Patents by Inventor Benoit Deville
Benoit Deville 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).
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Patent number: 12584389Abstract: An IPO gas lift valve. The IPO gas lift valve may include a dome assembly, a bellows system coupled to the dome assembly, a valve assembly, and a check valve assembly coupled to the valve assembly. The bellows system may include a liquid-filled scaled chamber, a piston positioned within the sealed chamber and dividing the sealed chamber into a dome side and a valve side, a first bellows assembly positioned within the dome side of the sealed chamber, and a second bellows assembly positioned within the valve side of the sealed chamber. The valve assembly may be operable to shift the IPO gas lift valve between an open position and a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Ganesh Balasubramanian, Ananthakumar P. Ramachandran, Junhong Song, Jingyi Xie, Yoon Kion John Lee, Benoit Deville
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Patent number: 12577859Abstract: Methods are provided for extracting thermal energy from a geothermal reservoir having at least one feature extending therethrough, which involve drilling or accessing a production well that intersects the at least one feature, wherein the at least one feature provides a flow path of pressurized geothermal fluid into the production well. Subsurface data can be analyzed to determine position of the at least one feature in the production well. One or more interventions, or combinations of interventions, can be performed to open the feature or otherwise enhance the flow rate of pressurized geothermal fluid carried by the feature into the production well. The intervention(s) can be performed on multiple features that connect to the production well. The method can also be applied to multiple production wells.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2024Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Abdul Muqtadir Khan, Ashley Bernard Johnson, Benoit Deville, Isaac Aviles, Santiago Hassig Fonseca, Richard L. Christie
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Patent number: 12553441Abstract: Systems and methods facilitate pumping of various fluids such as well fluids. An electric submersible pumping system is constructed with an outer housing that contains an integrated pump and motor. The pump may include an impeller disposed within a stator of the motor. The integration of the pump and the motor enables elimination of various components of traditional electric submersible pumping systems to thus provide a simpler and more compact system for pumping fluids.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2024Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Raju Ekambaram, Ruslan Alexandrovich Bobkov, Maksim Radov, Alejandro Camacho Cardenas, David Milton Eslinger, Pradeep Mahadevan, Teng Fei Wang, Kean Wee Cheah, Jaiprakash Natarajan, Sethuraj Arumugam, Benoit Deville
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Publication number: 20260028968Abstract: Methods are provided for extracting thermal energy from a geothermal reservoir having at least one feature extending therethrough, which involve drilling or accessing a production well that intersects the at least one feature, wherein the at least one feature provides a flow path of pressurized geothermal fluid into the production well. Well log data can be analyzed to determine position of the at least one feature in the production well. One or more interventions, or combinations of interventions, can be performed to open the feature or otherwise enhance the flow rate of pressurized geothermal fluid carried by the feature into the production well. The intervention(s) can be performed on multiple features that connect to the production well. The method can also be applied to multiple production wells.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2025Publication date: January 29, 2026Inventors: Abdul Muqtadir Khan, Ashley Bernard Johnson, Benoit Deville, Isaac Aviles, Santiago Hassig Fonseca, Richard L. Christie
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Patent number: 12435705Abstract: Methods are provided for extracting thermal energy from a geothermal reservoir having at least one feature extending therethrough, which involve drilling or accessing a production well that intersects the at least one feature, wherein the at least one feature provides a flow path of pressurized geothermal fluid into the production well. Well log data can be analyzed to determine position of the at least one feature in the production well. One or more interventions, or combinations of interventions, can be performed to open the feature or otherwise enhance the flow rate of pressurized geothermal fluid carried by the feature into the production well. The intervention(s) can be performed on multiple features that connect to the production well. The method can also be applied to multiple production wells.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2024Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Abdul Muqtadir Khan, Ashley Bernard Johnson, Benoit Deville, Isaac Aviles, Santiago Hassig Fonseca, Richard L. Christie
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Publication number: 20250290377Abstract: A coiled tubing system includes a coiled tubing string configured to couple to a downhole tool to move the downhole tool along a geothermal well, an injector head configured to control movement of the coiled tubing string and the downhole tool along the geothermal well, one or more sensors configured to capture sensor data indicative of a distance traveled by the coiled tubing string along the geothermal well, and a controller configured to control operation of the injector head to move the coiled tubing string and the downhole tool to a measured depth within the geothermal well that corresponds to an intersection of a feature with the geothermal well based on the sensor data received from the one or more sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2025Publication date: September 18, 2025Inventors: Santiago Hassig Fonseca, Abdul Muqtadir Khan, Ashley Bernard Johnson, Ryan Loundy, Mark Callister Oettli, Benoit Deville, David Box, Andrew Markham
