Patents Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Incs.
  • PRECISE CALIBRATION FOR GALVANIC TOOLS
    Publication number: 20180188414
    Abstract: Calibration tools and procedures that provide calibration to galvanic tools can include use of measurement tools to measure resistivity of a calibration box. The resistivity of the calibration box can also be measured by a galvanic tool of interest. The two sets of measurements can be used to calibrate the galvanic tool. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Burkay Donderici, Ferhat Turker Celepcikay, Luis Emilio San Martin
  • Magnetic Surface Wave Effect to Probe Fluid Properties in a Wellbore
    Publication number: 20180188407
    Abstract: A magnetic signally assembly is described that when placed around a string casing in a wellbore can ascertain properties of the fluid in the annulus surrounding the string casing. Further, methods of using the magnetic signaling assembly to ascertain fluid properties and to indicate the condition of the well are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Roberson, Scott Goodwin
  • Enhanced formation evaluation using high-frequency dielectric and array induction tools
    Patent number: 10012754
    Abstract: In some aspects, systems and methods are provided for determining formation properties using data from both a high-frequency dielectric tool (HFDT) and an array induction tool (AIT). The system includes a controller in communication with at least one HFDT, at least one ART (which may be a multi-component AIT), and a processing unit. The acquired ART formation data can be processed and used to set constraints on the processing of the acquired HFDT formation data. In aspects, a set of processed HFDT data can be used to reinitialize the ART data processing, to allow for a repeated or iterative evaluation process. The system and method generate values used to determine one or more formation properties such as a resistivity of the formation, the presence of an invasion in the formation, mud resistivity or permittivity, anisotropy characteristics of the formation, and dipping characteristics of the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dagang Wu, Junsheng Hou
  • Methods and systems for using a well evaluation pill to characterize subterranean formations and fluids
    Patent number: 10012075
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and characterizing well bores, subterranean formations, and/or fluids in a subterranean formation using well evaluation pills are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing a well evaluation pill into a portion of a well bore penetrating a portion of a subterranean formation; allowing the well evaluation pill to interact with one or more components in the portion of the subterranean formation; detecting a change in the composition or properties of the well evaluation pill; and determining the presence of one or more components in the portion of the subterranean formation based at least in part on the detected change in the composition or properties of the well evaluation pill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, Michael T. Pelletier, Ian D. Mitchell, Mathew D. Rowe
  • Utilizing fluid phase behavior interpretation to increase sensor measurement information accuracy
    Patent number: 10012763
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to utilize fluid phase behavior interpretation to increase sensor measurement accuracy. In some embodiments, a downhole sensor measures detector responses within a measurement sample of a downhole fluid. The measured detector responses are acquired from the downhole sensor. A correlation factor is generated as a scalar product between a vector of the measured detector responses and a vector of known responses. The correlation factor has a value within a fixed interval, one end of the fixed interval corresponding to a high correlation status and an opposite end of the fixed interval corresponding to an uncorrelated status. The correlation factor is compared to a correlation threshold for a specified material and sets of data having correlation factors greater than the correlation threshold are identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Perkins, Li Gao, Christopher Michael Jones, Dingding Chen, Michael T. Pelletier
  • Viscous settable fluid for lost circulation in subterranean formations
    Patent number: 10011755
    Abstract: A method of treating a well the method including the steps of: (A) forming a fluid including: (i) a shear-thinning aqueous liquid phase; and (ii) an inorganic setting material; wherein the fluid is shear-thinning, pumpable, and settable; and (B) introducing the fluid into the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Arunesh Kumar, Sharath Savari, Jason T. Scorsone, Rajendra A. Kalgaonkar
  • Systems and methods of harvesting energy in a wellbore
    Patent number: 10014802
    Abstract: A downhole assembly including a turbine to be disposed within a wellbore and a rotating array. The rotating array includes magnetic material and is coupled to the turbine. The downhole assembly also includes a magnetostrictive material coupled to the rotating array to strain the magnetostrictive material to induce an electric current in a conductor coupled to the magnetostrictive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Hardin, Jr., Mark Sitka
  • Downhole sensing using parametric amplification with squeezed or entangled light for internal mode input
    Patent number: 10012759
    Abstract: A downhole sensing system includes an optical sensor that provides a light signal with at least one attribute related to a downhole parameter. The system also includes a parametric amplification module that amplifies the light signal using squeezed or entangled light for internal mode input. The system also includes a processing unit that determines a value for the downhole parameter based on the amplified light signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Satyan G. Bhongale, Christopher L. Stokely
  • Polymeric surfactant containing a protein head group and lipid tail group
    Patent number: 10011761
    Abstract: A treatment fluid comprising: a base fluid; and a surfactant, wherein the surfactant: (i) is a polymer; and (ii) comprises a hydrophilic head group and a hydrophobic tail group, wherein the hydrophilic head group comprises a protein, and wherein the hydrophobic tail group comprises a lipid. A method of treating a subterranean formation comprising: introducing the treatment fluid into a well, wherein the well penetrates the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Ali Alwattari
  • Controlled swell-rate swellable packer and method
    Patent number: 10012051
    Abstract: A controlled swell-rate swellable packer comprises a mandrel; a sealing element, and a jacket. The sealing element is disposed about at least a portion of the mandrel, and the jacket covers at least a portion of an outer surface of the sealing element. The jacket is configured to substantially prevent fluid communication between a fluid disposed outside of the jacket and the portion of the outer surface of the sealing element covered by the jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Pontus Gamstedt, Jens Hinke
