Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael Jones

Christopher Michael Jones 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).

  • Publication number: 20240254877
    Abstract: A downhole fluid sampling tool may include: a tool body; a flow port disposed on the tool body; a sample chamber disposed within the tool body and fluidly coupled to the flow port; a pump disposed within the tool body, wherein the pump is configured to pump a fluid through the flow port into the sample chamber; a filter disposed on an inlet of the flow port, wherein the filter is configured to filter the fluid entering the flow port; and a removable filter cover configured to prevent fluid contact with the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Jay Deville, Anthony Herman VanZuilekom, Matthew L. Lee, Darren George Gascooke, Pramod Chamarthy, Bin Dai, Roger L. Shelton, Marcus Ray Hudson, Zhonghuan Chen, James Cernosek
  • Publication number: 20240247580
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and techniques for monitoring for monitoring and evaluating conditions associated with a wellbore and wellbore operations that use neural operators instead of computationally intensive iterative differential equations. Such systems and techniques allow for determinations to be made as operations associated with a wellbore are performed. Instead of having to wait for computationally intensive tasks to be performed or take risks of proceeding with a wellbore operation without real-time evaluations being performed, these wellbore operations may be continued while determinations are timely made, thus improving operation of computing systems that perform evaluations and that make decisions regarding safely and efficiently performing wellbore operations such as drilling a wellbore, cementing wellbore casings in place, or injecting fluids into formations of the Earth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Xusong WANG, Ahmed Elsayed FOUDA, Xiang WU, Christopher Michael JONES, Wei ZHANG, Junwen DAI
  • Patent number: 12032112
    Abstract: A model is used to generate corrections to mitigate ideal condition artifacts in acoustic property values of an annular material in a cased wellbore. A mathematical model that generates acoustic property values at ideal conditions introduces artifacts into the acoustic property values. Acoustic measurements of an annular material are used to generate features that represent wellbore conditions and are not accounted for in the mathematical model that generates acoustic property values. A model will generate corrections for acoustic property values of an annular material with the features to yield a more accurate acoustic property profile for the annular material of a cased hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Amit Padhi, Christopher Michael Jones, Xiang Wu, James Martin Price
  • Publication number: 20240219274
    Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring a pipeline can include a sampling unit, a spectroscopy system, and a waste handling system. The sampling unit can include a sampling point for capturing a representative sample of a fluid flow in the pipeline. The spectroscopy system can be configured to chemically analyze the representative sample with respect to components of the fluid flow. Additionally, the spectroscopy system can be configured to detect a corrosive component of the fluid flow. The waste handling system can remove the representative sample from the spectroscopy system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Elena Valerievna Fokina, Iain J. Shepherd, Graham Jack
  • Publication number: 20240219935
    Abstract: Process control for a pipeline can be adjusted based on spectroscopic measurements from a monitoring system. For example, a computing system can receive, from the spectroscopic monitoring system, a spectroscopic measurement with respect to fluid flow in the pipeline. The computing system can determine that an amount of a corrosive component in the fluid flow exceeds a predetermined threshold for the process control. In response to determining that the corrosive component in the fluid flow exceeds the predetermined threshold, the computing system can determine an adjustment to the process control for the fluid flow usable to maintain a compositional stability of the fluid flow. Then, the computing system can output the adjustment to a pipeline tool to maintain the compositional stability of the fluid flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Elena Valerievna Fokina, Iain J. Shepherd, Graham Jack
  • Patent number: 12025002
    Abstract: A downhole tool comprises at least one inlet and a first pump coupled to the at least one inlet via a first flow line. The first pump is to pump at a first pump rate to extract fluid via the at least one inlet from a subsurface formation in which a borehole is created and in which the downhole tool is to be positioned. A sample chamber is coupled to the inlet via a second flow line, and a second pump is coupled to the inlet via the second flow line. The second pump is to pump at a second pump rate to extract the fluid via the at least one inlet from the subsurface formation and for storage in the sample chamber. The first pump rate is greater than the second pump rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman van Zuilekom, Darren George Gascooke
  • Patent number: 12019012
    Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a contamination estimation of a downhole sample comprising at least a formation fluid and/or a filtrate are provided. A plurality of downhole signals are obtained from the downhole sample and one or more of the signals are conditioned. At least two of the conditioned signals or downhole signals are fused into a multivariate dataset. From optical and density properties of the formation fluid and/or of the filtrate, a multivariate calculation is performed to generate concentration profiles of the formation fluid and the filtrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony H. Van Zuilekom
