Patents Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services
  • Downhole torque limiter
    Patent number: 11639636
    Abstract: Provided, in one aspect, is a downhole torque limiter, comprising a tubular housing; a pipe positioned within the tubular housing; one or more clutch mechanisms positioned between the pipe and the tubular housing, the one or more clutch mechanisms configured to move between a engaged state to fix the tubular housing relative to the pipe and a disengaged state to allow with the tubular housing to rotate relative to the pipe; and a fluid control system coupled with an exterior of the one or more clutch mechanisms, the fluid control system configured to allow the one or more clutch mechanisms to move from the engaged state to the disengaged state based upon sensing movement of the pipe relative to the tubular housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon-Howard Elliott Hanson, Richard Decena Ornelaz, Michael Linley Fripp, Gregory T. Werkheiser
  • Expandable metal sleeves in high-risk sections of fluid lines
    Patent number: 11639766
    Abstract: Provided is a patch for a fluid line, a system employing a fluid line, and a method for sealing a fluid line. The fluid line, in one aspect, includes a tubular, and a sleeve of expandable metal positioned about the tubular, the sleeve of expandable metal comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis and thereby seal a leaking section of a fluid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Shanu Thottungal Eldho
  • Intentional degradation of hollow particles for annular pressure build-up mitigation
    Patent number: 11639462
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore may comprise providing a treatment fluid comprising a carrier fluid and hollow particles, wherein the hollow particles may comprise an outer wall that encapsulates a gas. The method may further comprise introducing the treatment fluid into a wellbore annulus and trapping at least a portion of the treatment fluid in the wellbore annulus. The carrier fluid may degrade the outer wall of the hollow particles in the wellbore annulus and release the encapsulated gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James Neil Gillies, Thomas Jason Pisklak, Xueyu Pang, Richard F. Vargo, Jr.
  • Enhanced Pozzolan For Using In Extended Life Cements
    Publication number: 20230129356
    Abstract: A method of cementing in a subterranean formation may include, activating an extended-life cement composition by mixing at least the extended-life cement composition with a liquid activated pozzolan additive comprising a carrier fluid and an activated pozzolan, wherein the extended-life cement composition comprises water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; introducing the extended-life cement composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the extended-life cement composition to set to form a hardened mass in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Claudia Carmen Pineda, Travis Allen Patterson, Samuel Jason Lewis
  • Systems And Methods For Cleaning Shale Shakers
    Publication number: 20230129669
    Abstract: An apparatus may include: a shaker body; a shaker screen disposed within the shaker body; and one or more air nozzles disposed within the shaker body, wherein the one or more air nozzles is positioned below the shaker screen, and wherein the one or more air nozzles is operable to deliver a pressurized stream of air to at least a portion of a bottom of the shaker screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brice Aaron Jackson, Andrew D. Vos, Daniel Reynold Robichaud
  • SPLIT REEL AND HANDLER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230125895
    Abstract: A reel assembly is provided. The reel assembly includes a housing, a drum core disposed within the housing, and a splitter flange separating the drum core into a first partition and a second partition. A first conduit is wound on the first partition of the drum core, and a second conduit is wound on the second partition of the drum core. A conduit handler system is utilized to make a connection or test a connection between the first conduit and the second conduit using actuating pistons to apply a compressive or an opposing tensile force on the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Philippe QUERO, Eric BIVENS
  • Activated Pozzolanic Suspensions
    Publication number: 20230128657
    Abstract: A method of cementing may include: mixing at least a cement dry blend, water, and a liquid activated pozzolan additive to form a cement slurry, wherein the liquid activate pozzolan additive comprises a carrier fluid and an activated pozzolan; introducing the cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement slurry to set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel Jason Lewis, Travis Allen Patterson, Claudia Carmen Pineda
  • Method For Enhancing Reactivity Of Pozzolanic Materials
    Publication number: 20230126439
