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).

  • Patent number: 12085504
    Abstract: An optical element may be fabricated by applying foreign or attenuating material, for example, a copper material or a material that includes copper, to a silicon dioxide thin film to form a layer that exhibits extraordinary optical absorption in the infrared wavelength region of at or about 2500-4700 nanometers. The foreign material may comprise or include a transition metal. The optical element exhibits increased accuracy and sensitivity in the infrared wavelength region of at or about 2500-4700 nanometers. The at or about 2500-4700 nanometers absorption property of the optical element can be selectively tuned to any region within this at or about 2500-4700 nanometers wavelength region. The optical element may comprise multiple layers of varying thicknesses to further tune the optical element to one or more spectral bands. Such an optical element may be utilized in a formation fluid analysis tool or an eye protection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Li, Jimmy Price, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones
  • Publication number: 20240295481
    Abstract: A fluid sampling tool may include a fluid characterization device consisting of a densitometer, a viscometer, or a vibrating element, or a combination thereof and a polymer disposed in or around the fluid characterization device, wherein the polymer volume, density, or viscosity changes with an ionic stimulus. The fluid characterization device may be located within a bypass flow line of the sampling tool. A method of measuring pH and a method of monitoring at least two analytes at the same time using the fluid characterization devices are also discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Michel LeBlanc, James Martin Price
  • Patent number: 12078056
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Ahmed Elsayed Fouda, Michael Christie, Kenneth Liang, Christopher Michael Jones, Sriram Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20240287902
    Abstract: A downhole fluid sampling tool may include an optical measurement tool and a viewing region disposed in the optical measurement tool. In examples, a bridge may be disposed in a transparent portion of the flow path between a light source and a light modifier and an optical detector. The bridge includes a structure comprising a substrate and a contrast agent, wherein the contrast agent is any molecule configured to interact with an analyte and alter a property of the analyte and/or contrast agent, wherein the property is detectable by the optical measurement tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Colin Douglas Tisdale
  • Publication number: 20240280018
    Abstract: Systems and methods of separating multiphase flows in a flowline of a downhole fluid sampling and analysis tool, measuring target ions in the water phase, and separating between formation water and injection water are described. The system to separate the multiphase flows includes a three-dimensional barrier permeable to water and repelling oil and/or drilling mud filtrate into at least one bypass channel within the flowline of the downhole fluid sampling and analysis tool. For instance, the system to measure the targeted ions includes the system to separate the multiphase flows and an optical sensor, wherein the three-dimensional barrier has an aperture inside the three-dimensional barrier to let a light from an optical sensor go through perpendicular to the flowline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, James Martin Price
  • Patent number: 12055038
    Abstract: Fluid holdups within a downhole sampling tool are identified by comparing high- and low-resolution measurements of fluid samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhonghuan Chen, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Wei Zhang
  • 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: 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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