Patents by Inventor Abubaker Saeed
Abubaker Saeed has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11867009Abstract: A modular mobility platform has extendable and retractable tractor treads for engaging the walls of a downhole environment. The extendable and retractable tractor treads allow the platform to successfully navigate longitudinally through the downhole environment. The platform is composed of a plurality of different modules removably interconnected together longitudinally. Each module has at least one specific function, such as sensing, navigation, mobility, control, communication, power, or a combination thereof. The platform has longitudinally-directed detectors for detecting the forward or reverse direction through which the platform is to travel. A front end of the platform having a sensor at the forward end thereof articulates to navigate the mobility platform laterally through splits in the downhole environment. A system and method use the modular mobility platform.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Abubaker Saeed, Jeffrey Shasho, Shazad Sadick
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Patent number: 11796704Abstract: Some methods of scale and corrosion monitoring of a well include receiving information from a plurality of transducers disposed in a ring on a circumference of a tubing of the well, the received information including frequency domain information representing a first longitudinal ultrasonic wave and a first torsional ultrasonic wave to arrive at the plurality of transducers; determining arrival times for the first longitudinal ultrasonic wave and the first torsional ultrasonic wave to arrive at the plurality of transducers based on the received information; comparing the determined arrival times with a range of predetermined arrival times from a model that accounts for wave refraction using a ray tracing scheme to determine a wall thickness of the tubing, a scale thickness of scale within the tubing, and a scale shear wave velocity of the scale; and identifying a material of the scale based on the determined scale shear wave velocity.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Arno Willem Frederik Volker, Abubaker Saeed
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Patent number: 11713635Abstract: A modular mobility platform has extendable and retractable tractor treads for engaging the walls of a downhole environment. The extendable and retractable tractor treads allow the platform to successfully navigate longitudinally through the downhole environment. The platform is composed of a plurality of different modules removably interconnected together longitudinally. Each module has at least one specific function, such as sensing, navigation, mobility, control, communication, power, or a combination thereof. The platform has longitudinally-directed detectors for detecting the forward or reverse direction through which the platform is to travel. A system and method use the modular mobility platform.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Abubaker Saeed, Shazad Sadick, Jeffrey Shasho, Jonathan Bohren, Narmeen Khan, Elijah Pivo, Anthony Musco, Lonnell Ahiyya
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Patent number: 11625853Abstract: There is disclosed a system for automatically detecting an irregularity on a pipe. The system includes a camera arranged at an external surface of the pipe, the camera being configured to capture a Red, Green and Blue (RBG) image of a region of a pipe. One or more hardware processors are in communication with the camera and are configured to: convert the RGB image to a modified image; split the modified image into a plurality of components; generate a binary image via performing a thresholding operation which utilizes the plurality of components; and detect the irregularity on the pipe via performing a feature extraction process on the binary image. Also disclosed and described is a related method.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Ahmed Alalouni, Abubaker Saeed
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Patent number: 11619114Abstract: An assembly and a method for entering a lateral branch of a main wellbore through a lateral window with an assembly are described. The assembly includes an arm coupled to a body. The arm positions the body to enter the lateral branch. The assembly includes an actuator to actuate the arm relative to the body. The assembly includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a controller. The first sensor senses a condition of the arm and transmit the condition of the arm to the controller. The second sensor senses when the assembly is located in the main wellbore or the lateral branch transmits the location to the controller. Responsive to either the first signal or the second signal, the controller actuates the arm relative to the body to position the body to enter the lateral window and determines when the assembly has entered the lateral branch.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS ASInventors: Abubaker Saeed, Jarl André Fellinghaug, Henrik Wanvik Clayborough, Sergey Kulyakhtin, Anton Kulyakhtin, Stian Marius Hansen
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Patent number: 11603756Abstract: Downhole equipment and surface equipment communicate wirelessly with each other. A signal wirelessly transmitted at a first frequency from a downhole controller disposed within a wellbore is received at a surface location. The received signal is demodulated to a demodulated digital value. The demodulated value is added to an end of a buffer string. The buffer string is processed to determine whether the buffer string contains a message that is valid. In response to determining that the buffer string contains the message that is valid, the message is decoded. A command signal is wirelessly transmitted at a second frequency different from the first frequency to the downhole controller to adjust a state of the downhole controller.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS ASInventors: Abubaker Saeed, Jarl André Fellinghaug, Vegard Fiksdal, Alexey Prusakov
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Patent number: 11530597Abstract: A system includes a surface sub-system and a downhole sub-system. The surface subsystem includes a pump and a surface valve sub-assembly. The pump is configured to pump a fluid from a container, downhole into a wellbore. The surface valve sub-assembly is fluidically coupled to the pump and configured to receive a first portion of the fluid pumped by the pump. The surface valve sub-assembly includes a dump valve, a surface controller, and a return line. The surface controller is configured to adjust fluid flow through the dump valve, and the return line is configured to flow fluid from the dump valve to the container. The downhole sub-system includes a turbine-generator and a downhole controller coupled to the turbine-generator. The turbine-generator is configured to generate an output in response to receiving a second portion of the fluid pumped by the pump.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS ASInventors: Abubaker Saeed, Jarl André Fellinghaug, Henrik Wanvik Clayborough, Vegard Fiksdal
