Patents by Inventor Anthony Herman

Anthony Herman 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: 11506051
    Abstract: A method may comprise positioning a downhole fluid sampling tool into a wellbore, performing a pressure test operation within the wellbore, performing a pumpout operation within the wellbore, identifying when a clean fluid sample may be taken by the downhole fluid sampling tool from at least the pressure test operation and the pumpout operation, and acquiring the clean fluid sample from the wellbore. A system may comprise a downhole fluid sampling tool and an information handling machine. The downhole fluid sampling tool may further comprise one or more probes attached to the downhole fluid sampling tool, one or more stabilizers attached to the downhole fluid sampling tool, and a sensor placed in the downhole fluid sampling tool configured to measure drilling fluid filtrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Ojo Olapade, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, James Martin Price, Dingding Chen, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom
  • Publication number: 20220316329
    Abstract: A system and method for a fluid sampling tool. The fluid sampling tool may include a probe section. The probe section may include one or more probes, one or more stabilizers, and a housing that houses a bi directional piston pump. The method may include disposing a fluid sampling tool into a wellbore at a first depth, pressing the one or more probes into a surface of the wellbore, drawing a reservoir fluid from the wellbore through the one or more probes, placing the reservoir fluid into the housing, isolating the housing from the one or more modules of the fluid sampling tool with one or more shut in valves, depressurizing the housing with the bi directional piston pump, and measuring the asphaltene precipitation of the reservoir fluid within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohin Naveena-Chandran, Syed Muhammad Farrukh Hamza, Gibran Mushtaq Hashmi, Jason A. Rogers, Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman VanZuilekom
  • Publication number: 20220298914
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a formation tester tool to be positioned in a borehole within a formation, wherein the formation tester tool comprises a pressure sensor and a pad that is radially extendable with respect to an axis of the formation tester tool, and wherein the pressure sensor is inside the pad. The formation tester tool includes first and second inner radially extendable packers that are axially above and below the pad, respectively, with respect to the axis of the formation tester tool. The apparatus includes a first outer radially extendable packer that is axially above the first inner radially extendable packer with respect to the axis of the formation tester tool and a second outer radially extendable packer that is axially below the second inner radially extendable packer with respect to the axis of the formation tester tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom, Mehdi Alipour Kallehbasti
  • Publication number: 20220298913
    Abstract: A method includes positioning a formation tester tool into a borehole formed within a formation and radially expanding a first and second radially extendable packers of the formation tester tool out from the formation tester tool to the formation to form a sealed volume between the first radially extendable packer and the second radially extendable packer. The method includes radially extending a pad of the formation tester tool that is positioned between the first radially extendable packer and the second radially extendable packer to form a sealed connection volume between the formation and a pressure sensor within the pad. The method includes acquiring a first pressure measurement, using the pressure sensor, from fluids in the sealed connection volume and extracting fluid from the sealed volume to reduce pressure around the pad. The method includes acquiring a second pressure measurement, using the pressure sensor, from fluids in the sealed connection volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom, Mehdi Alipour Kallehbasti
  • Publication number: 20220282612
    Abstract: Quality factors associated with formation pressure measurements at various depths in the geologic formation are determined based on one or more well logs of formation properties in a geologic formation. A formation testing tool with two or more probes is positioned in a borehole of the geologic formation based on the quality factors. The two or more probes in the borehole perform respective formation pressure measurements, where each formation pressure measurement is performed at a different depth. The formation pressure measurements and the given distance between the two or more probes indicate a formation pressure gradient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Bin Dai, Anthony Herman van Zuilekom
  • Publication number: 20220282365
    Abstract: A device for coating an interior surface of a housing defining a volume comprising a plurality of reactant gas sources including reactant gases for one or more surface coating processes; first and second closures to sealingly engage with an inlet and outlet of the volume of the housing to provide an enclosed volume; a delivery line fluidically coupled to the first closure and the plurality of reactant gas sources to deliver the reactant gases to the enclosed volume; and an output line fluidically coupled to the second closure to remove one or more reactant gases, byproduct gases, or both from the enclosed volume. A method for coating an interior surface of a housing is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: James M. PRICE, Michael T. PELLETIER, Jian LI, William Joseph SOLTMANN, Christopher Michael JONES, Anthony Herman VAN ZUILEKOM
  • Patent number: 11408240
