Patents by Inventor Benjamin Jean Yvon Durand

Benjamin Jean Yvon Durand 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: 11965409
    Abstract: A measured electrical property may be used to control operation of a downhole device, which may be at least partially supported by additional downhole measurements consumed by the downhole device. For example, a downhole device may include an electrical sensor that measures an electrical property of electrical power provided to the downhole device. A processor of the downhole device may convert the measured electrical property to a quantized electrical property and determine a command or control action that corresponds to the quantized electrical property. The command or control action may be implemented to control operation of the downhole device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nikolay Baklanov, Xuedong Yang, Maxim Klyuzhev, Benjamin Jean Yvon Durand
  • Publication number: 20240052718
    Abstract: An annular cutter catching device includes a housing having an inner bore therethrough, a cutter configured to cut a coupon, and a coupon catching device configured to grip an outer surface of the coupon. In an embodiment, an annular cutter catching device includes one or more split rings disposed within the inner bore of the housing. In the embodiment, at least one split ring is configured to grip an outer surface of the coupon within the inner bore of the housing. In an embodiment, an annular cutter catching device includes a coupon catcher disposed within the inner bore of the housing. In an embodiment, the coupon catcher includes a set of fingers movable between an open position and a closed position. In an embodiment, the set of fingers are configured to retain the coupon within the inner bore of the housing in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Gregory Giem, Benjamin Jean Yvon Durand, Matthew Dresel, Jessica Schulz, Quentin Smith, Joshua Wurtz
  • Publication number: 20230313627
    Abstract: A milling system may be used to remove the portions of a failed valve that is blocking the wellbore. When milling a partially open valve obstructing the wellbore, the target material to be removed may not be present at the central axis of the wellbore causing the target material to not fully surround the milling bit, which may cause the bit to be deflected away from the target during milling reducing milling efficiency. The disclosed milling system may be used to mill out and capture the coupon for any downhole obstruction that does not have any material near the center axis of the wellbore. A first embodiment of the milling sytem may be configured to fully mill out material within the wellbore while a second embodiment may be used to mill out material within the wellbore and further catch the milled material or coupon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Gregory Giem, Benjamin Jean Yvon Durand, Joshua Wurtz, Robert Kyle Wiesenborn, Joseph Casassa, Rodrigo Feliu
  • Publication number: 20230304390
    Abstract: A measured electrical property may be used to control operation of a downhole device, which may be at least partially supported by additional downhole measurements consumed by the downhole device. For example, a downhole device may include an electrical sensor that measures an electrical property of electrical power provided to the downhole device. A processor of the downhole device may convert the measured electrical property to a quantized electrical property and determine a command or control action that corresponds to the quantized electrical property. The command or control action may be implemented to control operation of the downhole device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Nikolay Baklanov, Xuedong Yang, Maxim Klyuzhev, Benjamin Jean Yvon Durand
  • Publication number: 20230296001
    Abstract: In conventional wireline intervention shifting service, the success of the operation is heavily dependent on the engineer’s experience and knowledge. Any wrong judgement in the process of operation could lead to non-productive time or even total failure. Once the operation is completed, the post-job processing and report preparation also require significant manual effort and are extremely time consuming, which often leads to the inadequate or incomplete report. These challenges are addressed by the advanced surface acquisition software presented in this paper. The aim of the surface software is to redefine the selective shifting workflow by leveraging the available instrumentation, streamlining and simplifying operation procedures, eliminating or reducing the typical human errors observed earlier, and greatly reducing the burden on the field engineers for post-job deliverables with automated real-time data collection, processing, and report generation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jisheng Li, Yang Hu, Thomas Mauchien, Benjamin Jean Yvon Durand, Xuedong Yang, Richard Woods, Tzy Yu Chow, Amanda Olivio