  • Publication number: 20240200440
    Abstract: A method for estimating a thickness for each of a plurality of nested tubulars may include disposing an electromagnetic (EM) logging tool in a wellbore, transmitting an electromagnetic field from the transmitter into one or more tubulars to energize the one or more tubulars with the electromagnetic field thereby producing an eddy current, and measuring the electromagnetic field generated by the eddy current. Additionally, the method may include defining a prior distribution of at least one pipe thickness log based on the plurality of measurements, processing a first set of measurement depth points to estimate one or more tubulars at one or more depths in the wellbore, computing a posterior distribution of the thickness log based at least in part on the prior distribution and the one or more thicknesses, and determining a second set of measurement depth points to process based on the posterior distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Fouda, Christopher Michael Jones
  • Publication number: 20240192037
    Abstract: A fluid flow rate sensor. The fluid flow rate sensor comprises an elongated structure; a heating element installed into a first end of the elongated structure; a first temperature transducer coupled to an outside of the elongated structure at a first predefined location; a second temperature transducer coupled to the outside of the elongated structure at a second predefined location; and a control unit that is configured to turn the heating element on and off, to analyze a first temperature indication received from the first temperature transducer, to analyze a second temperature indication received from the second temperature transducer, to determine a flow rate of a fluid that is in intimate contact with the outside of the elongated structure based on analyzing the first temperature indication and the second temperature indication, and to output the flow rate via a communication line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Ketankumar Kantilal SHETH, Donn J. BROWN, Robert Charles DE LONG, Christopher Michael JONES, Etienne SAMSON, Bin DAI
  • Publication number: 20240192398
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and techniques for monitoring substances that are injected into an Earth formation whether that be CO2 from a carbon capture and storage (CCS) process, or water or steam injected for an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process. Components located on an outside of a wellbore casing may be electrically isolated from components located on the inside of the wellbore casing. Data and/or power may be transferred through the wellbore casing wirelessly in order to increase the reliability of a data collection system because the need for wires to be placed on the outside surface of a wellbore casing is eliminated. The components located on the outside of the casing may receive electromagnetic (EM) or transmit EM fields as part of a system that collects data about substances that are injected into Earth formations during a CCS or EOR process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Elsayed FOUDA, Christopher Michael JONES, Michael CHRISTIE
  • Publication number: 20240191619
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and techniques for monitoring substances that are injected into an Earth formation whether that be CO2 from a carbon capture and storage (CCS) process, or water or steam injected for an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process. Components located on an outside of a wellbore casing may be electrically isolated from components located on the inside of the wellbore casing. Data and/or power may be transferred through the wellbore casing wirelessly in order to increase the reliability of a data collection system because the need for wires to be placed on the outside surface of a wellbore casing is eliminated. The components located on the outside of the casing may receive electromagnetic (EM) or transmit EM fields as part of a system that collects data about substances that are injected into Earth formations during a CCS or EOR process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Elsayed FOUDA, Michael CHRISTIE, Kenneth LIANG, Christopher Michael JONES, Sriram SRINIVASAN
  • Patent number: 12006822
    Abstract: A system includes a pipe string; a wireline cable run through the pipe string; and a downhole tool for formation testing, wherein the downhole tool comprises, an upper assembly, an impeller unit connected to a downhole end of the upper assembly, wherein the impeller unit comprises a first impeller coupled to a second impeller by a shaft, a first flowline having a first end that is open to the formation, a packer unit that isolates a portion of a borehole surrounding the first end of the first flowline from the rest of the borehole, and a tool string connected to the first flowline, wherein the tool string hydraulically connects the packing device to the upper assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Harrigan, Matthew L. Lee, Ameet B. Agnihotri, Charles Wilton Seckar, Christopher Michael Jones, Nestor Javier Rodriguez, Darren George Gascooke
  • Patent number: 12006821