    Abstract: A downhole tool for performing an acid stimulation operation includes a chamber and at least one acid resistant container to store a stimulation fluid comprising a stimulation acid. The at least one acid resistant container can be placed in the chamber prior to conveying the downhole tool in a borehole. The downhole tool can include a fluid injector fluidly coupled to an output of the chamber. After the downhole tool is positioned at a location in the borehole where the stimulation fluid is to be injected into a subsurface formation surrounding the borehole, the at least one acid-container can be opened such that the stimulation fluid can flow from the output of the chamber to the fluid injector. The fluid injector can inject the stimulation fluid into the subsurface formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Herman van Zuilekom, Christopher Michael Jones, Darren George Gascooke
  • Publication number: 20220243588
    Abstract: A method comprises flowing a mud into a wellbore, wherein the mud has a mud composition and has a weight in a defined range. The method includes introducing a fluid pill into the mud flowing into the wellbore, wherein the fluid pill has an injection fluid with an injection composition that is different from the mud composition. A particulate has been added to the injection fluid to increase the weight of the fluid pill to be in the defined range. After flowing the mud into the wellbore such that the fluid pill is positioned in a zone of the wellbore: filtering out the particulate from the injection fluid; injecting, after the filtering, the injection fluid into the zone; measuring a downhole parameter that changes in response to injecting the injection fluid into the zone; and determining a property of the formation of the zone based on the measured downhole parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Marcus Ray Hudson, Pramod Chamarthy, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Christopher Michael Jones, Darren George Gascooke, Anthony Herman van Zuilekom, Jay Paul Deville, William W. Shumway, Dale E. Jamison
  • Publication number: 20220235657
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for capture and measurement of a target component. A fluid sampling tool for sampling fluid from a subterranean formation may include a sample chamber having a fluid inlet, wherein the sample chamber is lined with a coating of a material that can reversibly hold a target component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Julia Golovko, James M. Price, Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman VanZuilekom
  • Patent number: 11371137
    Abstract: A device for coating an interior surface of a housing defining a volume comprising a plurality of reactant gas sources including reactant gases for one or more surface coating processes; first and second closures to sealingly engage with an inlet and outlet of the volume of the housing to provide an enclosed volume; a delivery line fluidically coupled to the first closure and the plurality of reactant gas sources to deliver the reactant gases to the enclosed volume; and an output line fluidically coupled to the second closure to remove one or more reactant gases, byproduct gases, or both from the enclosed volume. A method for coating an interior surface of a housing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Price, Michael T. Pelletier, Jian Li, William Joseph Soltmann, Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom
  • Publication number: 20220195871
    Abstract: A downhole PVT tool for performing in-situ formation fluid phase behavior characterizations in a wellbore using pressure, volume, and temperature (PVT) measurements of the formation fluid while continuing to pump the formation fluids. The disclosed downhole PVT tool includes an intake mandrel and utilizes two individual pumps to split the formation fluid to perform PVT measurements during the fluid pump out. The downhole PVT tool, two-pump configuration permits a first pump to be used to pump formation fluid along a first flowpath and a second pump to be used to pump formation fluid along a second flowpath, with one or more sensors deployed along one of the flowpaths to perform fluid and/or gas phase behavior measurements to determine one or more properties of the formation fluid in-situ. The first pump may be utilized in the phase behavior analysis while the second pump simultaneously continues flow-through pumping of the formation fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Darren George Gascooke, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom, Marcus Ray Hudson
  • Patent number: 11359480
    Abstract: To reduce effects of artificial alteration of measured formation pressure downhole, an iterative procedure for accurately measuring formation pressure in drawdown/buildup operations is presently disclosed. During buildup/drawdown operations, pressure measurements are taken by pressure sensors in concentric volumes sealed to the formation. After each buildup operation, pressure in the outer concentric volume is lowered using a pressure sensor therein to a progressively lower pressure until a pattern for the pressure trend stabilizes asymptotically. The true formation pressure is taken after a final buildup operation once pressure measurements stabilize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom, Mehdi Alipour Kallehbasti
  • Patent number: 11352884
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems for capture and measurement of a target component. A fluid sampling tool for sampling fluid from a subterranean formation may include a sample chamber having a fluid inlet, wherein the sample chamber is lined with a coating of a material that can reversibly hold a target component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Julia Golovko, James M. Price, Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom
  • Patent number: 11346210
    Abstract: Quality factors associated with formation pressure measurements at various depths in the geologic formation are determined based on one or more well logs of formation properties in a geologic formation. A formation testing tool with two or more probes is positioned in a borehole of the geologic formation based on the quality factors. The two or more probes in the borehole perform respective formation pressure measurements, where each formation pressure measurement is performed at a different depth. The formation pressure measurements and the given distance between the two or more probes indicate a formation pressure gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Bin Dai, Anthony Herman van Zuilekom
  • Publication number: 20220120178
