to at least partially set in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Waseem Abdulrazzaq, Ayoub Ibrahim Awaji, Siham Kamal Fatani, Jay Paul Deville
  • Patent number: 11959368
    Abstract: A system for protecting an Electrical Submersible Pump (ESP) string from gas slugs in a downhole well environment. The system comprises an intake tube having a first and second end and one of a packer having a bypass channel and an inverted shroud coupled to the intake tube and the ESP string. The intake tube is independent of a pump and a motor of the ESP string. The system can comprise a bypass tube for channeling the gas slug downstream of the pump. The bypass tube is integrated with the packer. The inverted shroud is coupled with the first end of the intake tube and a section of production tubing downstream from the pump and the motor. The inverted shroud forms a bypass path channel within a casing annulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC
    Inventors: Donn J. Brown, David C. Beck, Trevor A. Kopecky
  • Patent number: 11959380
    Abstract: A method for detecting the occurrence of an event at a well comprising: recording a first set of measurements collected from the well; processing the recorded measurements to provide a first set of data; calculating a first score based on the first set of processed data; recording a second set of measurements collected from the well; processing the second set of recorded measurements to provide a second set of data; calculating a second score based on the second set of processed data; wherein the first set of processed data and the second set of processed data is the number median of absolute difference from normal; combining the first score and the second score using a weighted average; and comparing the combined scores to a predetermined rule based on a specified time frame; and allowing an operator to adjust parameters of the well operation based on the score comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC
    Inventors: Vitor Lopes Pereira, Aidan James Porter, Lawrence Joseph Herskowitz
  • Patent number: 11959887
    Abstract: An asymmetric fluidic oscillator can generate acoustic signals in a wellbore. The asymmetric fluidic oscillator can include an inlet housing defining an inlet channel, a feedback system, and an outlet housing defining an outlet channel. The inlet channel can be sized to receive fluid from the wellbore. The feedback system can be coupled to the inlet channel to oscillate the fluid from the wellbore. The outlet channel can be coupled to the feedback system and can be sized to receive the oscillated fluid from the feedback system. The outlet channel can include an asymmetric feature to generate acoustic signals detectable in the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko K. Jaaskelainen, Julian Drew, Benjamin Schaeffer
  • Patent number: 11959353
    Abstract: Multiple layers of a seal can be formed to pressure-seal an open-hole wellbore in a subterranean formation. The seal can include at least one element and a sealing mixture between the element and a container housing for pressure sealing the open-hole wellbore between the element and the container housing and for providing multiple layers of seal in the open-hole wellbore. The seal can be retained by the sealing mixture subsequent to the sealing mixture being released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohan Gunasekaran, Jorge Gustavo Kuhnen, Laurence Campos Paiva Costa, Desiderio Naegele Rodrigues, Jr., Peterson Garcia Ramaldes
  • Patent number: 11959376
    Abstract: A method and system for determining cement bonding, or other materials attached to a pipe string. A well measurement system for determining cement bonding or other materials attached to a pipe string may comprise an acoustic logging tool, wherein the acoustic logging tool comprises at least one receiver and at least one transmitter. The well measurement system may further comprise an information handling system, wherein the information handling system is configured to broadcast a signal with the transmitter, record the reflected signal with a receiver; and determine an integrity of a cement using a Quintero Wellbore Index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis F. Quintero, Reinaldo Jose AnguloYznaga, Ehab Abdel Rahman Ali Najm Abdel Rahman Najm
  • Publication number: 20240117698
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to actuator assemblies for downhole tools. An actuator assembly comprises a motor, a spring and a hammer. The spring is adjacent to the hammer, and the hammer operable to compress the spring. The spring is operable to expand. The assembly also includes an anvil adjacent to the hammer. The anvil is operable to move a portion of the downhole tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohan Gunasekaran, Paul James
  • Publication number: 20240117716
    Abstract: A liner hanger system for use in a subterranean well is disclosed. The liner hanger system comprises a well casing and a liner hanger. The liner hanger comprises a spike extending in an annular ring around an outer perimeter of the liner hanger. The spike comprises an annular groove defined therein. The liner hanger further comprises an annular seal positioned at least partially within the annular groove. The liner hanger is expandable to transition between an initial state where the spike is not in contact with the well casing and an expanded state where the spike is in contact with the well casing. The spike and the annular seal are configured to seal an uphole well portion from a downhole well portion when the liner hanger is in the expanded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Allan Zhong, Yian Zhao, Daniel Newton
  • Publication number: 20240117727
    Abstract: A method and system for identifying a fluid within a subterranean formation. The method may comprise obtaining one or more pressure measurements at one or more depths with a downhole fluid sampling tool, forming a depth-pressure measurement set form the one or more pressure measurements, creating a solution novelty threshold from at least the depth-pressure measurement set, constraining a solution space with the solution novelty threshold, and finding a solution-space-inscribed simplex within the solution novelty threshold. The method may further comprise generating a simplicial decomposition for a convex hull of the solution-space-inscribed simplex up to the solution novelty threshold, identifying at least one inscribed simplex within the convex hull of the solution-space-inscribed simplex, determining a novel simplex interior with the at least one inscribed simplex, and forming a plurality of solutions with the novel simplex interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamed Chok, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Jonas Toelke
  • Publication number: 20240117718
    Abstract: A washpipe free feature may include a housing defining a chamber having a bypass portion and a securing portion. The housing has first and second bores to put the bypass portion in fluid communication with an annulus of a wellbore and a central bore of a downhole tubular, respectively. Further, the washpipe free feature includes a magnet secured in the bypass portion, a ferromagnetic ball disposed within the bypass portion, and a piston disposed within the chamber. A distal end of the piston blocks the ball from contacting the magnet in a run-in position such that the ball may plug the first bore in response to fluid flow from the tubular toward the annulus. Additionally, the piston is slideable to an open position such that the magnet may hold the ball out of a flow path between the first bore and the second bore in the bypass portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Publication number: 20240117709
    Abstract: A tubing retrievable safety valve assembly and related methods are disclosed herein. The assembly includes a primary flapper, a secondary flapper, a flow tube, and a protective sleeve. The flow tube is shiftable between a downhole position that holds the primary flapper in an open position and an uphole position that allows the primary flapper to move to a closed position. The protective sleeve, when positioned in an uphole position, holds the secondary flapper valve in an open position. The protective sleeve is shiftable to a downhole position to allow the secondary flapper to move to a closed position, for example, upon failure of the primary flapper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy services, Inc.
