Patents by Inventor Andrew Colin Whittaker

Andrew Colin Whittaker 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).

  • Patent number: 10392926
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus for non-invasively logging the flow of perforations in a well casing lining a wellbore. The measurement apparatus includes a plurality of transducers arranged adjacent an outer surface of the measurement apparatus and at predefined azimuthal angular positions with respect to a longitudinal axis of the measurement apparatus, where the transducers are adapted to transmit and detect an acoustic pulse, and where each transducer is arranged at a different azimuthal angle with respect to each of the remaining transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Songming Huang, Pierre Vigneaux, Andrew William Meredith, Andrew Colin Whittaker
  • Publication number: 20180112524
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus for non-invasively logging the flow of perforations in a well casing lining a wellbore. The measurement apparatus includes a plurality of transducers arranged adjacent an outer surface of the measurement apparatus and at predefined azimuthal angular positions with respect to a longitudinal axis of the measurement apparatus, where the transducers are adapted to transmit and detect an acoustic pulse, and where each transducer is arranged at a different azimuthal angle with respect to each of the remaining transducers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Songming Huang, Pierre Vigneaux, Andrew William Meredith, Andrew Colin Whittaker
  • Publication number: 20170051607
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for interpreting multi-phase fluid flow in a conduit, such as a pipe in a wellbore. The method involves curve fitting holdup data sets and velocity data sets together wherein the second curve comprises a shape mutual to the first curve with an independent gain and an independent offset, and determining flow rates through the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Andrew Colin Whittaker
  • Patent number: 9513241
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for interpreting multi-phase fluid flow in a conduit, such as a pipe in a wellbore. The method involves curve fitting holdup data sets and velocity data sets together wherein the second curve comprises a shape mutual to the first curve with an independent gain and an independent offset, and determining flow rates through the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Andrew Colin Whittaker
  • Patent number: 9359883
    Abstract: A production logging tool (PLT) is conveyed within production tubing containing production fluid flow established by zonal fluid flow from formation zones. The PLT measures a flow rate of the production fluid flow at each of a plurality of depths associated with a corresponding one of the zones. A flow rate of the zonal fluid flow from each zone is determined based on the flow rates of the production fluid flow measured at each of the depths. The PLT measures proportions of compositional components of the production fluid flow at each of the depths. A flow rate of each compositional component of the zonal fluid flow from each zone is determined based on the determined flow rate of the zonal fluid flow from each zone and the proportions of compositional components of the production fluid flow measured at each of the depths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Colin Whittaker, A. Ballard Andrews, Andrew Speck
  • Publication number: 20150021020
    Abstract: A production logging tool (PLT) is conveyed within production tubing containing production fluid flow established by zonal fluid flow from formation zones. The PLT measures a flow rate of the production fluid flow at each of a plurality of depths associated with a corresponding one of the zones. A flow rate of the zonal fluid flow from each zone is determined based on the flow rates of the production fluid flow measured at each of the depths. The PLT measures proportions of compositional components of the production fluid flow at each of the depths. A flow rate of each compositional component of the zonal fluid flow from each zone is determined based on the determined flow rate of the zonal fluid flow from each zone and the proportions of compositional components of the production fluid flow measured at each of the depths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew Colin Whittaker, A. Ballard Andrews, Andrew Speck
  • Publication number: 20120160011
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for determining the steam quality at a subsurface location for a steam injection operation. The methods involve obtaining a total mass flow rate, measuring a vapor velocity at the subsurface location and a second parameter, determining a vapor density from the second parameter when the second parameter comprises a measurement other than a vapor density, generating a vapor mass flow rate as a function of the vapor velocity, the vapor density and the internal cross-section area of the conduit, and generating the steam quality at the subsurface location as a function of the vapor mass flow rate and the total mass flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew Colin Whittaker, Paul Simon Hammond
  • Publication number: 20120166157
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for interpreting measurements by a meter of defined dimension in a multiphase flow in a conduit in a wellbore. The meter may be a spinner used to obtain measurements at locations in the flow. The measurements may be averaged across a defined dimension, and a measurement model generated. A parameter profile (e.g., velocity) can be generated by curve fitting to the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventor: Andrew Colin Whittaker
  • Publication number: 20120166108
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for interpreting multi-phase fluid flow in a conduit, such as a pipe in a wellbore. The method involves curve fitting holdup data sets and velocity data sets together wherein the second curve comprises a shape mutual to the first curve with an independent gain and an independent offset, and determining flow rates through the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventor: Andrew Colin Whittaker