Patents by Inventor Frank Walles
Frank Walles 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).
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Patent number: 11525822Abstract: A method of monitoring a subterranean operation includes sampling fluid from a borehole during the operation, and estimating, in near real time, a concentration of one or more gases in the sampled fluid and an isotope composition of the sampled fluid. The method also includes identifying an operational inefficiency in the operation based on the isotope composition associated with the one or more gases, and performing, during the operation, at least one of: alerting an operator and adjusting an operational parameter of the operation, based on identifying the operational inefficiency.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Bastian Baecker, Alex Bruns, Jessica Raines, Umesh Prasad, Svenja Erdmann, Ian McGlynn, Frank Walles
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Patent number: 11513254Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and products for well logging. Methods include conveying a logging tool in the borehole on a carrier; obtaining a borehole image over at least one interval of borehole depth from well logging measurements with a downhole imaging instrument; obtaining acoustic information representative of acoustic reflections from a far-field region of the formation; obtaining quantitative borehole fluid information indicative of properties of a formation fluid in a near-field region of the borehole; generating a borehole connectivity fracture model of the formation in dependence upon the borehole image, the quantitative borehole fluid information, and the acoustic information. Methods may include identifying near-field fractures from the borehole image, and/or identifying far-field fractures from the acoustic information.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Frank Walles, Stephen Dymmock, Alex Bruns, Umesh Prasad, Sergey Kotov
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Patent number: 11268914Abstract: Systems, tools, and methods for optimizing fracturing schedules located along a horizontal wellbore include obtaining drilling cuttings during a drilling operation representative of a predetermined interval of the horizontal wellbore, performing at least one analytical process on the obtained drilling cuttings to determine at least one geomechanical property of the interval of the obtained drilling cuttings for the interval, generating a formation analysis estimation for the interval from the, wherein the formation analysis estimation comprises at least one of (i) a brittleness of the formation at the interval or (ii) a minimum horizontal stress of the formation at the interval, and based on the formation analysis estimation, at least one of (i) configuring a super-stage for deployment to the interval to perform a fracturing operation or (ii) designing a fracturing schedule to be performed to frac the formation at the interval.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Umesh Prasad, Sergey Stolyarov, David Gadzhimirzaev, Robert Samuel Hurt, Eduardo Adrian Cazeneuve, Frank Walles, Geoffrey Cave, Said D. Sadykhov
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Publication number: 20210285927Abstract: A method of monitoring a subterranean operation includes sampling fluid from a borehole during the operation, and estimating, in near real time, a concentration of one or more gases in the sampled fluid and an isotope composition of the sampled fluid. The method also includes identifying an operational inefficiency in the operation based on the isotope composition associated with the one or more gases, and performing, during the operation, at least one of: alerting an operator and adjusting an operational parameter of the operation, based on identifying the operational inefficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Bastian Baecker, Alex Bruns, Jessica Raines, Umesh Prasad, Svenja Erdmann, Ian McGlynn, Frank Walles
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Publication number: 20200225381Abstract: Methods, systems, devices, and products for well logging. Methods include conveying a logging tool in the borehole on a carrier; obtaining a borehole image over at least one interval of borehole depth from well logging measurements with a downhole imaging instrument; obtaining acoustic information representative of acoustic reflections from a far-field region of the formation; obtaining quantitative borehole fluid information indicative of properties of a formation fluid in a near-field region of the borehole; generating a borehole connectivity fracture model of the formation in dependence upon the borehole image, the quantitative borehole fluid information, and the acoustic information. Methods may include identifying near-field fractures from the borehole image, and/or identifying far-field fractures from the acoustic information.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Frank Walles, Stephen Dymmock, Alex Bruns, Umesh Prasad, Sergey Kotov
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Patent number: 10648329Abstract: A method of estimating one or more properties of an earth formation includes acquiring formation fluid data indicative of a qualitative property of a formation fluid in a near-field region of an earth formation surrounding a borehole, the near field region including a surface of the borehole, and acquiring acoustic data based on acoustic signals transmitted into a far-field region of the formation, and estimating a property of one or more fractures in the far-field region based on the acoustic data. The method also includes combining the formation fluid data and the acoustic data, and estimating, by a processing device, at least one fracture characteristic of the formation in the near-field region and the far-field region based on the combined data.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Nicklas Ritzmann, Frank Walles, Alex Bruns, David Gadzhimirzaev, Sergey Kotov
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Patent number: 10480311Abstract: Methods and systems for generating intervention programs for a downhole formation including collecting mud-logging data during a drilling operation, wherein the drilling operation forms a borehole through the formation, generating zone characterization of one or more zones along the borehole based on the collected mud-logging data, defining targeted zones of the one or more zones along the borehole, generating a treatment characterization for each targeted zone based on the collected mud-logging data, and generating an intervention treatment design based on the targeted zones and associated treatment characterizations.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLCInventors: Sergey Stolyarov, Sergey Kotov, Alex Bruns, David Gadzhimirzaev, Frank Walles
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Publication number: 20190003298Abstract: Methods and systems for generating intervention programs for a downhole formation including collecting mud-logging data during a drilling operation, wherein the drilling operation forms a borehole through the formation, generating zone characterization of one or more zones along the borehole based on the collected mud-logging data, defining targeted zones of the one or more zones along the borehole, generating a treatment characterization for each targeted zone based on the collected mud-logging data, and generating an intervention treatment design based on the targeted zones and associated treatment characterizations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Sergey Stolyarov, Sergey Kotov, Alex Bruns, David Gadzhimirzaev, Frank Walles
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Publication number: 20180291734Abstract: An embodiment of a method of estimating one or more properties of an earth formation includes acquiring formation fluid data indicative of a qualitative property of a formation fluid in a near-field region of an earth formation surrounding a borehole, the near field region including a surface of the borehole, and acquiring acoustic data based on acoustic signals transmitted into a far-field region of the formation, and estimating a property of one or more fractures in the far-field region based on the acoustic data. The method also includes combining the formation fluid data and the acoustic data, and estimating, by a processing device, at least one fracture characteristic of the formation in the near-field region and the far-field region based on the combined data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Nicklas Ritzmann, Frank Walles, Alex Bruns, David Gadzhimirzaev, Sergey Kotov
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Publication number: 20180202263Abstract: Systems, tools, and methods for optimizing fracturing schedules located along a horizontal wellbore include obtaining drilling cuttings during a drilling operation representative of a predetermined interval of the horizontal wellbore, performing at least one analytical process on the obtained drilling cuttings to determine at least one geomechanical property of the interval of the obtained drilling cuttings for the interval, generating a formation analysis estimation for the interval from the, wherein the formation analysis estimation comprises at least one of (i) a brittleness of the formation at the interval or (ii) a minimum horizontal stress of the formation at the interval, and based on the formation analysis estimation, at least one of (i) configuring a super-stage for deployment to the interval to perform a fracturing operation or (ii) designing a fracturing schedule to be performed to frac the formation at the interval.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Umesh Prasad, Sergey Stolyarov, David Gadzhimirzaev, Robert Samuel Hurt, Eduardo Adrian Cazeneuve, Frank Walles, Geoffrey Cave, Said D. Sadykhov