Patents by Inventor Christopher Ryan Almon

Christopher Ryan Almon 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: 12134991
    Abstract: A gaseous fuel supply to an engine at a wellbore can be monitored using a monitoring system. The monitoring system can include a sensor apparatus having sensors configured to monitor the fuel supply of the engine. The fuel supply can be transported within a fuel supply line of a wellsite. The monitoring system can divert a portion of the fuel supply of the engine from the fuel supply line to a fuel sampling line. The monitoring system can analyze the portion of the fuel supply using the sensor apparatus to determine a fuel property measurement of the fuel supply. Additionally, the monitoring system can determine that the fuel property measurement is outside of a predefined range associated with a target performance level of the engine. In response, the monitoring system can perform a mitigation operation to cause the fuel supply to enable the target performance level of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brenden Chenoweth, Timothy Holiman Hunter, Christopher Ryan Almon, Austin Carl Schaffner, Billy D. Coskrey, Adam Lynn Marks
  • Patent number: 12134998
    Abstract: A reserve fuel system can be used to supplement fuel provided to an engine of wellsite equipment. For example, a fuel supply line can transport gaseous fuel at a wellsite to an engine of an equipment coupled to the fuel supply line. A reserve fuel tank can store gaseous fuel diverted from the fuel supply line. The reserve fuel tank can include a first valve coupling a first end of the reserve fuel tank to the fuel supply line to divert the gaseous fuel and a second valve coupling a second end of the reserve fuel tank to the engine. The second valve can be in a closed position to prevent the stored gaseous fuel from transferring to the engine or an open position to transfer the stored gaseous fuel to the engine. A control system can adjust the second valve based on a pressure of the fuel supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brenden Chenoweth, Timothy Holiman Hunter, Christopher Ryan Almon, Austin Carl Schaffner, Billy D. Coskrey, Adam Lynn Marks, Andrew Silas Clyburn
  • Publication number: 20200040716
    Abstract: A fluid distribution system for a wellsite. The fluid distribution system may include a remote controller, a remote pump fluidly coupled to the first piece of wellsite equipment, and a remote fluid tank fluidly coupled to the remote pump. The first piece of wellsite equipment may include a local fluid tank comprising a fluid level sensor, a fill valve fluidly coupled to the local fluid tank, and a local controller configured to actuate the fill valve in response to a fluid level of the local fluid tank and to transmit at least one of a fill valve position or the fluid level of the local fluid tank to the remote controller. The remote controller may be configured to start and stop the remote pump in response to the transmissions from the local controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Silas Clyburn, Christopher Ryan Almon