Patents Examined by Tara Schimpf
  • Patent number: 12680443
    Abstract: A method for mapping a cased wellbore, the method comprising providing a cased wellbore; and routing a sensor assembly through said cased wellbore to measure forces applied to said sensor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Oxy USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Lightfoot, Carlos Yicon, Austin Haggard
  • Patent number: 12680426
    Abstract: An integrated mill and perforating downhole tool includes an elongate body having opposing first and second ends and defining a fluid passage extending therebetween to receive a fluid, a mill operatively coupled to the body at the second end, and a perforating tool operatively coupled to the body at a location between the first and second ends. A ball seat is arranged within the fluid passage and movable between a first position, where one or more bypass ports defined in the body are blocked, and a second position, where the bypass ports are exposed and facilitate fluid communication to the perforating tool. The mill is operable when the ball seat is in the first position, and, when the ball seat is in the second position, fluid pressure within the fluid passage communicates with the perforating tool via the one or more bypass ports to actuate the perforating tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Hassan Wafi Otaif, Abdulaziz Khalaf S. Alanazi
  • Patent number: 12680397
    Abstract: A float includes a body portion having a first side surface and a second side surface, an inner surface and an outer surface, the first and second side surfaces being generally planar and forming an acute angle therebetween, the inner and outer surfaces being non-planar, and the body portion configured such that when positioned laterally adjacent an inverted second float and vertically adjacent a third float, the first side surface of the float abuts a surface of the inverted second float, and the inner surface of the float engages an outer surface of the third float.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Inventor: Daniel Wahlgren
  • Patent number: 12680402
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses including a hollow profile for downhole in a borehole, the hollow profile including a composite of an aromatic copolyester thermoset (ACT) and a reinforcement material, wherein the reinforcement material includes fibers or particles, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Somen Kumar Bhudolia, Michael Linley Fripp, Sandeep Thatathil, Arpana Singh
  • Patent number: 12680390
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein include a method that includes conducting a parametric production study for a plurality of wells during a development phase of the plurality of wells in a geological environment. The method also includes deploying information relating to the parametric study for use in design of an additional well. The method further includes analyzing production intervals of the plurality of wells and the additional well to determine a best production interval. In addition, the method includes analyzing production dependence of the plurality of wells and the additional well on precise lateral landing. The method also includes identifying a precise sublayer for lateral landing based at least in part on the best production interval and the production dependence. The method further includes geosteering a lateral of the additional well in accordance with information relating to the precise sublayer for lateral landing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Abdul Muqtadir Khan, Gagok Imam Santoso
  • Patent number: 12680405
    Abstract: A plug breaker system including: a plug breaker including a breaker body, a pressure catcher arranged on the breaker body, a release element, a breaker object; and a plug assembly including a plug, supported by a seat; and a breaker tubular including an upstream tubular portion and a downstream tubular portion, wherein the upstream tubular portion is located upstream of the plug and the downstream tubular portion is located downstream of the plug; wherein the plug assembly and the plug breaker are arranged in a housing within the breaker tubular; wherein the plug is downstream from the breaker body; wherein the plug breaker system is arranged to have a first position and a second position: in the first position, the release element is arranged such that the breaker body is stationary and the plug assembly is stationary with respect to the breaker tubular, and in the second position, the breaker body is arranged such that when the release element releases, the breaker body moves downhole, and the breaker objec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: TCO Group AS
    Inventors: Tommy Eriksen, Anja Berge Bauman, Richard HagvÄg Ringstad
  • Patent number: 12674383
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein facilitate operation of well-related tools. In certain embodiments, a variety of data (e.g., downhole data and/or surface data) may be collected to enable optimization of operations related to the well-related tools. In certain embodiments, the collected data may be provided as advisory data (e.g., presented to human operators of the well to inform control actions performed by the human operators) and/or used to facilitate automation of downhole processes and/or surface processes (e.g., which may be automatically performed by a computer implemented surface processing system (e.g., a well control system), without intervention from human operators). In certain embodiments, the systems and methods described herein may enhance downhole operations (e.g., milling operations) by improving the efficiency and utilization of data to enable performance optimization and improved resource controls of the downhole operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Zhanke Liu, Richard Morrison, Luis Silva, Sascha Trummer, Jordi Segura Dominguez, Charles Kearney
  • Patent number: 12674373
