Patents by Inventor Daniel Thomas Scott

Daniel Thomas Scott 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: 20250244262
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for in-situ analysis of drilling fluid solids is provided. A system includes a digital imaging system and a computer system operatively coupled to the digital imaging system. The digital imaging system is coupled to a shale shaker. The shale shaker is positioned at a surface of the Earth adjacent a wellbore and configured to receive a drilling fluid including solid objects. The digital imaging system is configured to capture images or measurement data of the solid objects. The computer system includes processors, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the processors to perform operations. The operations include receiving the images or measurement data captured by the digital imaging system and determining one or more properties of a target solid object of the solid objects. The one or more properties include specific gravity or composition of the target solid object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Scott, Tulio D. Olivares Antunez, Rafael M. Pino Rojas, Fahad Aldossary
  • Patent number: 12312948
    Abstract: A downhole filtration system for use in a drill string includes a filter assembly configured to filter debris from a drilling fluid, a first pressure sensor located at an uphole end of the filter assembly, a second pressure sensor located at a downhole end of the filter assembly, and a control unit configured to receive and transmit data from the first and second pressure sensors to surface equipment in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mario Augusto Rivas Martinez, Daniel Thomas Scott
  • Patent number: 12264546
    Abstract: A tool includes a main body configured to be disposed within a tubular string within a wellbore, such that a location of the tool within the tubular string is changeable between a surface location and a downhole location. The tool includes one or more sensors configured to measure downhole parameters from which the physical properties of the wellbore can be determined. The tool further includes a flapper configured (a) to, in response to the position of the tool changing from the surface location to the downhole location, pivot radially from a closed position in which the flapper is aligned with the main body to an open position in which the flapper is away from the main body, and (b) to, in response to the position of the tool changing from the downhole location to the surface location, pivot radially from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Daniel Thomas Scott, Rami F. Saleh
  • Patent number: 12196052
    Abstract: A wellbore assembly includes a pipe body and a chamber. The pipe body resides at a terranean surface of a wellbore and is fluidly coupled to a surface inlet of the wellbore. The chamber is coupled to the pipe body and has multiple slots each configured to house a wellbore component. Each slot revolves about a central axis of the chamber to align its respective wellbore component with a bore of the pipe body. The pipe body has a fluid inlet fluidly coupled to a pump that flows fluid to the pipe body. The fluid inlet is disposed upstream of the chamber. The pipe body directs the fluid from the fluid inlet to the inlet of the wellbore to push, from a first slot, a first wellbore component that is to be deployed downhole within the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Daniel Thomas Scott
  • Publication number: 20240175350
    Abstract: A downhole filtration system for use in a drill string includes a filter assembly configured to filter debris from a drilling fluid, a first pressure sensor located at an uphole end of the filter assembly, a second pressure sensor located at a downhole end of the filter assembly, and a control unit configured to receive and transmit data from the first and second pressure sensors to surface equipment in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Mario Augusto Rivas Martinez, Daniel Thomas Scott
  • Publication number: 20240141744
    Abstract: A wellbore assembly includes a pipe body and a chamber. The pipe body resides at a terranean surface of a wellbore and is fluidly coupled to a surface inlet of the wellbore. The chamber is coupled to the pipe body and has multiple slots each configured to house a wellbore component. Each slot revolves about a central axis of the chamber to align its respective wellbore component with a bore of the pipe body. The pipe body has a fluid inlet fluidly coupled to a pump that flows fluid to the pipe body. The fluid inlet is disposed upstream of the chamber. The pipe body directs the fluid from the fluid inlet to the inlet of the wellbore to push, from a first slot, a first wellbore component that is to be deployed downhole within the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Daniel Thomas Scott
  • Publication number: 20240052717
    Abstract: A tool includes a main body configured to be disposed within a tubular string within a wellbore, such that a location of the tool within the tubular string is changeable between a surface location and a downhole location. The tool includes one or more sensors configured to measure downhole parameters from which the physical properties of the wellbore can be determined. The tool further includes a flapper configured (a) to, in response to the position of the tool changing from the surface location to the downhole location, pivot radially from a closed position in which the flapper is aligned with the main body to an open position in which the flapper is away from the main body, and (b) to, in response to the position of the tool changing from the downhole location to the surface location, pivot radially from the open position to the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Victor Carlos Costa de Oliveira, Daniel Thomas Scott, Rami F. Saleh