Patents by Inventor Brian Kelly McCoy

Brian Kelly McCoy 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: 11542756
    Abstract: A system for providing information through a metal wall employs a device adapted to be arranged on one side of the metal wall and a magnetic-permeability element, provided at, near or connected to the device. The magnetic-permeability element is based on a material having a relative magnetic permeability of at least 2000. The disclosure also provides use of said system. The use may involve the step of optimizing the magnetic-permeability element using equivalent inductive mass (EIm). The system can for example be used to magnetically sense the location of a cable present on the outside of a wellbore tubular using a magnetic orienting tool that is located within the wellbore tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SHELL USA, INC.
    Inventors: Dhruv Arora, Matheus Norbertus Baaijens, Stephen Palmer Hirshblond, Derrick Melanson, Brian Kelly McCoy
  • Patent number: 11220870
    Abstract: A metal wellbore tubular wall of a wellbore tubular, having a cable system arranged on an outside thereof, is to be perforated downhole. The cable system contains a fiber-optic cable, and a magnetic-permeability element with a relative magnetic permeability ?r,m of at least 2,000, such as an electrical steel, is configured along a length of the fiber-optic cable. The cable system is located by sensing the magnetic-permeability element through the metal wellbore tubular wall, using a magetic orienting tool which is being lowered into the wellbore tubular. subsequently, the metal wellbore tubular wall is perforated in a direction away from the cable system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Dhruv Arora, Matheus Norbertus Baaijens, Stephen Palmer Hirshblond, Derrick Melanson, Brian Kelly McCoy
  • Publication number: 20210238929
    Abstract: A system for providing information through a metal wall employs a device adapted to be arranged on one side of the metal wall and a magnetic-permeability element, provided at, near or connected to the device. The magnetic-permeability element is based on a material having a relative magnetic permeability of at least 2000. The disclosure also provides use of said system. The use may involve the step of optimizing the magnetic-permeability element using equivalent inductive mass (EIm). The system can for example be used to magnetically sense the location of a cable present on the outside of a wellbore tubular using a magetic orienting tool that is located within the wellbore tubular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Dhruv ARORA, Matheus Norbertus BAAIJENS, Stephen Palmer HIRSHBLOND, Derrick MELANSON, Brian Kelly MCCOY
  • Patent number: 10718202
    Abstract: A system and method for rapid deployment of fiber optic distributed sensing cables, conventional electronic cables, or hydraulic control lines in the annulus of a wellbore along a specific well zone without the need to clamp cables to the casing or tubing string for support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Touchrock, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Kelly McCoy
  • Publication number: 20200109606
    Abstract: A system for providing information through a metal wall employs a device (10), such as a fiber optic cable, adapted to be arranged on one side of the metal wall (20) and a magnetic-permeability element (11), provided at, near or connected to the device. The magnetic-permeability element is based on a material having a relative magnetic permeability of at least 2000. The disclosure also provides use of said system. The use may involve the step of optimizing the magnetic-permeability element using equivalent inductive mass (Elm). The system can for example be used to magnetically sense the location of a cable (10) present on the outside of a wellbore tubular (20) using a magnetic orienting tool that is located within the wellbore tubular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Dhruv ARORA, Matheus Norbertus BAAIJENS, Stephen Palmer HIRSHBLOND, Derrick MELANSON, Brian Kelly MCCOY
  • Publication number: 20180283166
    Abstract: A system and method for rapid deployment of fiber optic distributed sensing cables, conventional electronic cables, or hydraulic control lines in the annulus of a wellbore along a specific well zone without the need to clamp cables to the casing or tubing string for support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Brian Kelly McCoy
  • Patent number: 10036243
    Abstract: A system for providing information about a region of interest in a borehole, comprises a tubular passing through the region of interest, an optical fiber deployed on the outside of the tubular in the region of interest and optically connected to a light source and optical signal receiving means, at least one metal strip deployed on the outside of the tubular adjacent to the optical fiber, wherein the strip has at least one longitudinal face that is flat or concave so as to conform to the outside of the tubular, and means for holding the optical fiber and the metal strip in a fixed azimuthal location with respect to the tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Catherine Jean Schlembach, Brian Kelly McCoy
  • Patent number: 9988893
    Abstract: A system and method for rapid deployment of fiber optic distributed sensing cables, conventional electronic cables, or hydraulic control lines in the annulus of a wellbore along a specific well zone without the need to clamp cables to the casing or tubing string for support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Touchrock, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Kelly McCoy
  • Publication number: 20160290536
    Abstract: A hydraulic tubing system wherein one or more elongate metal strips extend parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction and at least one hydraulic tubing line is disposed adjacent to the one or more elongate metal strips. The at least one hydraulic tubing line also extends along the longitudinal direction. The one or more elongate metal strips and the at least one hydraulic tubing line are together encapsulated in an encapsulation, to form an encapsulated hydraulic tubing system extending in the same longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Brian Kelly MCCOY
  • Publication number: 20160290835
    Abstract: A fiber optic cable system wherein one or more elongate metal strips extend parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction and at least one fiber optic cable is disposed adjacent to each of the one or more elongate metal strips. The at least one fiber optic cable also extends along the longitudinal direction. The one or more elongate metal strips and the at least one fiber optic cable are together encapsulated in an encapsulation, to form an encapsulated fiber optic cable extending in the same longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Brian Kelly MCCOY
  • Publication number: 20160258271
    Abstract: A system and method for rapid deployment of fiber optic distributed sensing cables, conventional electronic cables, or hydraulic control lines in the annulus of a wellbore along a specific well zone without the need to clamp cables to the casing or tubing string for support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: TouchRock, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Kelly McCoy
  • Publication number: 20150041117
    Abstract: A system for providing information about a region of interest in a borehole, comprises a tubular passing through the region of interest, an optical fiber deployed on the outside of the tubular in the region of interest and optically connected to a light source and optical signal receiving means, at least one metal strip deployed on the outside of the tubular adjacent to the optical fiber, wherein the strip has at least one longitudinal face that is flat or concave so as to conform to the outside of the tubular, and means for holding the optical fiber and the metal strip in a fixed azimuthal location with respect to the tubular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Catherine Jean Schlembach, Brian Kelly McCoy