Patents Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Incs.
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Patent number: 11525317Abstract: A fluid flow system may comprise an input line connected to a drilling system, one or more fluid flow lines connected to the input line, and an output line connected to the one or more fluid flow lines. The system may further include one or more valves disposed in each of the one or more fluid flow lines and one or more pressure sensors disposed in each of the one or more fluid flow lines. A method for controlling a fluid flow system may comprise moving a drilling fluid from a borehole into an input line of the fluid flow system, directing the drilling fluid through the input line into a fluid flow line, measuring a first pressure at a first pressure sensor in the fluid flow line, and measuring a second pressure at a second pressure sensor in the fluid flow line.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Mathew Dennis Rowe
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Patent number: 11525350Abstract: Disclosed is an acoustic sensor system comprising an electrical connector, at least one transducer connected to the electrical connector, a fluid compensating piston connected to the electrical connector, a housing having the electrical connector, the at least one transducer, and the fluid compensating piston arranged in a linear arrangement, and a collar having the housing mounted along an interior surface of the collar.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Brian David Breaux
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Patent number: 11526958Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and system for redistributing bulk material across a geographical area. A method for providing bulk material for a wellbore operation, the method comprising: forming a logistical model database to determine bulk material required for an at least one wellsite located in a geographical area; acquiring bulk material from a distribution center; verifying the bulk material acquired; and transporting bulk material for the wellbore operation. A method for providing bulk material for a wellbore operation, the method comprising: determining demand for bulk material across a geographical area; collecting data throughout a life cycle of bulk material; transmitting collected data to an off-site network comprising an adaptive machine; analyzing collected data via the off-site network thereby producing an output; providing bulk material to a wellsite based on output.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Sumit Bhat, Stanley V. Stephenson, Oscar Andres Cabada Kriebel
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Patent number: 11525468Abstract: The disclosure provides a blowout preventer system including: a hydraulic circuit, a blowout preventer including a ram having an open port and a close port, a hydraulic fluid tank, a hydraulic fluid pump, and a control valve. The hydraulic circuit includes: a first accumulator, a first valve, and a second valve. The control valve is coupled to the open port, the close port, and the hydraulic fluid tank. The first accumulator is coupled to the control valve by way of the first valve and to the close port by way of the second valve. The first valve allows hydraulic fluid to flow from the control valve to the first accumulator but prevents hydraulic fluid from flowing back to the control valve. When the control valve is in the open position, the second valve is closed, and when the control valve is in the close position, the second valve is open.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Mickie Theriot, Robert Eugene Domann
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Patent number: 11525310Abstract: A method of assembling an optical fiber cable on production casing includes positioning the optical fiber cable against a production casing at a hole of a well site, and affixing the optical fiber cable against the production casing by applying an adhesive to the production casing to secure the optical fiber cable against the production casing. The method further includes applying pressure to the adhesive to adhesively bond the optical fiber cable to the production casing along a length of the production casing while the production casing is being run-in-hole.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Brian Vandellyn Park, Mikko Jaaskelainen
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Publication number: 20220389807Abstract: A system for inspecting a tubular may comprise an electromagnetic (EM) logging tool and information handling system. The EM logging tool may further include a mandrel, one or more sensor pads attached to the mandrel by one or more extendable arms, and one or more partial saturation eddy current sensors disposed on each of the one or more sensor pads.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ahmed Elsayed Fouda, Junwen Dai, Freeman Lee Hill, III, Christopher Michael Jones
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Publication number: 20220390641Abstract: A system may include an electromagnetic (EM) logging tool for inspecting downhole tubulars. The EM logging tool may include a mandrel, at least one low-frequency transmitter coil disposed on the mandrel, at least one-low frequency receiver coil disposed on the mandrel, and at least one-high frequency sensor configured to measure one or more electromagnetic properties of a tubular.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Junwen Dai, Ahmed E. Fouda, Freeman Lee Hill, III, Christopher Michael Jones