    Abstract: A method of cementing may include preparing a cement slurry by mixing at least water and a cement dry blend, wherein the cement dry blend comprises a cement and an activated pozzolan; and introducing the cement slurry into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; and allowing the cement slurry to set to form a hardened mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Jason Pisklak, Samuel Jason Lewis, Travis Allen Patterson
  • Method for improving the accuracy of mud angle measurements in borehole imagers
    Patent number: 11635542
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating a mud angle. A method may include disposing a downhole tool into a borehole, energizing a button array, transmitting a current from the electrode into a formation, recording the current from the formation with a return electrode to obtain a plurality of measurements, identifying at least one low resistivity zone from the plurality of measurements to produce a measurement set, inverting the measurement set to find a mud angle vector, removing the mud angle vector from the measurement set to obtain a corrected measurement, and obtaining an electrical image using the corrected measurement. A system may include a downhole tool, a conveyance, and an information handling system. The downhole tool may further include at least one electrode and at least one return electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Baris Guner, Luis Emilio San Martin
  • Carbon-swellable sealing element
    Patent number: 11634962
    Abstract: Methods of capturing carbon dioxide in a wellbore can include installing a sealing element in the wellbore. The sealing element swells in the presence of carbon dioxide and can be used for capturing the carbon. The sealing element can include a carbon-swelling material, such as a carbon-swelling polymers, metal-based materials, or combinations of elastomeric polymers and metal-based materials. The sealing element can also include combinations of different carbon-swelling materials, fillers or other compounds, and materials that are not carbon swellable. The sealing element can create a seal, form an anchor, or create a seal and form an anchor in the wellbore after swelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad William Glaesman, Michael Linley Fripp, Nam Thanh Vu
  • Self-orienting selective lockable assembly to regulate subsurface depth and positioning
    Patent number: 11634955
    Abstract: A well tool to be oriented and secured in a wellbore without the external application of torque, and a well system incorporating the same. After installation of orientation casing and universal latch coupling casing, the self-orienting selective lockable latch well tool is run downhole to the target depth, picked up to free the internal locking mechanism, and then loaded with downhole stress to engage the locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Glenn Durst, Calvin Barnard Ponton
  • Dynamic strain detection for cable orientation during perforation operations
    Patent number: 11634973
    Abstract: A method of perforating a wellbore is provided. The method includes generating a shockwave that propagates throughout said wellbore by firing a perforation device at a perforating direction, and measuring the shockwave at a fiber optic cable in the wellbore using the fiber optic cable. The method further includes determining an orientation of the fiber optic cable relative to the perforating direction based on the shockwave and the perforating direction, and changing the perforating direction based on the orientation of said the optic cable for a subsequent perforation of the wellbore to minimize damage to the fiber optic cable during the subsequent perforation. The fiber optic cable is an existing cable that has been deployed before the method starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Vandellyn Park, Mikko Jaaskelainen, Ira Jeffrey Bush
  • Sensor failure diagnosis in a pump monitoring system
    Patent number: 11635337
    Abstract: A pump monitoring system for use in wellbore operations can determine whether an indication of a failure is due to an actual pump issue or a failed sensor. The pump monitoring system includes a sensor on a fluid end of a pump to measure properties associated with the pump and a vibration detector. A computing device executes instructions to receive the sensor signal and the vibration signal and identify an irregularity in the sensor signal. The processor then determines whether an operational signal component is present in the vibration signal, and displays an indication that the sensor has failed when the operational signal component is not present in the vibration signal. If the operational signal component is present in the vibration signal, the irregularity is likely caused by a pump problem such as a failed valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph A. Beisel
  • Microfluidic device and method for parallel pressure-volume-temperature analysis in reservoir simulations
    Patent number: 11635541
    Abstract: A method and microfluidic device to perform reservoir simulations using pressure-volume-temperature (“PVT”) analysis of wellbore fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Michael T. Pelletier, Robert S. Atkinson, Jr., Songhua Chen