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Publication number: 20250179899Abstract: An IPO gas lift valve. The IPO gas lift valve may include a dome assembly, a bellows system coupled to the dome assembly, a valve assembly, and a check valve assembly coupled to the valve assembly. The bellows system may include a liquid-filled scaled chamber, a piston positioned within the sealed chamber and dividing the sealed chamber into a dome side and a valve side, a first bellows assembly positioned within the dome side of the sealed chamber, and a second bellows assembly positioned within the valve side of the sealed chamber. The valve assembly may be operable to shift the IPO gas lift valve between an open position and a closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: June 5, 2025Inventors: Ganesh Balasubramanian, Ananthakumar P. Ramachandran, Junhong Song, Jingyi Xie, Yoon Kion John Lee, Benoit Deville
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Publication number: 20250109669Abstract: A technique facilitates regulation of pressure in a well to avoid deleterious effects. The technique involves use of a completion deployed downhole in a borehole. The completion may comprise a variety of equipment assembled to facilitate a desired injection operation. A choke is positioned below, i.e. downhole, of the equipment. When an injection fluid is delivered down through the completion, the choke is able to provide a desired pressure regulation. For example, the choke may be controlled or otherwise utilized so as to control pressure of the injection fluid such that the injection fluid above the choke is maintained at a pressure higher than the liquid to gas transition level of the injection fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Adam Vasper, Jeremie Poizat, Oguzhan Guven, Garis McCutcheon, Nabil Batita, Benoit Deville, Stephen Dyer
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Publication number: 20250084757Abstract: A sensor assembly for use with a completion disposable within a well extending through a reservoir. The sensor assembly may include a sensor cable and a plurality of vibration sensors. The sensor cable may include an outer liner made up of housing sections and sensor housing structures sealably connected to the housing sections and spaced apart longitudinally along a length of the sensor cable. The plurality of vibration sensors may be operable to measure a property related to a flow of fluid within the reservoir and each sensor of the plurality of vibration sensors may be disposed in a respective sensor housing structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventors: Yann Dufour, Benoit Deville
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Publication number: 20240410372Abstract: Systems and methods facilitate pumping of various fluids such as well fluids. An electric submersible pumping system is constructed with an outer housing that contains an integrated pump and motor. The pump may include an impeller disposed within a stator of the motor. The integration of the pump and the motor enables elimination of various components of traditional electric submersible pumping systems to thus provide a simpler and more compact system for pumping fluids.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Raju Ekambaram, Ruslan Alexandrovich Bobkov, Maksim Radov, Alejandro Camacho Cardenas, David Milton Eslinger, Pradeep Mahadevan, Teng Fei Wang, Kean Wee Cheah, Jaiprakash Natarajan, Sethuraj Arumugam, Benoit Deville
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Publication number: 20240401572Abstract: Methods are provided for extracting thermal energy from a geothermal reservoir having at least one feature extending therethrough, which involve drilling or accessing a production well that intersects the at least one feature, wherein the at least one feature provides a flow path of pressurized geothermal fluid into the production well. Well log data can be analyzed to determine position of the at least one feature in the production well. One or more interventions, or combinations of interventions, can be performed to open the feature or otherwise enhance the flow rate of pressurized geothermal fluid carried by the feature into the production well. The intervention(s) can be performed on multiple features that connect to the production well. The method can also be applied to multiple production wells.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Abdul Muqtadir Khan, Ashley Bernard Johnson, Benoit Deville, Isaac Aviles, Santiago Hassig Fonseca, Richard L. Christie
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Publication number: 20240401445Abstract: Methods are provided for extracting thermal energy from a geothermal reservoir having at least one feature extending therethrough, which involve drilling or accessing a production well that intersects the at least one feature, wherein the at least one feature provides a flow path of pressurized geothermal fluid into the production well. Subsurface data can be analyzed to determine position of the at least one feature in the production well. One or more interventions, or combinations of interventions, can be performed to open the feature or otherwise enhance the flow rate of pressurized geothermal fluid carried by the feature into the production well. The intervention(s) can be performed on multiple features that connect to the production well. The method can also be applied to multiple production wells.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Abdul Muqtadir Khan, Ashley Bernard Johnson, Benoit Deville, Isaac Aviles, Santiago Hassig Fonseca, Richard L. Christie
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Publication number: 20240380278Abstract: Systems and methods for power recovery in carbon capture and storage applications are provided. Such systems and methods include ESP systems including permanent magnet motors (PMM) or induction motors (IM). Systems and methods for power generation including permanent magnet motor electric submersible pumps are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2022Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Andrey FASTOVETS, Stephen DYER, Benoit DEVILLE, David Milton ESLINGER, Maksim RADOV, Janet SAVARIMUTHU