    Abstract: This disclosure presents systems and processes to collect elemental composition of target fluid and solid material located downhole of a borehole. Waveguides can be utilized that include capillary optics to deliver emitted high energy into a container or a conduit and then to detect the high energy. A source waveguide can be used to emit the high energy into the target fluid and a detector waveguide can collect resulting measurements. Each waveguide can include a protective sheath and a pressure cap on the end of the capillary optics that are proximate the target fluid, to protect against abrasion and target fluid pressure. In other aspects, a pulsed neutron tool can be utilized in place of the waveguides to collect measurements. The collected measurements can be utilized to generate chemical signature results that can be utilized to determine the elemental composition of the target fluid or of the solid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Jeffrey James Crawford, Anthony Herman van Zulekom, Darren George Gascooke
  • Publication number: 20220090497
    Abstract: A siphon pump chimney can be used in a mini-drillstem test to increase formation fluid flow rates. A formation tester can be coupled to a siphon pump chimney via a wet connect assembly to transfer formation fluid from a fluid-bearing formation. The siphon pump chimney can receive the formation fluid through the wet connect and disperse the formation fluid into a drill pipe that is flowing drilling fluid. The siphon pump chimney can include check valves to prevent the drilling fluid from entering the siphon pump chimney. The siphon pump chimney can be configured to have a variable height that can reduce pressure within the siphon pump chimney to a pressure value that can be close to or less than the formation pressure, which can allow a pump to operate at high flow rates or be bypassed in a free flow configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Darren George Gascooke, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom, Etienne Marcel Samson, Michael Thomas Pelletier, Mehdi Alipour Kallehbasti
  • Patent number: 11225866
    Abstract: A siphon pump chimney can be used in a mini-drillstem test to increase formation fluid flow rates. A formation tester can be coupled to a siphon pump chimney via a wet connect assembly to transfer formation fluid from a fluid-bearing formation. The siphon pump chimney can receive the formation fluid through the wet connect and disperse the formation fluid into a drill pipe that is flowing drilling fluid. The siphon pump chimney can include check valves to prevent the drilling fluid from entering the siphon pump chimney. The siphon pump chimney can be configured to have a variable height that can reduce pressure within the siphon pump chimney to a pressure value that can be close to or less than the formation pressure, which can allow a pump to operate at high flow rates or be bypassed in a free flow configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Darren George Gascooke, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom, III, Etienne Marcel Samson, Michael Thomas Pelletier, Mehdi Alipour Kallehbasti
  • Publication number: 20210363883
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include methods to perform an in-situ determination of a formation property of a downhole formation, methods to operate a tool to perform an in-situ determination of formation properties of a downhole formation, and in-situ formation property measurement tools. In one embodiment, a method to perform an in-situ determination of a formation property includes deploying a tool into a borehole that is drilled through a formation. The method also includes isolating a source zone from an injection zone. While the source zone is isolated from the injection zone, the method further includes withdrawing a fluid that partially fills the source zone; flowing the fluid into the injection zone; injecting the fluid into a first portion of the formation that is along the injection zone; and determining at least one formation property of the first portion based on an injection of the fluid into the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Michael JONES, Jonas TOELKE, Anthony Herman VAN ZULEKOM, Mehdi Alipour KALLEHBASTI
  • Publication number: 20210340865
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a subsurface sensor to be positioned in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, wherein the subsurface sensor is to detect subsurface measurements. The apparatus includes a processor and a machine-readable medium having program code executable by the processor to cause the processor to generate a combination of functions based on the subsurface measurements, wherein the combination of functions is a subset of functions from a library of functions. The program code is executable by the processor to cause the processor to determine at least one function parameter of at least one function of the combination of functions and determine at least one formation property of the subsurface formation based on the at least one function parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Darren George Gascooke, Anthony Herman van Zuilekom, Bin Dai
  • Publication number: 20210317738
    Abstract: A method including, without removing a BHA from a wellbore of a well extending into a formation, extending, into an interior flow bore of the BHA, a first component of a wet latch assembly to provide an extended first component of the wet latch assembly, conveying downhole via a wireline cable, from a surface through an interior flow bore provided by a drill string, a second component of the wet latch assembly, and coupling the second component of the wet latch assembly with the extended first component of the wet latch assembly such that an electrical connection is established between the first component and the second component and between the BHA and the surface via the wireline cable, and testing the formation with a formation tester of the BHA, while providing power and/or data telemetry for the formation tester via the wet latch assembly and the wireline cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Michael JONES, Darren George GASCOOKE, Anthony Herman VAN ZUILEKOM, Glenn Andrew WILSON