Patents by Inventor Dee A. MORONKEJI

Dee A. MORONKEJI 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).

  • Estimating depth-dependent lateral tectonic strain profiles
    Patent number: 10823868
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for acoustic velocity well logging. Methods may include estimating a property of an earth formation, including estimating a depth-dependent lateral tectonic strain profile for the earth formation by generating a linear-to-linear transformation constrained to map a first value of a shear wave velocity parameter of the formation to an estimated minimum value of lateral tectonic strain in at least one direction corresponding to at least one principal horizontal stress of the formation, and map a second value of the shear wave velocity parameter of the formation to an estimated maximum value of lateral tectonic strain in the at least one direction, wherein the strain values may be estimated using closure pressure. The first value of the shear wave velocity parameter may be a minimum value of shear wave slowness and the second value of the shear wave velocity parameter is a maximum value of shear wave slowness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo Cazeneuve, Dee A. Moronkeji, Javier A. Franquet, Umesh Prasad
  • Estimating Depth-Dependent Lateral Tectonic Strain Profiles
    Publication number: 20170115420
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for acoustic velocity well logging. Methods may include estimating a property of an earth formation, including estimating a depth-dependent lateral tectonic strain profile for the earth formation by generating a linear-to-linear transformation constrained to map a first value of a shear wave velocity parameter of the formation to an estimated minimum value of lateral tectonic strain in at least one direction corresponding to at least one principal horizontal stress of the formation, and map a second value of the shear wave velocity parameter of the formation to an estimated maximum value of lateral tectonic strain in the at least one direction, wherein the strain values may be estimated using closure pressure. The first value of the shear wave velocity parameter may be a minimum value of shear wave slowness and the second value of the shear wave velocity parameter is a maximum value of shear wave slowness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: EDUARDO CAZENEUVE, Dee A. MORONKEJI, Javier A. FRANQUET, Umesh PRASAD