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Patent number: 12031416Abstract: A tool includes a mandrel and at least one gate. The mandrel includes a bore, and the mandrel is able to connect in-line with at least one sand control device of a bottom hole assembly such that the mandrel is coaxial with the at least one sand control device. The mandrel also includes a flow path configuration, such as, at least one flow path connecting the at least one sand control device to the bore, at least one flow path connecting the bore to at least two sand control devices, and at least one flow path connecting the bore to the at least one sand control device and to another device of the bottom hole assembly. The at least one gate has an initial position, and the at least one gate is configured to move from the initial position into a different position to control fluid flow.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Maria Tafur, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Amrendra Kumar, Raghuram Kamath, Benoit Deville, Michael Dean Langlais
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Patent number: 12025136Abstract: Systems and methods facilitate pumping of various fluids such as well fluids. An electric submersible pumping system is constructed with an outer housing that contains an integrated pump and motor. The pump may include an impeller disposed within a stator of the motor. The integration of the pump and the motor enables elimination of various components of traditional electric submersible pumping systems to thus provide a simpler and more compact system for pumping fluids.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Raju Ekambaram, Ruslan Alexandrovich Bobkov, Maksim Radov, Alejandro Camacho Cardenas, David Milton Eslinger, Pradeep Mahadevan, Teng Fei Wang, Kean Wee Cheah, Jaiprakash Natarajan, Sethuraj Arumugam, Benoit Deville
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Publication number: 20240011371Abstract: A tool includes a mandrel and at least one gate. The mandrel includes a bore, and the mandrel is able to connect in-line with at least one sand control device of a bottom hole assembly such that the mandrel is coaxial with the at least one sand control device. The mandrel also includes a flow path configuration, such as, at least one flow path connecting the at least one sand control device to the bore, at least one flow path connecting the bore to at least two sand control devices, and at least one flow path connecting the bore to the at least one sand control device and to another device of the bottom hole assembly. The at least one gate has an initial position, and the at least one gate is configured to move from the initial position into a different position to control fluid flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Maria Tafur, Ganesh Balasubramanian, Amrendra Kumar, Raghuram Kamath, Benoit Deville, Michael Dean Langlais
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Patent number: 11791092Abstract: A technique facilitates use of an inductive coupler assembly with casing, e.g. well casing. An inductive coupler is formed as a female inductive coupler with an inductive coil. The inductive coupler is constructed for sliding movement along an exterior of the casing so that it may ultimately be positioned and secured at a suitable location along the casing. The inductive coupler is designed for connection with an electrical device, e.g. a sensor. The inductive coupler facilitates the transfer of sensor data and/or power signals across the casing. Signal transfer across the casing is further enabled by a male inductive coupler positioned within the casing at a location which allows it to cooperate with the exterior, female inductive coupler.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Benoit Deville, Yann Dufour
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Publication number: 20220351899Abstract: A technique facilitates use of an inductive coupler assembly with casing, e.g. well casing. An inductive coupler is formed as a female inductive coupler with an inductive coil. The inductive coupler is constructed for sliding movement along an exterior of the casing so that it may ultimately be positioned and secured at a suitable location along the casing. The inductive coupler is designed for connection with an electrical device, e.g. a sensor. The inductive coupler facilitates the transfer of sensor data and/or power signals across the casing. Signal transfer across the casing is further enabled by a male inductive coupler positioned within the casing at a location which allows it to cooperate with the exterior, female inductive coupler.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Benoit Deville, Yann Dufour
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Patent number: 11417460Abstract: A technique facilitates use of an inductive coupler assembly with casing, e.g. well casing. An inductive coupler is formed as a female inductive coupler with an inductive coil. The inductive coupler is constructed for sliding movement along an exterior of the casing so that it may ultimately be positioned and secured at a suitable location along the casing. The inductive coupler is designed for connection with an electrical device, e.g. a sensor. The inductive coupler facilitates the transfer of sensor data and/or power signals across the casing. Signal transfer across the casing is further enabled by a male inductive coupler positioned within the casing at a location which allows it to cooperate with the exterior, female inductive coupler.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Benoit Deville, Yann Dufour
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Publication number: 20220178376Abstract: Systems and methods facilitate pumping of various fluids such as well fluids. An electric submersible pumping system is constructed with an outer housing that contains an integrated pump and motor. The pump may include an impeller disposed within a stator of the motor. The integration of the pump and the motor enables elimination of various components of traditional electric submersible pumping systems to thus provide a simpler and more compact system for pumping fluids.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Raju Ekambaram, Ruslan Alexandrovich Bobkov, Maksim Radov, Alejandro Camacho Cardenas, David Milton Eslinger, Pradeep Mahadevan, Teng Fei Wang, Kean Wee Cheah, Jaiprakash Natarajan, Sethuraj Arumugam, Benoit Deville