  • Interpretation of pumping pressure behavior and diagnostic for well perforation efficiency during pumping operations
    Patent number: 11634985
    Abstract: A method may comprise plotting treatment data to form a plot of the treatment data, fitting a function to the plot of the treatment data, determining an intercept of the function, calculating one or more coefficients, plotting the one or more coefficients on a histogram, and identifying one or more active flowpath elements on the histogram. A system may comprise a fluid handling system and an information handling system. The fluid handling system may comprise a fluid supply vessel, wherein the fluid supply vessel is disposed on a surface; pumping equipment, wherein the pumping equipment it attached to the fluid supply vessel and disposed on the surface; wellbore supply conduit, wherein the wellbore supply conduit is attached to the pumping equipment and disposed in a formation; and a plurality of flowpath elements, wherein the flowpath elements fluidly couple the wellbore supply conduit to the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Vladimir Nikolayevich Martysevich, Tirumani N. Swaminathan, Dinesh Ananda Shetty, Jianfu Ma
  • Valve apparatus for inflow control devices
    Patent number: 11634974
    Abstract: A valve useful in an inflow control device for downhole use in an oil and gas well completion equipment is disclosed. The valve may have a flexible canopy that prevents fluid flow between the base pipe and the formation when flow travels in a first direction and permits fluid flow between the base pipe and the formation when flow travels in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Zachariah, Thomas Frosell, Ryan Wesley McChesney
  • Filtering of RSS pad noise in mud pulse telemetry systems and detection of RSS pad leaks
    Patent number: 11634982
    Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptive filtering of RSS pad noise and the detection of RSS pad seal leakage in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Lizheng Zhang, Paravastu Badrinarayanan, Malay Mehta, Rashobh Rajan Sobhana, Felipe Costa Oliveira Chagas
  • Borehole density measurement using pulsed neutron tool
    Patent number: 11635543
    Abstract: Systems and methods employed measure borehole density by neutron induced gammas using a pulsed neutron tool. Traditional nuclear density methods only measure a bulk average density of the surrounding material. As discussed below, methods to measure only the borehole density excluding the contamination from the formation are disclosed. Specifically, the proposed methods use unique signatures from each geometric region to directly measure the borehole density or compensate for the contamination from formation. This method may be achieved by a borehole density measurement using differential attenuation of capture gamma from casing iron, a borehole density measurement using differential attenuation of inelastic gamma from oxygen, a differential attenuation of any induced gamma from any element from borehole and formation, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mayir Mamtimin, Jeffrey James Crawford, Weijun Guo
  • Swellable rubber element that also creates a cup packer
    Patent number: 11634964
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus, as well as a method for establishing a seal between a mandrel and a borehole. The apparatus, in one aspect, includes a mandrel, and a packer, the packer including: a constrained portion coupled to the mandrel; and an unconstrained portion made of a swellable material and coupled to the constrained portion, wherein the unconstrained portion is free to move with respect to the mandrel. The apparatus, according to one aspect, further includes a spring positioned between the mandrel and the unconstrained portion and configured to urge the unconstrained portion away from the mandrel, the spring having a spring force less than a yield strength of the swellable material when the swellable material is in an unswelled condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Stephen Michael Greci, Christopher Michael Pelto, Matthew Arran Willoughby
  • Wireless telemetry using tool body deflection for opening a toe sleeve
    Patent number: 11634983
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless telemetry in oil and gas wells use fluid pressure differentials to send signals from surface equipment to a downhole tool. More specifically, the methods and systems selectively apply fluid pressure to a tubing string and measure the resulting mechanical strain, or deformation, on a tubular of the downhole tool. The deformation may be an elastic deformation or it may be a plastic deformation with yielding of the tubular. One or more of such strains or deformations may be used to encode a digital signal that can command an action on the tool. The strain or deformation may be measured by a low-cost strain gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Thomas Werkheiser, Michael Linely Fripp, Zachary William Walton