  • Hydrophobic surface treatment for use in subterranean formation operations
    Patent number: 10012065
    Abstract: Methods including preparing a silanization composition comprising an aqueous base fluid and an alkyltrialkoxysilane; coating the silanization composition at least partially onto proppant particulates, thereby forming coated proppant particulates, wherein the silanization composition imparts hydrophobicity to the proppant particulates; and introducing the coated proppant particulates into a subterranean formation. The alkyltrialkoxysilane in the silanization composition may have the formula R1(OR2)3Si, where R1 is a C8 to C22 alkyl chain and R2 is an alkyl group selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, butyl, tert-butyl, isopropyl, and any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, Ali Alwattari
  • Deflector assembly for a lateral wellbore
    Patent number: 10012045
    Abstract: A deflector assembly includes an upper deflector arranged within a main bore of a wellbore, the upper deflector having first and second plates spaced apart by a distance. At least one of the first and second plates includes a ramped surface. A lower deflector is arranged within the main bore, the lower deflector defining a first conduit and a second conduit. One of the first and second conduits is in communication with a lower portion of the main bore and another of the first and second conduits is in communication with a lateral bore. The upper and lower deflectors are configured to direct a bullnose assembly into either the lateral bore or the lower portion of the main bore based on a size of a bullnose tip of the bullnose assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Borisa Lajesic
  • Initiator device for a downhole tool
    Patent number: 10012073
    Abstract: A method of initiating a process in a downhole tool includes connecting a downhole tool to an initiator device that contains wires capable of creating a loopback and/or loaded condition when a closed connection is made. The initiator device is further capable of indicating successful initiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: William Robert Tapie, Lianhe Guo
  • Downhole sensor for formation fluid property measurement
    Patent number: 10012077
    Abstract: A downhole sensor package for detecting one or more thermophysical properties of a downhole fluid, comprising a sensor housing having a fluid input port and a fluid output port; an inner flow tube located within and axially defined with the sensor package housing; an outer flow annulus defined between the inner flow tube and the sensor housing, wherein the inner flow tube is in fluid communication with the outer flow annulus; and a vibration source and a vibration detector engaging the inner flow tube; and methods for using the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Hua Xia, Lizheng Zhang, Robert Atkinson, Nestor Rodriguez, Christopher Michael Jones, Darren Gascooke
  • Porous cement composition for propping fractures open
    Patent number: 10011764
    Abstract: A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprising: introducing a fracturing fluid into the subterranean formation to create or enhance one or more fractures in the subterranean formation; introducing a cement composition into the one or more fractures, wherein the cement composition comprises: (A) cement; (B) water; and (C) an additive; and allowing the cement composition to set, wherein the additive creates a plurality of pores within the set cement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Venkata Satya Srikalyan Bhamidipati, Denise N. Benoit, Jimmie D. Weaver, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Hydrate inhibitors and methods of use
    Patent number: 10011756
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing hydrate inhibitor composition comprising a compound into a fluid, wherein the compound comprises a hydrophobic cation moiety, one or more lipophilic tails, and a linking moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Qiang Lan, Deepak Steven Monteiro, Mark Paul Ceglio, II, Pushkala Krishnamurthy, Erick J. Acosta
  • Downhole electronic assemblies
    Patent number: 10012036
    Abstract: Downhole electronics assemblies including a modular carrier including a top rail and a bottom rail, the top and bottom rails each including a pair of longitudinally extending sides and the top rail providing one or more ribs that extend between the longitudinally extending sides of the top rail. A circuit board is positionable between the top and bottom rails and has a top side and a bottom side and one or more electronic components mounted on at least one of the top and bottom sides. One or more damping pads interpose the circuit board and a host downhole tool such that contact between the circuit board and the host downhole tool is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: George David Goodman, Robert Eric Epstein, J. Michael Wittig
  • System and method for determining torsion using an opto-analytical device
    Patent number: 10012067
    Abstract: In one embodiments, a method includes drilling a wellbore in a formation with a drilling tool. The method further includes receiving electromagnetic radiation using an opto-analytical device coupled to the drilling tool. The method also includes determining torsion associated with drilling the wellbore based on the received electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Pelletier, Robert P. Freese, Shilin Chen
  • Standoff determination
    Patent number: 10012762
    Abstract: In some embodiments, methods, apparatus, and systems may operate to determine downhole tool standoff using a nuclear tool and photon activity, and to correct acoustic measurements using the standoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhijuan Zhang, Weijun Guo, Dongwon Lee
  • Displacement measurement cement testing
    Patent number: 10012634
    Abstract: A cement testing apparatus has a pressure vessel system defining a first interior volume sealed from a second interior volume. The pressure vessel system has a confining pressure port in fluid communication with the first interior volume and a rebalance pressure port in fluid communication with the second interior volume. A cement sample container is provided within the first interior volume. A displacement indicator is coupled to move with deformation of a cement sample supported by the sample container. The displacement indicator has a first portion inside the first interior volume, a second portion inside the second interior volume, and a third portion traversing a space between the first and second interior volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Heidt Matthews, James Robert Jones, Ketan Chimanlal Bhaidasna