Patents by Inventor Baris Guner

Baris Guner 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: 11914098
    Abstract: A borehole imaging tool may include a plurality of resonator antennas for taking one or more downhole measurements disposed on a supporting structure of the borehole imaging tool. Additionally, each of the plurality of resonator antennas are separated into two or more groups of resonator antennas and each of the two or more groups of resonator antennas operate at a resonance frequency different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Fouda, Baris Guner, Michael S. Bittar
  • Patent number: 11914097
    Abstract: A method and system for resistivity imaging may comprise disposing a downhole tool into a borehole, wherein the downhole tool comprises a pad and a plurality of electrodes disposed on the pad, taking an impedance measurement with the plurality of electrodes, applying a correction to the measured impedance by using a relaxation constant of the measured impedance to find a corrected impedance for each electrode of the plurality of electrodes, and constructing an image from the corrected impedance, wherein the image maps formation impedance. The system for resistivity imaging may comprise a downhole tool, a conveyance for disposing the downhole tool in a borehole, and an information handling system. The downhole tool may further comprise an arm and a pad wherein the pad comprises a plurality of electrodes and at least one return electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Baris Guner, Burkay Donderici
  • Patent number: 11892586
    Abstract: Methods for determining water-filled porosity using a general volumetric mixing law and the measurements of a dielectric tool are described. The water-filled porosity estimates are used to obtain water salinity estimates and the optimal parameters of the volumetric mixing law. These estimates are in turn used to generate novel quality indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Junsheng Hou, Baris Guner, Ahmed Fouda
  • Publication number: 20240027644
    Abstract: A method and system for azimuthal direction detection of a cable. The method may comprise disposing an electromagnetic logging tool into a wellbore, transmitting a primary electromagnetic field from the one or more transmitters, recording one or more secondary electromagnetic fields at the one or more receivers, and identifying a direction to the cable from the one or more secondary electromagnetic fields. The system may comprise one or more transmitters disposed on the electromagnetic logging tool and configured to transmit a primary electromagnetic field. The system may further comprise one or more receivers disposed on the electromagnetic logging tool and configured to record one or more secondary electromagnetic fields. Additionally, the system may further comprise an information handling system configured to identify a direction to an azimuthally localized reduction in metal of the conductor or increase in the metal of the conductor from the secondary electromagnetic fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Baris Guner, Ahmed Fouda, Kristoffer Thomas Walker, Stuart Michael Wood
  • Publication number: 20230374896
    Abstract: Systems and methods to generate radial resistivity profiles of formations using combined measurements from omni-directional and pad-type tools are described. Measurements from a pad-type resistivity tool are obtained along a wellbore drilled through a subsurface formation. Measurements from an omni-directional resistivity tool (e.g., a dual laterolog) are also obtained. The measurements from the pad-type and omni-directional tools are then combined and used to generate a radial resistivity profile of the formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Baris Guner, Ahmed E. Fouda
  • Publication number: 20230358914
    Abstract: A borehole imaging tool may include a plurality of resonator antennas for taking one or more downhole measurements disposed on a supporting structure of the borehole imaging tool. Additionally, each of the plurality of resonator antennas are separated into two or more groups of resonator antennas and each of the two or more groups of resonator antennas operate at a resonance frequency different from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Fouda, Baris Guner, Michael S. Bittar
  • Patent number: 11762119
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for identifying values of mud and formation parameters based on measurements gathered by an electromagnetic imager tool through machine learning. One or more regression functions that model mud and formation parameters capable of being identified through an electromagnetic imager tool as a function of possible tool measurements of the electromagnetic imager tool can be generated using a known dataset associated with the electromagnetic imager tool. One or more tool measurements obtained by the electromagnetic imager tool operating to log a wellbore can be gathered. As follows, one or more values of the mud and formation parameters can be identified by applying the one or more regression functions to the one or more tool measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Etienne M. Samson, Baris Guner, Ahmed E. Fouda
  • Patent number: 11754741