    Abstract: A system may include a production valve secured in a production fluid line of a downhole tubular. The production valve is configured to control flow through the production fluid line between a wellbore annulus and a central bore of the downhole tubular. The system may further include a pilot line extending at least to the production valve from the annulus. A flow restrictor disposed within the pilot line is configured to increase fluid pressure in the pilot line. Further, the system may include a solenoid valve secured within the pilot line and configured to actuate between an open state and a closed state in response to instructions from a controller. Pressure in the pilot line is configured to rise above an actuation threshold pressure configured to close the production valve in response to formation fluid flowing through the solenoid valve in the open state of the solenoid valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan W. McChesney, Gordon McLeary, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Patent number: 12669269
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a system and a method for generating energy from geothermal sources. The system includes an injection well and a production well extending underground into a rock formation, a first lateral section connected to the injection well and a second lateral section connected to the production well, the first and second lateral sections connected with a multilateral connector, defining a pressure-tested downhole well loop within the rock formation and in a heat transfer arrangement therewith. The downhole well loop cased in steel and cemented in place within the rock formation. The downhole well loop to receive working fluid capable of undergoing phase change between liquid and gas within the downhole well loop as a result of heat transferred from the rock formation. The system also includes a pump to circulate working fluid, a turbine system to convert the flow of working fluid into electricity, and a cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Roda Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis Cook, Shane Engelking, Neal Gartner, Jeff Peterson
  • Patent number: 12669031
    Abstract: A subsurface safety valve tool includes a body having an upper portion positioned upstream of a subsurface safety valve and a lower portion that extends into and through the an interior bore and a hinged valve of the subsurface safety valve, and at least one protrusion extending from an exterior surface of the upper portion of the body, such that the at least one protrusion abuts a fishneck of the subsurface safety valve when the body is positioned within the interior bore of the subsurface safety valve. The subsurface safety valve tool prevents the subsurface safety valve from translating from an open position to a closed position when the subsurface safety valve tool is positioned within the interior bore of the subsurface safety valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Raissan F. Albeshri, Hussain S. Hunidi
  • Patent number: 12662914
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for a bottom hole assembly to form perforations are provided. An abrasive jet perforating tool is configured to couple to a downhole conveyance that is extendable from a terranean surface, through a wellbore, and to a subterranean formation. The abrasive jet perforating tool is configured to inject abrasive particles along a radial direction to create perforations in the subterranean formation. A hydraulically actuated subassembly is attached to the abrasive jet perforating tool and configured to move the abrasive jet perforating tool towards or away from the subterranean formation along the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Osman Hamid, Hussain Khalifa Al-Dakheel, Gallyam Aidagulov, Murtadha J. AlTammar, Khalid Mohammed M. Alruwaili
  • Patent number: 12662928
    Abstract: A method includes issuing control instructions by a controller to control rig equipment for drilling of a borehole in a subsurface environment, where the controller includes a tunable weight-on-bit set point control loop; during the drilling, receiving sensor data as feedback; dynamically determining a tuning parameter value for the tunable weight-on-bit set point control loop using the feedback and a trained machine learning model, where the trained machine learning model is trained using a reward function customizable for desired drilling behavior; determining a control instruction using the tuning parameter value for the tunable weight-on-bit set point control loop in the tunable weight-on-bit set point control loop; and issuing the control instruction by the controller to control the rig equipment for drilling of the borehole according to the desired drilling behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Nathaniel Wicks, Yingwei Yu, Richard John Meehan, Darine Mansour
  • Patent number: 12662926
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to MPD well drilling methods, for example detecting fluid gains or losses even in transient conditions. For example, data relating to one or more parameter of the drilling system may be corrected/filtered using one or more technique. The corrected data can be used to calculate flowrate difference (DeltaFR), and possible fluid losses or gains in the system can be detected by calculating a virtual trip tank (VTT) using DeltaFR. In some embodiments, the technique can compensate for drillstring movement. In some embodiments, an adaptive moving average may be applied to the data to reduce noise. In some embodiments, bilateral filtering may be applied to the data, for example to address issues arising from movement of a choke in the drilling system. In some embodiments, updated baselines may be applied to remove any offset. Systems related to such methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan Luo, Muran Han
  • Patent number: 12662936
    Abstract: A method may include receiving resistivity data acquired by a downhole tool of a drillstring disposed at least in part in a borehole in a subsurface environment, where the borehole includes a downhole end, and where the borehole defines a borehole axis; receiving seismic data for the subsurface environment, where the seismic data include spatial locations; inverting at least a portion of the resistivity data and at least a portion of the seismic data to estimate values for a number of physical properties of a portion of the subsurface environment; and generating reservoir quality metric values using the values for the number of physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Nestor Herman Cuevas Maldonado, Geir Dahl, Kent Harms
