Patents by Inventor Badarinadh Vissapragada

Badarinadh Vissapragada 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: 10802099
    Abstract: A methods are provided for investigating a sample containing hydrocarbons by subjecting the sample to a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sequence using NMR equipment, using the NMR equipment to detect signals from the sample in response to the NMR sequence, analyzing the signals to extract a distribution of relaxation times (or diffusions), and computing a value for a parameter of the sample as a function of at least one of the relaxation times (or diffusions), wherein the computing utilizes a correction factor that modifies the value for the parameter as a function of relaxation time for at least short relaxation times (or as a function of diffusion for at least large diffusion coefficients).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lalitha Venkataramanan, Fred K. Gruber, Tarek M. Habashy, Ridvan Akkurt, Badarinadh Vissapragada, Richard E. Lewis, Erik Rylander
  • Publication number: 20190011517
    Abstract: A methods are provided for investigating a sample containing hydrocarbons by subjecting the sample to a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sequence using NMR equipment, using the NMR equipment to detect signals from the sample in response to the NMR sequence, analyzing the signals to extract a distribution of relaxation times (or diffusions), and computing a value for a parameter of the sample as a function of at least one of the relaxation times (or diffusions), wherein the computing utilizes a correction factor that modifies the value for the parameter as a function of relaxation time for at least short relaxation times (or as a function of diffusion for at least large diffusion coefficients).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Lalitha Venkataramanan, Fred K. Gruber, Tarek M. Habashy, Ridvan Akkurt, Badarinadh Vissapragada, Richard E. Lewis, Erik Rylander
  • Patent number: 9939506
    Abstract: A methods are provided for investigating a sample containing hydrocarbons by subjecting the sample to a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sequence using NMR equipment, using the NMR equipment to detect signals from the sample in response to the NMR sequence, analyzing the signals to extract a distribution of relaxation times (or diffusions), and computing a value for a parameter of the sample as a function of at least one of the relaxation times (or diffusions), wherein the computing utilizes a correction factor that modifies the value for the parameter as a function of relaxation time for at least short relaxation times (or as a function of diffusion for at least large diffusion coefficients).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lalitha Venkataramanan, Fred K. Gruber, Tarek M. Habashy, Ridvan Akkurt, Badarinadh Vissapragada, Richard E. Lewis, Erik Rylander
  • Patent number: 9371710
    Abstract: A wireline logging tool and method for fluid monitoring and flow characterization in individual zones of controlled salinity is disclosed. The tool and method advantageously facilitate zone-specific testing. Sets of packers are used to create hydraulically distinct zones proximate to the tool. Coiled tubing and isolation valves are used to selectively introduce and remove an electrically conductive fluid such as brine to and from a selected zone. Individual sensors are disposed near each zone to make zone-specific measurements while fluid properties are changed, e.g., while salinity is changed to cause salinity fronts in the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terizhandur S. Ramakrishnan, Tarek M. Habashy, Badarinadh Vissapragada
  • Publication number: 20150177351
    Abstract: A methods are provided for investigating a sample containing hydrocarbons by subjecting the sample to a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sequence using NMR equipment, using the NMR equipment to detect signals from the sample in response to the NMR sequence, analyzing the signals to extract a distribution of relaxation times (or diffusions), and computing a value for a parameter of the sample as a function of at least one of the relaxation times (or diffusions), wherein the computing utilizes a correction factor that modifies the value for the parameter as a function of relaxation time for at least short relaxation times (or as a function of diffusion for at least large diffusion coefficients).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Lalitha Venkataramanan, Fred K. Gruber, Tarek M. Habashy, Ridvan Akkurt, Badarinadh Vissapragada, Richard E. Lewis, Erik Rylander
  • Publication number: 20120273186
    Abstract: A wireline logging tool and method for fluid monitoring and flow characterization in individual zones of controlled salinity is disclosed. The tool and method advantageously facilitate zone-specific testing. Sets of packers are used to create hydraulically distinct zones proximate to the tool. Coiled tubing and isolation valves are used to selectively introduce and remove an electrically conductive fluid such as brine to and from a selected zone. Individual sensors are disposed near each zone to make zone-specific measurements while fluid properties are changed, e.g., while salinity is changed to cause salinity fronts in the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: TERIZHANDUR S. RAMAKRISHNAN, TAREK M. HABASHY, BADARINADH VISSAPRAGADA
  • Patent number: 8251140
    Abstract: A wireline logging tool and method for fluid monitoring and flow characterization in individual zones of controlled salinity is disclosed. The tool and method advantageously facilitate zone-specific testing. Sets of packers are used to create hydraulically distinct zones proximate to the tool. Coiled tubing and isolation valves are used to selectively introduce and remove an electrically conductive fluid such as brine to and from a selected zone. Individual sensors are disposed near each zone to make zone-specific measurements while fluid properties are changed, e.g. while salinity is changed to cause salinity fronts in the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Terizhandur S. Ramakrishnan, Tarek M. Habashy, Badarinadh Vissapragada
  • Publication number: 20110061863
    Abstract: A wireline logging tool and method for fluid monitoring and flow characterization in individual zones of controlled salinity is disclosed. The tool and method advantageously facilitate zone-specific testing. Sets of packers are used to create hydraulically distinct zones proximate to the tool. Coiled tubing and isolation valves are used to selectively introduce and remove an electrically conductive fluid such as brine to and from a selected zone. Individual sensors are disposed near each zone to make zone-specific measurements while fluid properties are changed, e.g. while salinity is changed to cause salinity fronts in the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Terizhandur S. Ramakrishnan, Tarek M. Habashy, Badarinadh Vissapragada
  • Patent number: 7652950
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus facilitating radial profiling of formation mobility are disclosed. Radial profiling of formation mobility aids in an optimal completion of a well for enhanced production. Some aspects of the present invention provide a technique for radial profiling of formation mobility based on inverting differences between a Stoneley radial profile of horizontal shear slowness and a dipole radial profile of vertical shear slowness for a reservoir interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Bikash K. Sinha, Badarinadh Vissapragada
  • Publication number: 20060285437
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus facilitating radial profiling of formation mobility are disclosed. Radial profiling of formation mobility aids in an optimal completion of a well for enhanced production. Some aspects of the present invention provide a technique for radial profiling of formation mobility based on inverting differences between a Stoneley radial profile of horizontal shear slowness and a dipole radial profile of vertical shear slowness for a reservoir interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bikash Sinha, Badarinadh Vissapragada