    Inventors: Merced Gonzalez, Charles David McFate
  • Publication number: 20240117702
    Abstract: A treatment operation can be performed in a wellbore. A zonal isolation device, such as a frac plug, can be set within a tubing string in the wellbore to isolate one zone from another zone. The plug can include a slip system and a sealing element located circumferentially around an inner mandrel of the plug. The sealing element can include an outer shell that surrounds an inner core. The outer shell can be made from a material having a high Young's modulus, while the inner core can have a very low Young's modulus. The outer shell can prevent premature deformation and expansion of the sealing element during run in. The outer shell and inner core can wholly or partially disintegrate in a desired a period of time after setting of the plug in the tubing string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Keith MOELLER, Adam J. MILNE
  • Publication number: 20240118446
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to signal attenuation for acoustic logging tools. An acoustic logging tool includes acoustic transducers. Each acoustic transducer includes a body, a piezoelectric element disposed on a first end of the body to receive or transmit at least one signal, and a wedge-cut disposed on an opposite end of the body. The wedge-cut defines a sloped portion operable to attenuate signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jichun Sun, Jing Jin, Xiang Wu, Christopher Michael Jones, Gennady Koscheev
  • Patent number: 11952873
    Abstract: A washpipe free feature may include a housing defining a chamber having a bypass portion and a securing portion. The housing has first and second bores to put the bypass portion in fluid communication with an annulus of a wellbore and a central bore of a downhole tubular, respectively. Further, the washpipe free feature includes a magnet secured in the bypass portion, a ferromagnetic ball disposed within the bypass portion, and a piston disposed within the chamber. A distal end of the piston blocks the ball from contacting the magnet in a run-in position such that the ball may plug the first bore in response to fluid flow from the tubular toward the annulus. Additionally, the piston is slideable to an open position such that the magnet may hold the ball out of a flow path between the first bore and the second bore in the bypass portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ibrahim El Mallawany, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Patent number: 11955892
    Abstract: A system that includes a first transistor to provide a drive voltage to a coupled inductor is disclosed. The coupled inductor can receive the drive voltage and generate a voltage output. A second transistor can receive a switching voltage generated from the voltage output to isolate a load positionable downhole in a wellbore from a voltage source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Pihl, Rodrigo de Carvalho Mendez
  • Patent number: 11953024
    Abstract: A submersible pump assembly. The submersible pump assembly comprises a motor comprising a first drive shaft; a seal section comprising a second drive shaft that is coupled to the first drive shaft of the motor; and a centrifugal pump assembly comprising a third drive shaft that is coupled to the second drive shaft of the seal section and a plurality of pump stages, wherein each pump stage comprises an impeller coupled to the third drive shaft and a diffuser retained by a housing of the centrifugal pump assembly, wherein the diffuser of each pump stage comprises a first plurality of vanes each having a first axial length and a second plurality of vanes each disposed between a pair of vanes of the first plurality of vanes and each having a second axial length, wherein the second axial length is less than the first axial length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ketankumar K. Sheth, Donn J. Brown, Gerald Glen Goshorn
  • Patent number: 11952892
    Abstract: A sample handling system receives a downhole sample. The sample handle system conditions the sample using a separator and filters to allow discharge of unwanted liquids and particulates prior to flowing the sample to one or more analyzers. Separating the moisture and particulates from the sample improves the operation of the components of the sample handling system, for example, by eliminating unwanted condensate or moisture. A coalescing filter, for example, may protect a proportional valve by removing unwanted particulates and liquids from the sample. Additionally, main components of the sample handling system are accessible from a front of a housing to allow for ease of repair and replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Markus Bernhard Dröge
  • Patent number: 11952533
    Abstract: A breaker composition comprising (i) an acid precursor, (ii) an accelerating agent wherein the accelerating agent comprises a Lewis acid and (iii) an aqueous fluid wherein the effective operating temperature of the breaker composition ranges from about 15° C. to about 120° C. A wellbore servicing system comprising (a) an aqueous-based drilling fluid, wherein the aqueous-based drilling fluid forms water-wet solids in the wellbore; and (b) a breaker composition comprising (i) an acid, (ii) an accelerating agent and (iii) an aqueous fluid. A method of dissolving a filtercake comprising contacting the filtercake with a breaker solution comprising (i) an acid precursor, (ii) an accelerating agent and (iii) an aqueous fluid wherein the filtercake comprises calcium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhau Anantha Kuchik, V. Ramireddy Devarapalli, Sunita S. Kadam