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Publication number: 20220390638Abstract: Systems and methods for determining mechanical properties of anisotropic media are disclosed. A method for determining mechanical properties of an anisotropic media includes obtaining log data of the anisotropic media, the log data corresponding to measurements of the anisotropic media collected with a logging tool; determining values for a plurality of first stiffness components of a stiffness matrix based on horizontal and vertical velocities derived from the log data; determining an upper bound for a second stiffness component of the stiffness matrix based on the values for the plurality of first stiffness components; estimating a value for the second stiffness component based on the determined upper bound; determining a mechanical property of the anisotropic media based on the estimated value of the second stiffness component; and providing the determined mechanical property.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Mehdi Eftekhari Far
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Publication number: 20220389774Abstract: A drill string for drilling a borehole. The drill string may include a downhole motor operable to rotate the drill string and a centralizer assembly. The centralizer assembly may include an outer housing, a lower sub threadably engaged with the outer housing, and a centralizer. The centralizer may include a single eccentric blade, an internal shoulder positioned between the outer housing and the lower sub, and an alignment profile to align the centralizer in an azimuthal position relative to the drill string. The centralizer may be retainable in the aligned azimuthal position by the alignment profile and the internal shoulder being engaged by the outer housing and the lower sub.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Alben D'Silva, Philip Park Hung Leung, Steven Graham Bell
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Patent number: 11519225Abstract: A rotary valve can include a housing, a manifold with multiple flow paths can be fixedly mounted to the housing. A rotary actuator with a first surface can be rotatably mounted within the housing, and a valve seat with a second surface can be fixedly attached to the manifold, where the second surface can sealingly engage the first surface. The rotary actuator can include a gap that selectively aligns with respective ones of valve seat ports as the rotary actuator rotates relative to the valve seat, thereby selectively pressurizing one or more actuators. A system and method can include a rotary valve that selectively causes pads to extend at a predetermined orientation in the wellbore to steer a drill bit. The azimuthal orientation of a rotary actuator of the valve can determine which pads are extended and which are retracted as the drill bit rotates.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Winslow, Larry Chambers, Neelesh Deolalikar
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Patent number: 11519261Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a patch with a wall configured to be seated in a well casing. A sensor is mounted to the wall of the patch. The wall of the patch can define a central passage therethrough configured to allow passage of downhole tools therethrough. The wall of the patch can be expandable from a first compressed diameter to a second expanded diameter. The wall of the patch can include at least one of a corrugated expandable structure, a stretchable structure, and/or an internally trussed expandable structure, for example.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: James Dan Vick, Jr., Michael Linley Fripp
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Patent number: 11519239Abstract: Methods for traversing an expandable metal sealing element. An example method includes positioning an expandable metal sealing element in a wellbore; wherein the expandable metal sealing element includes a reactive metal and a void extending axially through at least a portion of the expandable metal sealing element. The method further includes disposing a line in the void and contacting the expandable metal sealing element with a fluid that reacts with the reactive metal to produce a reaction product having a volume greater than the reactive metal, wherein the reaction product seals around the line while it is disposed in the void.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Michael Greci, Michael Linley Fripp, Gregory Scott Cunningham, Darrell Wayne Adkins
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Patent number: 11518927Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to demulsifier compositions for treatment of subterranean formations or produced petroleum comprising an emulsion. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method includes placing in the subterranean formation a demulsifier composition. The demulsifier composition includes an alkanolamide surfactant that is a (C1-C50)hydrocarbyl amide having groups R1 and R2 substituted on the amide nitrogen, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of —H, —(C1-C50)hydrocarbyl, and —(C1-C50)hydrocarbylene-OH, wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is —(C1-C50)hydrocarbylene-OH. The demulsifier composition includes an alkoxylated alcohol surfactant that is a (C1-C50)hydrocarbyl-OH having a —((C2-C3)alkylene-O)n—H group on the —OH group, wherein n is about 1 to about 100. The demulsifier composition also includes an amine-oxide surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Chandra Sekhar Palla-Venkata, Jeremy A. Holtsclaw, Antonio Recio, III, Kristina Henkel Holan
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Patent number: 11518929Abstract: Compositions and methods using subterranean treatment fluids comprising water-soluble polymers are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include: adding an anionic or amphoteric water-soluble polymer to a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid; adding a dewatering agent to the treatment fluid, wherein the dewatering agent comprises an aqueous phase, a solvent, a co-solvent, and one or more surfactants selected from the group consisting of: ethoxylated alcohol, a polyamine polyether, a resin alkoxylated oligomer, and any combination thereof; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of the subterranean formation.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Antonio Recio, III, Gladys Rocio Montenegro-Galindo, Jason Maxey, Denise Nicole Benoit