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Publication number: 20220333461Abstract: An assembly and a method for entering a lateral branch of a main wellbore through a lateral window with an assembly are described. The assembly includes an arm coupled to a body. The arm positions the body to enter the lateral branch. The assembly includes an actuator to actuate the arm relative to the body. The assembly includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a controller. The first sensor senses a condition of the arm and transmit the condition of the arm to the controller. The second sensor senses when the assembly is located in the main wellbore or the lateral branch transmits the location to the controller. Responsive to either the first signal or the second signal, the controller actuates the arm relative to the body to position the body to enter the lateral window and determines when the assembly has entered the lateral branch.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Abubaker Saeed, Jarl André Fellinghaug, Henrik Wanvik Clayborough, Sergey Kulyakhtin, Anton Kulyakhtin, Stian Marius Hansen
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Publication number: 20220327731Abstract: There is disclosed a system for automatically detecting an irregularity on a pipe. The system includes a camera arranged at an external surface of the pipe, the camera being configured to capture a Red, Green and Blue (RBG) image of a region of a pipe. One or more hardware processors are in communication with the camera and are configured to: convert the RGB image to a modified image; split the modified image into a plurality of components; generate a binary image via performing a thresholding operation which utilizes the plurality of components; and detect the irregularity on the pipe via performing a feature extraction process on the binary image. Also disclosed and described is a related method.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Ahmed Alalouni, Abubaker Saeed
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Publication number: 20220283331Abstract: Some methods of scale and corrosion monitoring of a well include receiving information from a plurality of transducers disposed in a ring on a circumference of a tubing of the well, the received information including frequency domain information representing a first longitudinal ultrasonic wave and a first torsional ultrasonic wave to arrive at the plurality of transducers; determining arrival times for the first longitudinal ultrasonic wave and the first torsional ultrasonic wave to arrive at the plurality of transducers based on the received information; comparing the determined arrival times with a range of predetermined arrival times from a model that accounts for wave refraction using a ray tracing scheme to determine a wall thickness of the tubing, a scale thickness of scale within the tubing, and a scale shear wave velocity of the scale; and identifying a material of the scale based on the determined scale shear wave velocity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Arno Willem Frederik Volker, Abubaker Saeed
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Publication number: 20220282616Abstract: Downhole equipment and surface equipment communicate wirelessly with each other. A signal wirelessly transmitted at a first frequency from a downhole controller disposed within a wellbore is received at a surface location. The received signal is demodulated to a demodulated digital value. The demodulated value is added to an end of a buffer string. The buffer string is processed to determine whether the buffer string contains a message that is valid. In response to determining that the buffer string contains the message that is valid, the message is decoded. A command signal is wirelessly transmitted at a second frequency different from the first frequency to the downhole controller to adjust a state of the downhole controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Abubaker Saeed, Jarl André Fellinghaug, Vegard Fiksdal, Alexey Prusakov
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Publication number: 20220259950Abstract: A system includes a surface sub-system and a downhole sub-system. The surface subsystem includes a pump and a surface valve sub-assembly. The pump is configured to pump a fluid from a container, downhole into a wellbore. The surface valve sub-assembly is fluidically coupled to the pump and configured to receive a first portion of the fluid pumped by the pump. The surface valve sub-assembly includes a dump valve, a surface controller, and a return line. The surface controller is configured to adjust fluid flow through the dump valve, and the return line is configured to flow fluid from the dump valve to the container. The downhole sub-system includes a turbine-generator and a downhole controller coupled to the turbine-generator. The turbine-generator is configured to generate an output in response to receiving a second portion of the fluid pumped by the pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Abubaker Saeed, Jarl André Fellinghaug, Henrik Wanvik Clayborough, Vegard Fiksdal
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Publication number: 20220065058Abstract: A modular mobility platform has extendable and retractable tractor treads for engaging the walls of a downhole environment. The extendable and retractable tractor treads allow the platform to successfully navigate longitudinally through the downhole environment. The platform is composed of a plurality of different modules removably interconnected together longitudinally. Each module has at least one specific function, such as sensing, navigation, mobility, control, communication, power, or a combination thereof. The platform has longitudinally-directed detectors for detecting the forward or reverse direction through which the platform is to travel. A system and method use the modular mobility platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Abubaker Saeed, Shazad Sadick, Jeffrey Shasho, Jonathan Bohren, Narmeen Khan, Elijah Pivo, Anthony Musco, Lonnell Ahiyya