  • Patent number: 12662929
    Abstract: A method can include receiving resistivity data acquired by a downhole tool of a drillstring disposed at least in part in a borehole in a subsurface environment, where the borehole includes a downhole end, and where the borehole defines a borehole axis; generating synthetic resistivity data for a region of the subsurface environment beyond the downhole end of the borehole, where the generating synthetic resistivity includes using at least a portion of the resistivity data; receiving seismic data for the subsurface environment, where the seismic data include spatial locations; inverting at least a portion of the resistivity data, at least a portion of the synthetic resistivity data, and at least a portion of the seismic data to estimate values for a number of physical properties of a portion of the subsurface environment that includes at least a portion of the region of the subsurface environment beyond the downhole end of the borehole; and controlling the drillstring using at least a portion of the values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Nestor Herman Cuevas Maldonado, Hilde Grude Borgos, Geir Vaaland Dahl, Michael Hermann Nickel, Diogo Salim, Kent Harms
  • Patent number: 12662879
    Abstract: This invention relates to a mechanical hydraulic torque converter for horizontal well drilling, and belongs to the technical field of oil and gas drilling tools. The hydraulic torque converter includes a driving shaft, an upper-shell, a driving shaft positioning shell, a TC bearing assembly, a universal shaft shell, a universal shaft assembly, a stator shell, a hollow rotor, a middle-shell, a torque separation assembly, a lower connector, and a confluence assembly. The universal shaft assembly is mounted in the universal shaft outer shell, and two ends of the universal shaft assembly are respectively connected with the driving shaft and the hollow rotor. One end of the confluence assembly is connected with the torque separation assembly, and the other end of the confluence assembly is communicated with an outlet of the lower connector. The tool is jointly driven by the rotating speed of upper drill string and drilling fluid displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Inventors: Yang Liu, Junhong Wu, Tianshou Ma, Kun Ai, Haijun Tao, Xingyun Xiang, Chao Fang, Jiahua Zhang
  • Patent number: 12655750
    Abstract: A compression indication tool can include a flow passage and a valve that in a closed configuration prevents fluid communication between the flow passage and an exterior of the tool, and in an open configuration permits fluid communication between the flow passage and the exterior of the tool. The valve is opened in response to application of a predetermined longitudinal compressive load to the compression indication tool. A method can include connecting a compression indication tool in a tool string, the tool including a valve that prevents fluid communication between an interior flow passage and an exterior of the tool, deploying the tool string into the well, and applying a predetermined longitudinal compressive load to the tool string, thereby opening the valve to permit fluid communication between the interior flow passage and the exterior of the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Brock W. Watson, Roger L. Schultz, Brett A. Fears, Timothy Manke
  • Patent number: 12653103
    Abstract: An electric work vehicle includes a rear housing, a gear casing, a first motor to drive a first rear wheel, the first motor being supported by the rear housing, a second motor to drive a second rear wheel, the second motor being supported by the rear housing, a third motor to drive a first electric work vehicle component other than a wheel, the third motor being supported by the rear housing, and a fourth motor to drive a second electric work vehicle component other than a wheel, the fourth motor being supported by the rear housing. The rear housing is wider than the gear casing in a left-right direction of the electric work vehicle. The rear housing houses the first motor, the second motor, the third motor, and the fourth motor. The gear casing houses first gears and second gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Kieke
  • Patent number: 12655691
    Abstract: Provided, in one aspect, is a downhole tool, a well system, and a method. The downhole tool, in one aspect, includes a whipstock assembly, the whipstock assembly including a whipface. The downhole tool, in one aspect, further includes a packer assembly coupled to the whipstock assembly, the packer assembly including a packer element configured to move between a radially retracted state and a radially expanded state. The downhole tool, in one aspect, may further include a lower completion coupled downhole of the whipstock assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen Helgesen Van der Veen, Luke Holderman
  • Patent number: 12655728
    Abstract: Provided is a liner hanger, a method, and a well system. The liner hanger, in one aspect, includes a liner hanger body having an expansion section movable from a radially unexpanded state to a radially expanded state in contact with an inside diameter (ID) of a wellbore tubular. The liner hanger may further include a support assembly coupled to the liner hanger body, the support assembly including a support housing, and a mechanical support structure positioned radially inside of the support housing. In one aspect, the mechanical support structure is movable from a first position radially misaligned with the expansion section when the expansion section is in the radially unexpanded state to a second position at least partially radially aligned with the expansion section when the expansion section is in the radially expanded state. The liner hanger, in one aspect, further includes expandable metal coupled to the mechanical support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Newton