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Patent number: 11519252Abstract: A method of conducting fracturing operations at multiple wellsites in a field. The method may include manufacturing a first fracturing fluid concentrate at a fluid manufacturing plant located at a sand mine of the field using sand produced from the sand mine. The method may also include pumping the first fracturing fluid concentrate from the fluid manufacturing plant to a first well and a second well of the multiple wellsites. The method may further include injecting the first fracturing fluid concentrate into a first well at the first wellsite.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Cameron Michael Kramer, Wesley John Warren, Chad Adam Fisher, Austin Carl Schaffner
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Patent number: 11520071Abstract: A subterranean earth formation is evaluated by running a process with a logging tool residing in a borehole in the earth formation to collect shallow measurements of a property of the formation and deep measurements of the property of the formation. An inversion is performed on the shallow measurements to produce a group of possible formation models that fit the shallow measurements. A machine-learning algorithm is applied to estimate the shallow formation structure, using the group of possible formation models that fit the shallow measurements, to produce a shallow formation structure. An inversion is performed on the deep measurements to produce a group of possible formation models that fit the deep measurements. The shallow formation structure is expanded using the group of possible formation models that fit the deep measurements to produce a deep formation structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Hsu-Hsiang Wu, Weixin Dong
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Patent number: 11519246Abstract: The present disclosure provides an embodiment of a perforating gun assembly for use in a wellbore. The perforating gun assembly, in one example includes a carrier gun body. The perforating gun assembly, in this example, further includes a plurality of shaped charges supported within the carrier gun body, wherein each shaped charge may include a case exterior, the case exterior including an outer surface, and an inner surface forming a cavity, a liner located within the cavity, and explosive material located within a gap between the inner surface of the case exterior and the liner. The perforating gun assembly, in this example, may further include one or more momentum traps positioned between one or more adjacent shaped charges.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Brenden Michael Grove, Jason Metzger
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Patent number: 11519258Abstract: A method of pressure testing a casing string in a reverse cementing operation in a wellbore can include: introducing the casing string and a downhole tool installed within the casing string into the wellbore, wherein the downhole tool comprises a fluid flow path defined by an inner diameter of the downhole tool; introducing a cement composition into an annulus located between a wall of the wellbore and an outside of the casing string; causing the fluid flow path of the downhole tool to close against fluid flow from the annulus into at least a portion of the casing string; and increasing pressure within the portion of the casing string that is closed against fluid flow from the annulus. The fluid flow path can be closed by shifting an inner sleeve to close a flapper valve or flow ports, a bridge plug, a packer, or a ball and a ball seat.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Lonnie Carl Helms, Jinhua Cao
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Patent number: 11520072Abstract: A method and system for estimating parameters of pipes. The method may comprise disposing an electromagnetic (EM) logging tool into a pipe string, creating a log from a first set of one or more measurements, and creating a synthetic model of one or more nested pipes based at least in part on a well plan. The method may further comprise adding a modeled pipe to the synthetic model, estimating one or more parameters of the modeled pipe through model calibration to form a calibrated model, and performing an inversion with the calibrated model to estimate one or more pipe parameters of the pipe string. The system may comprise an electromagnetic logging tool that may comprise a transmitter, wherein the transmitter is a first coil and is operable to transmit an electromagnetic field, and a receiver, wherein the receiver is a second coil and is operable to measure the electromagnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Ahmed Elsayed Fouda
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Patent number: 11518926Abstract: The compositions for removing a mineral phase from a surface composition for removing a mineral phase of inorganic sulfate scale include a phosphonoalkyl aminopolycarboxylic acid chelating agent; a wettability modifier comprises a dibasic ester and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant comprises one or more of an anionic alkyl sulfonate or an anionic aryl sulfonate; a pH-adjusting agent; a scale converting agent; and water. The methods for removing a mineral phase from a surface include contacting the mineral phase with an aqueous dissolver fluid that is one of the present compositions; and removing the oil wet mineral phase from the surface with the aqueous dissolver fluid. The compositions and methods provide enhanced remediation of mineral phases from surfaces associated with wellbores.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Enrique A. Reyes, Kristina H. Holan, Antonio Recio, III