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Publication number: 20220049561Abstract: A modular mobility platform has extendable and retractable tractor treads for engaging the walls of a downhole environment. The extendable and retractable tractor treads allow the platform to successfully navigate longitudinally through the downhole environment. The platform is composed of a plurality of different modules removably interconnected together longitudinally. Each module has at least one specific function, such as sensing, navigation, mobility, control, communication, power, or a combination thereof. The platform has longitudinally-directed detectors for detecting the forward or reverse direction through which the platform is to travel. A front end of the platform having a sensor at the forward end thereof articulates to navigate the mobility platform laterally through splits in the downhole environment. A system and method use the modular mobility platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Abubaker Saeed, Jeffrey Shasho, Shazad Sadick
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Publication number: 20220003111Abstract: An apparatus for detecting and determining geometric features inside a borehole comprises a body section coupled to and deployable in the borehole by a conveyor, a head section having a first end pivotably coupled to the body section via a joint and a second end having an array of ultrasonic transducers. The array of transducers comprises, for example, a multiplicity of individual actuator elements and a multiplicity of individual sensor elements. An electronic control unit controls the timing of emission of ultrasonic radiation from the actuator elements of the array, receives signals generated by the sensor elements of the array, and controls movement of the head section via an actuator coupled to the joint. A method for reconstructing a geometry and detecting and identifying features in a borehole is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Abubaker Saeed, Juanpablo Rodriguez, Narmeen Khan, Jeffrey Shasho
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Publication number: 20210333238Abstract: A nondestructive method of monitoring scale buildup in a section of pipe includes: transmitting, from a first transducer at a first location of the pipe, axisymmetric torsional ultrasonic guided waves (UGWs) to propagate along the pipe, the torsional UGWs spanning a frequency band comprising multiple higher order modes; receiving, by a second transducer at a second location of the pipe, the propagated torsional UGWs; and determining a thickness of the scale buildup in the pipe between the first location and the second locations using the received torsional UGWs. The determining step comprises: measuring attributes from the received torsional UGWs, the attributes being first arrival times or mode cutoff frequencies; comparing the measured attributes to sets of computed said attributes, each set representing a different scale buildup thickness; and selecting the compared set of computed attributes that is closest to the measured attributes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Abubaker Saeed, Arno Willem Frederik Volker, Paul Louis Maria Joseph van Neer, Daniele Piras, Arnout Tim van Zon
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Patent number: 10927610Abstract: A robotic device and mobility module for navigating through a passageway whose diameter may vary comprises a central support member, a first casing coupled to the elongate support member via a first expandable and collapsible linkage, the first casing having an external surface including a first movable track, and a second casing coupled to an opposite side of the elongate support member from the first casing, the second casing coupled to the elongate support member via a second expandable and collapsible linkage and including an external surface including a second movable track.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, HONEYBEE ROBOTICS, LTD.Inventors: Abubaker Saeed, Mohannad Abdelaziz, Shazad Sadick, Jeff Shasho, Jason Herman, John Wilson, Michael Maksymuk
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Publication number: 20190203544Abstract: A robotic device and mobility module for navigating through a passageway whose diameter may vary comprises a central support member, a first casing coupled to the elongate support member via a first expandable and collapsible linkage, the first casing having an external surface including a first movable track, and a second casing coupled to an opposite side of the elongate support member from the first casing, the second casing coupled to the elongate support member via a second expandable and collapsible linkage and including an external surface including a second movable track.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Abubaker Saeed, Mohannad Abdelaziz, Shazad Sadick, Jeff Shasho, Jason Herman, John Wilson, Michael Maksymuk
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Patent number: 10145212Abstract: A system and method for providing artificial lift to production fluids within a subterranean well includes loading an electrical submersible pump assembly into an interior cavity of a pump launcher. The electrical submersible pump assembly has a motor and a pump. The pump launcher is releasably secured to a wellhead so that the interior cavity is in fluid communication with an inner bore of a production tubing that extends a length into the subterranean well. A propulsion system is activated to move the electrical submersible pump assembly from the pump launcher and into the subterranean well, wherein the propulsion system includes a self-powered robotic system having a propulsion mechanism. The propulsion system can be communicated with to control the descent of the electrical submersible pump assembly through the subterranean well.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Rafael Adolfo Lastra, Abubaker Saeed
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Patent number: 9976392Abstract: A system and method for providing artificial lift to production fluids within a subterranean well includes loading an electrical submersible pump assembly into an interior cavity of a pump launcher. The electrical submersible pump assembly has a motor and a pump and is releasably secured to a piston device. The piston device has an outer diameter profile. The pump launcher is releasably secured to a wellhead so that the interior cavity is in fluid communication with an inner bore of a production tubing that extends a length into the subterranean well. A propulsion system is activated to move the electrical submersible pump assembly from the pump launcher and into the subterranean well. The piston device can be communicated with to control the descent of the electrical submersible pump assembly through the subterranean well.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Rafael Adolfo Lastra, Abubaker Saeed