    Abstract: A method and system for resistivity imaging. A method may comprise disposing a downhole tool into a borehole, applying a voltage difference between the array of injector electrodes, constructing a first set of formation images for each of the plurality of frequencies, applying a mud effect removal algorithm to produce a second set of formation images for each of the plurality of frequencies, applying a dielectric correction algorithm to each of the plurality of frequencies to produce a third set of formation images for each of the plurality of frequencies, and combining the first set of formation images, the second set of formation images, and the third set of formation images to obtain a blended image. A system for resistivity imaging may comprise a downhole tool. The downhole tool may comprises a pad, an array of injector electrodes, and one or more return electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Baris Guner, Luis Emilio San Martin
  • Patent number: 11746642
    Abstract: A method for identifying an operating frequency may comprise performing a frequency sweep using one or more injector electrodes disposed on a downhole tool, recording one or more measurements from the frequency sweep, identifying one or more stable frequencies from the frequency sweep, and identifying one or more operating frequencies from the one or more stable frequencies. A system for electrical isolation may comprise a downhole tool, a pad, an arm, wherein the arm is attached to the mounting bracket and the mandrel, and an information handling system connected to the pad through the first set of electronics and the second set of electronics. The downhole tool may comprise a mandrel, a chassis disposed in the mandrel, and a first set of electronics disposed in the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Baris Guner, Luis Emilio San Martin, Gary Wayne Kainer
  • Publication number: 20230245278
    Abstract: A method for correcting borehole images may include acquiring a raw data image of a formation using a downhole tool that takes one or more measurements and processing the raw data image through a machine learning model to form a corrected image. The method may further include displaying the corrected image and identifying one or more formation properties based at least in part on the corrected image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Baris Guner, Ahmed E. Fouda
  • Publication number: 20230221456
    Abstract: Methods for determining water-filled porosity using a general volumetric mixing law and the measurements of a dielectric tool are described. The water-filled porosity estimates are used to obtain water salinity estimates and the optimal parameters of the volumetric mixing law. These estimates are in turn used to generate novel quality indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Junsheng Hou, Baris Guner, Ahmed Fouda
  • Patent number: 11635542
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating a mud angle. A method may include disposing a downhole tool into a borehole, energizing a button array, transmitting a current from the electrode into a formation, recording the current from the formation with a return electrode to obtain a plurality of measurements, identifying at least one low resistivity zone from the plurality of measurements to produce a measurement set, inverting the measurement set to find a mud angle vector, removing the mud angle vector from the measurement set to obtain a corrected measurement, and obtaining an electrical image using the corrected measurement. A system may include a downhole tool, a conveyance, and an information handling system. The downhole tool may further include at least one electrode and at least one return electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Baris Guner, Luis Emilio San Martin
  • Publication number: 20230091767
    Abstract: A method and assembly for calibrating downhole imaging tools includes a calibrator mechanism with a known electromagnetic response, whereby the calibrator mechanism is simultaneously engaged with a plurality of injector electrodes and the at least one return electrode carried on a pad of the downhole imaging tool. A current is injected into the calibrator mechanism by the injector electrodes and the response of the tool is measured. The calibrator mechanism if formed of a homogenous material or fluid so that the electromagnetic response is uniform throughout. The measured electromagnetic response can be compared to the known electromagnetic response and a calibration adjustment can be determined. The calibration adjustment can then be applied to future downhole measurements obtained during an imaging operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Baris Guner, Ahmed Fouda
  • Publication number: 20230092035
    Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining a calibrated permittivity dispersion measurements of a subsurface formation by measuring an impedance of the subsurface formation using a borehole imager at a first one or more frequencies; measuring a permittivity of the subsurface formation using a reference tool at a second one or more frequencies; calculating a first dispersion curve of the permittivity of the subsurface formation based at least in part on the measured impedance of the subsurface formation at the first one or more frequencies; extrapolating the permittivity of the subsurface formation to the second one or more frequencies using the calculated first dispersion curve of the permittivity of the subsurface formation; calibrating the permittivity of the subsurface formation based at least in part on the extrapolated permittivity of the subsurface formation and the measured permittivity of the subsurface formation; and generating a second dispersion curve of the permittivity of the subsurface formation based at
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ahmed Fouda, Baris Guner, Mahmoud Eid Hussein Selim
  • Patent number: 11579135
