Patents by Inventor Benjamin MILLWARD

Benjamin MILLWARD 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).

  • System for performing comparison of received cuttings weights from a rig site cuttings storage unit and expected cuttings weight calculated using well bore geometry and received real time formation density data from LWD tools
    Patent number: 12024960
    Abstract: A system for adapting drilling of a borehole in a subterranean formation based on comparing a received cuttings weight to an expected cuttings weight. The system comprises a processor; a non-transitory memory; at least one display; and an application stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the processor, determines the received cuttings weight based on data received from a cuttings storage unit (CSU); determines the expected cuttings weight based on a current borehole depth, on a drill bit geometry, and on a cuttings density value; and presents a representation of the received cuttings weight and a representation of the expected cuttings weight on the at least one display, whereby at least one parameter of drilling of the borehole is adapted based on comparing the representation of the received cuttings to the representation of the expected cuttings weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Millward, Paul Brown, Thomas Berg
  • SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING COMPARISON OF RECEIVED CUTTINGS WEIGHTS FROM A RIG SITE CUTTINGS STORAGE UNIT AND EXPECTED CUTTINGS WEIGHT CALCULATED USING WELL BORE GEOMETRY AND RECEIVED REAL TIME FORMATION DENSITY DATA FROM LWD TOOLS
    Publication number: 20220372871
    Abstract: A system for adapting drilling of a borehole in a subterranean formation based on comparing a received cuttings weight to an expected cuttings weight. The system comprises a processor; a non-transitory memory; at least one display; and an application stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the processor, determines the received cuttings weight based on data received from a cuttings storage unit (CSU); determines the expected cuttings weight based on a current borehole depth, on a drill bit geometry, and on a cuttings density value; and presents a representation of the received cuttings weight and a representation of the expected cuttings weight on the at least one display, whereby at least one parameter of drilling of the borehole is adapted based on comparing the representation of the received cuttings to the representation of the expected cuttings weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin MILLWARD, Paul BROWN, Thomas BERG