    Abstract: The present application relates sensing reactive components in fluids by monitoring band gap changes to a material having interacted with the reactive components via physisorption and/or chemisorption. In some embodiments, the sensors of the present disclosure include the material as a reactive surface on a substrate. The band gap changes may be detected by measuring conductance changes and/or spectroscopic changes. In some instances, the sensing may occur downhole during one or more wellbore operations like drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and producing hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael T. Pelletier, David L. Perkins, Christopher Michael Jones
  • Publication number: 20240180213
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are non-egg compositions that can be used as egg substitutes. The disclosure is directed to egg substitutes and methods of manufacturing the same, and compositions comprising the egg substitutes, including edible compositions such as baked goods and edible emulsions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Joshua TETRICK, Johannes Hendrikus Antonius BOOT, Christopher Michael JONES, Megan Alexander CLEMENTS, Morgan Ann OLIVEIRA, Lorenzo ALBANELLO
  • Publication number: 20240183825
    Abstract: A system can be provided that can include a measurement tool that can be coupled to a conveyance mechanism for positioning the measurement tool downhole in a wellbore. The wellbore can be encased by a tubular. The system can further include a vibration-inducing device that can cause the tubular to vibrate. Additionally, the system can include an interferometer coupled to the measurement tool for detecting the vibration in the tubular. The system can further generate data useable to determine at least one status of the tubular and at least one status of a cement layer. The cement layer can be positioned between the tubular and a subterranean formation surrounding the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Freeman Lee Hill, Xiang Wu, Ahmed Fouda
  • Publication number: 20240183267
    Abstract: A method may comprise disposing a downhole pressure sampling tool into a wellbore; calculating a prior distribution based at least in part on one or more proxy logs, moving the downhole pressure sampling tool to a first location in the wellbore, taking at least one measurement with the downhole pressure sampling tool at the first location in the wellbore, calculating a posterior distribution based at least in part on the at least one measurement and the prior distribution, identifying a second location based at least in part on the posterior distribution, and moving the downhole pressure sampling tool to the second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ahmed Fouda, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones
  • Publication number: 20240175356
    Abstract: Light from a light source that has interacted with a sample of downhole fluid provided in a downhole optical tool is sequentially passed through a plurality of groups of light filters, each of the groups of light filters including of one or more light filters, to generate a data set for each of the groups of light filters, also referred to as a simultaneous channel group. The data generated for each of the simultaneous channel groups is then analyzed to determine if the data from that simultaneous channel groups is effective in providing information useful for the analysis of the sample of downhole fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Zhonghuan Chen, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11994644
    Abstract: Improved systematic inversion methodology applied to formation testing data interpretation with spherical, radial and/or cylindrical flow models is disclosed. A method of determining a parameter of a formation of interest at a desired location comprises directing a formation tester to the desired location in the formation of interest and obtaining data from the desired location in the formation of interest. The obtained data relates to a first parameter at the desired location of the formation of interest. The obtained data is regressed to determine a second parameter at the desired location of the formation of interest. Regressing the obtained data comprises using a method selected from a group consisting of a deterministic approach, a probabilistic approach, and an evolutionary approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dingding Chen, Mark A. Proett, Li Gao, Christopher Michael Jones
  • Patent number: 11982183
    Abstract: A downhole fluid sampling tool comprising one or more probes configured to take at least one fluid sample from the wellbore and perform a Saturates, Aromatics, Resins, Asphaltenes (SARA) analysis on the at least one fluid sample. Additionally, the downhole fluid sampling tool comprises an information handling system for developing a first remediation operation based at least in part on the first SARA analysis and performing the first remediation operation on the first fluid sample to form a first remediated fluid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Rohin Naveena-Chandran, Anthony Herman VanZuilekom
  • Publication number: 20240151140
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a method, that includes lowering a downhole tool to a target depth of a wellbore, sampling reservoir fluid containing asphaltene at the target depth using the downhole tool, controlling a pressure of the sampled reservoir fluid while downhole to induce one or more phase transitions of the asphaltene, measuring the sampled reservoir fluid after inducing the one or more phase transitions, and identifying fluid composition of the reservoir fluid based on the measuring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Rohin Naveena-Chandran, Syed Muhammad Farrukh Hamza, Gibran Mushtaq Hashmi, Jason A. Rogers, Christopher Michael Jones, Anthony Herman VanZuilekom