    Abstract: A downhole tool may comprise a mandrel, wherein the mandrel is a structural support for the downhole tool; one or more arms, wherein the one or more arms are attached to the mandrel; and a pad, wherein the pad is connected to the one or more arms. The pad may comprise a material, where the material expands or contracts from an external electromagnetic field; an insulator, wherein the insulator is connected at a first end to the material; and an electrode, wherein the electrode is connected to the insulator. A method may comprise applying a time varying biasing voltage to a material, wherein the material exhibits mechanical strain; taking a first measurement and a second measurement with at least one operating frequency with an electrode; calculating a mud property based at least in part on the first measurement and the second measurement; and applying a mud effect removal algorithm to the mud property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ilker R. Capoglu, Baris Guner
  • Patent number: 11561319
    Abstract: A method and a system for tuning a pad. The method may comprise disposing a downhole tool into a borehole, configuring the pad in a first configuration, taking a first measurement of the formation in the first configuration, configuring the pad in a second configuration, taking a second measurement of the formation in the second configuration, determining a tuning coefficient to reduce a tool body effect in the first measurement and the second measurement, computing a first weighted measurement from the tuning coefficient and the first measurement, computing a second weighted measurement from the tuning coefficient and the second measurement, and computing a tuned impedance from a ratio of the first weighted measurement and the second weighted measurement. A system for determining a formation boundary may comprise a downhole tool, an arm, and a pad. The system may further comprise a conveyance and an information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Burkay Donderici, Baris Guner, David Ronald Beard
  • Patent number: 11543555
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating a resistivity of a formation. A method for estimating a resistivity of a formation may comprise disposing a downhole tool into a borehole, wherein the downhole tool comprises a pad, an injector electrode, and a return electrode, injecting a current signal into the formation from the injector electrode, measuring a voltage signal between the injector electrode and the return electrode; and determining a formation resistivity and a formation dielectric constant from at least one of the voltage signal, at least one property of the downhole tool, and at least one property of the borehole. A system for estimating a resistivity of a formation may comprise a downhole tool. The downhole tool may comprise a pad, wherein the pad comprises an injector electrode and a return electrode. The system may further comprise a conveyance for disposing the downhole tool in a borehole and an information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Muralidhar Seshadri, David Ronald Beard, Gary Wayne Kainer, Baris Guner
  • Patent number: 11434749
    Abstract: Methods and systems are described that can be used for locating conductive bodies such as wellbore casing or piping disposed below the earth's surface. An electrical current can be excited in a conductive body in each wellbore in a given area to produce a magnetic field, and the magnetic field can be detected by a ranging tool. Location and current parameters can be determined for an estimated number of wellbores producing non-negligible contributions to the magnetic field, and the estimated number of wellbores can be adjusted until the number of contributing wellbores is determined. Location solutions can be returned for each of the contributing wellbores, and the location solutions can be employed to facilitate exploration of drilling applications such as well avoidance, well intersection and/or steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) steering operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Burkay Donderici, Baris Guner
  • Patent number: 11408272
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for identifying a mud angle associated with an electromagnetic imager tool based on tool measurements made during operation of the electromagnetic imager tool. Tool measurements made by an electromagnetic imager tool operating to log a wellbore in a formation can be gathered. The tool measurements can be decomposed into two quantities along a plurality of candidate mud angles for the electromagnetic imager tool. As follows, a mud angle associated with the electromagnetic imager tool can be identified from the plurality of candidate mud angles based on an amount of correlation between the two quantities for each of the plurality of candidate mud angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Ahmed E. Fouda, Baris Guner
  • Patent number: 11365625
    Abstract: A method for determining mud properties may comprise taking multi-frequency measurement data with a downhole tool, selecting an injector electrode from the one or more injector electrodes for the multi-frequency measurement data, selecting data from the multi-frequency measurement data with low resistivity or a large standoff, creating a forward model based at least partially on the selected data by making initial guesses of model parameters for one or more mud properties, performing a cost function minimization with the forward model, identifying from the cost function minimization if a misfit is above or below a threshold, and identifying the one or more mud properties based at least in part on the cost function minimization. A system may comprise a downhole tool including a mandrel, one or more arms, one or more pads, and one or more injector electrodes. The system may further include an information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Bin Ewe, Ruijia Wang, Baris Guner