Patents by Inventor Cole Aaron Grandjean

Cole Aaron Grandjean 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: 11603733
    Abstract: A partially dissolvable plug is to be deployed in a position in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation. The partially dissolvable plug comprises a first portion comprising a dissolvable material that is to dissolve over time after exposure to a downhole ambient environment in the wellbore and a second portion comprising a non-dissolvable material that is to create a flow restriction as the flow of fluid passes through the partially dissolvable plug. The first portion is to prevent a flow of fluid from downhole to a surface of the wellbore until at least a portion of the dissolvable material is dissolved. A flow rate is to be determined based on a detected change in a downhole attribute that is to change in response to the flow of fluid passing through the partially dissolvable plug after at least a portion of the partially dissolvable plug is dissolved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko K. Jaaskelainen, Cole Aaron Grandjean
  • Patent number: 11578547
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter improve techniques for measuring downhole attributes. A method for determining a flow rate of a fluid includes positioning a tubular within a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, wherein a flow of fluid is to move through the tubular. An orifice plate is positioned in the tubular. The orifice plate is movable between a first position and a second position to alter a flow area of the flow of fluid moving through the tubular. The method includes detecting a change in a downhole attribute that changes in response to the alteration of the flow area of the flow of fluid. Sensors positioned within or in communication with an interior of the tubular can detect the change in the downhole attribute. The method further includes determining a flow rate of the flow of fluid based on the detected change in the downhole attribute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko K. Jaaskelainen, Cole Aaron Grandjean
  • Publication number: 20230030289
    Abstract: A system may include a splice housing positioned along a portion of tubing in a wellbore and a splice housing protector around the splice housing. An uphole fiber optic cable may extend through the splice housing protector. The uphole fiber optic cable may mate with a first port of the splice housing at a downhole end of the splice housing protector. A downhole fiber optic cable may mate with a second port of the splice housing in the splice housing protector. The splice housing may splice the uphole fiber optic cable and the downhole fiber optic cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: John Laureto Maida, Michael Allen Becker, Exean Kwrisnash Romero Mora, Michel LeBlanc, Cole Aaron Grandjean
  • Publication number: 20220228451
    Abstract: A method for determining a flow rate of a fluid includes positioning a tubular within a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, wherein a flow of fluid is to move through the tubular. An orifice plate is positioned in the tubular. The orifice plate is movable between a first position and a second position to alter a flow area of the flow of fluid moving through the tubular. The method includes detecting a change in a downhole attribute that changes in response to the alteration of the flow area of the flow of fluid. Sensors positioned within or in communication with an interior of the tubular can detect the change in the downhole attribute. The method further includes determining a flow rate of the flow of fluid based on the detected change in the downhole attribute. The flow of fluid may be single phase or multiphase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Mikko K. Jaaskelainen, Cole Aaron Grandjean
  • Publication number: 20220228458
    Abstract: A partially dissolvable plug is to be deployed in a position in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation. The partially dissolvable plug comprises a first portion comprising a dissolvable material that is to dissolve over time after exposure to a downhole ambient environment in the wellbore and a second portion comprising a non-dissolvable material that is to create a flow restriction as the flow of fluid passes through the partially dissolvable plug. The first portion is to prevent a flow of fluid from downhole to a surface of the wellbore until at least a portion of the dissolvable material is dissolved. A flow rate is to be determined based on a detected change in a downhole attribute that is to change in response to the flow of fluid passing through the partially dissolvable plug after at least a portion of the partially dissolvable plug is dissolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Mikko K. Jaaskelainen, Cole Aaron Grandjean