Patents by Inventor Eric Thiessen

Eric Thiessen 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: 11475316
    Abstract: A method for commissioning a drilling rig. The method includes detecting a first plurality of components of a drilling rig control system to control a drilling operation, obtaining a knowledge graph comprising a plurality of nodes corresponding to the first plurality of components, and a plurality of links connecting the plurality of nodes, wherein each of the plurality of links represents at least a target measure of data communication and resource utilization of each pair of components of the first plurality of components, and performing, by a drilling rig commissioning system and based on the knowledge graph, a management task of the drilling rig control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shunfeng Zheng, Marcos Kajita, Zhijie Liu, Eric Thiessen
  • Publication number: 20200327423
    Abstract: A method for commissioning a drilling rig. The method includes detecting a first plurality of components of a drilling rig control system to control a drilling operation, obtaining a knowledge graph comprising a plurality of nodes corresponding to the first plurality of components, and a plurality of links connecting the plurality of nodes, wherein each of the plurality of links represents at least a target measure of data communication and resource utilization of each pair of components of the first plurality of components, and performing, by a drilling rig commissioning system and based on the knowledge graph, a management task of the drilling rig control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Shunfeng Zheng, Marcos Kajita, Zhijie Liu, Eric Thiessen
  • Publication number: 20200277847
    Abstract: A system may include a control system coupled to various network elements that define a drilling management network. The control system may include a programmable logic controller (PLC) that performs a drilling operation. The system may further include a virtualization services manager coupled to the control system and the network elements. The virtualization services manager may implement a virtualization service on the drilling management network that controls the drilling operation. The system may further include a virtual connection controller coupled to the network elements. The virtual connection controller may establish a virtual connection between the control system and a user network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Juan Jose Rojas, Shunfeng Zheng, Zhijie Liu, Eric Thiessen, Marcos Suguru Kajita, Guillaume Tamboise, Wilson Silva dos Santos, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200024932
    Abstract: A method for ranking performance of each production well in a plurality of production wells includes sensing a production parameter value for each production well using a sensor and receiving the production parameter value for each production well using a processor. The method also includes performing two or more different calculations for each production well using the production parameter value, each calculation providing a calculated performance indicator, multiplying each calculated performance indicator by a weight factor to provide a weighted performance indicator; and summing each of the weighted performance indicators for each production well to provide a unit-less performance index value for each production well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Graham Brown, Eric Thiessen, Coen Smits
  • Patent number: 10370941
    Abstract: A method for ranking performance of each production well in a plurality of production wells includes sensing a production parameter value for each production well using a sensor and receiving the production parameter value for each production well using a processor. The method also includes performing two or more different calculations for each production well using the production parameter value, each calculation providing a calculated performance indicator, multiplying each calculated performance indicator by a weight factor to provide a weighted performance indicator; and summing each of the weighted performance indicators for each production well to provide a unit-less performance index value for each production well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Graham Brown, Eric Thiessen, Coen Smits
  • Patent number: 10345764
    Abstract: A method of performing aspects of an energy industry operation includes simulating an energy industry operation parameter by an analysis module, wherein simulating includes predicting values of the operational parameter via one or more mathematical models of the assembly and a formation region, and estimating an uncertainty range of at least one of the input data and the predicted values of the operational parameter; generating a performance envelope based on the predicted values and the uncertainty range; generating an operating envelope by the analysis module, the operating envelope prescribing minimum constraints on the operational parameter; during the energy industry operation, receiving real time measurements of the operational parameter by a production performance module, and comparing the measured operational parameter to the operating envelope and the performance envelope; and based on the measured operational parameter being outside the performance envelope, controlling the energy industry operation
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Rob Early, Oktay Metin Gokdemir, Ian Graham Brown, Christopher J. Freitas, Nathan F. Andrews, Nicholas J. Mueschke, Rhandy Regulacion, Eric Thiessen, Coen Smits
  • Publication number: 20160312608
    Abstract: A method for ranking performance of each production well in a plurality of production wells includes sensing a production parameter value for each production well using a sensor and receiving the production parameter value for each production well using a processor. The method also includes performing two or more different calculations for each production well using the production parameter value, each calculation providing a calculated performance indicator, multiplying each calculated performance indicator by a weight factor to provide a weighted performance indicator; and summing each of the weighted performance indicators for each production well to provide a unit-less performance index value for each production well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Ian Graham Brown, Eric Thiessen, Coen Smits
  • Publication number: 20160312552
    Abstract: A method of performing aspects of an energy industry operation includes simulating an energy industry operation parameter by an analysis module, wherein simulating includes predicting values of the operational parameter via one or more mathematical models of the assembly and a formation region, and estimating an uncertainty range of at least one of the input data and the predicted values of the operational parameter; generating a performance envelope based on the predicted values and the uncertainty range; generating an operating envelope by the analysis module, the operating envelope prescribing minimum constraints on the operational parameter; during the energy industry operation, receiving real time measurements of the operational parameter by a production performance module, and comparing the measured operational parameter to the operating envelope and the performance envelope; and based on the measured operational parameter being outside the performance envelope, controlling the energy industry operation
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Rob Early, Oktay Metin Gokdemir, Ian Graham Brown, Christopher J. Freitas, Nathan F. Andrews, Nicholas J. Mueschke, Rhandy Regulacion, Eric Thiessen, Coen Smits