Patents by Inventor Glenn Andrew WILSON
Glenn Andrew WILSON 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: 11946365Abstract: A fiber optic sensing (FOS) system and method. The system may include one or more interrogator units and a proximal wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) and a distal WDM optically connectable to the one or more interrogator units, an upgoing transmission fiber, a down-going transmission fiber, and one or more downhole sensing fibers. The method may include transmitting one or more light pulses from an interrogator unit, multiplexing the one or more light pulses from the interrogator unit with a proximal WDM into an upgoing transmission fiber and a down-going transmission fiber, and receiving the one or more light pulses with a distal WDM. The method may further include multiplexing the one or more light pulses from the upgoing transmission fiber and the down-going transmission fiber into one or more downhole sensing fibers and receiving backscatter light from at least one of the one or more downhole sensing fibers.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Andrew Wilson, Sigurd Moe, Andreas Ellmauthaler, James Dupree
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Patent number: 11933664Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may comprise an interrogator and an umbilical line attached at one end to the interrogator, a downhole fiber attached to the umbilical line at the end opposite the interrogator. The interrogator may further include a proximal circulator, a distal circulator connected to the proximal circulator by a first fiber optic cable, and a second fiber optic cable connecting the proximal circulator and the distal circulator.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, Glenn Andrew Wilson, John L. Maida
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Publication number: 20240003247Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may include an interrogator that includes two or more lasers, a pulser module disposed after and connected to each of the two or more lasers, a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), wherein each of the pulser modules are connected to the WDM as inputs, and a downhole fiber attached to the WDM as an output and wherein the downhole fiber includes at least one sensing fiber. A method for increasing a sampling frequency may include identifying a length of a downhole fiber connected to an interrogator, generating and launching a light pulse from each of the two or more lasers the pulser module, and delaying an output from the pulser module into the downhole fiber by k N seconds, where k is a pulse repetition interval of the pulser module and N is equal to the two or more lasers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, John Laureto Maida, JR., Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 11834946Abstract: A method includes positioning a downhole tool in a borehole formed in a subsurface formation, wherein the downhole tool comprises a plurality of calipers arranged around a circumference of the downhole tool. The method includes detecting, using the plurality of calipers, a plurality of standoff measurements at different rotation angles and determining a plurality of apparent diameters of the borehole for the different rotation angles of the downhole tool based on the plurality of standoff measurements and at least one of a radius and a diameter of the downhole tool. The method includes determining a probability function based on the plurality of apparent diameters and determining a shape of the borehole based on the probability function.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jing Jin, Glenn Andrew Wilson, Wei Li, Xiang Wu
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Patent number: 11802478Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may include an interrogator that includes two or more lasers, a pulser module disposed after and connected to each of the two or more lasers, a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), wherein each of the pulser modules are connected to the WDM as inputs, and a downhole fiber attached to the WDM as an output and wherein the downhole fiber includes at least one sensing fiber. A method for increasing a sampling frequency may include identifying a length of a downhole fiber connected to an interrogator, generating and launching a light pulse from each of the two or more lasers the pulser module, and delaying an output from the pulser module into the downhole fiber by k N seconds, where k is a pulse repetition interval of the pulser module and N is equal to the two or more lasers.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, John Laureto Maida, Jr., Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Publication number: 20230344544Abstract: A method and system for fiber optic communication and sensing (FOCS) may include transmitting one or more measurement signals from an interrogator unit that is optically connected to a proximal wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), transmitting one or more communication signals from an information handling system that is optically connected to a proximal wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), multiplexing the one or more measurement signals and the one or more communication signals with the proximal WDM into a first fiber optic cable, and receiving the one or more measurement signals and the one or more communication signals with a distal WDM that is optically connected to the first fiber optic cable. The method may further include multiplexing the one or more measurement signals from the first fiber optic cable into one or more downhole sensing fibers and receiving backscatter light from at least one of the one or more downhole sensing fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Andrew Wilson, Andreas Ellmauthaler, Sigurd Moe, Mauricio Uribe, Ira Bush, Kwang il Suh
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Publication number: 20230332499Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) method and system. The system may comprise an interrogator and an umbilical line comprising a first fiber optic cable and a second fiber optic cable attached at one end to the interrogator. The DAS may further include a downhole fiber attached to the umbilical line at the end opposite the interrogator and a light source disposed in the interrogator that is configured to emit a plurality of coherent light frequencies into the umbilical line and the downhole fiber. The method may include generating interferometric signals of the plurality of frequencies of backscattered light that have been received by the photo detector assembly and processing the interferometric signals with an information handling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, John L. Maida, JR., Ira Jeffrey Bush, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 11732578Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) method and system. The system may comprise an interrogator and an umbilical line comprising a first fiber optic cable and a second fiber optic cable attached at one end to the interrogator. The DAS may further include a downhole fiber attached to the umbilical line at the end opposite the interrogator and a light source disposed in the interrogator that is configured to emit a plurality of coherent light frequencies into the umbilical line and the downhole fiber. The method may include generating interferometric signals of the plurality of frequencies of backscattered light that have been received by the photo detector assembly and processing the interferometric signals with an information handling system.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, John L. Maida, Jr., Ira Jeffrey Bush, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 11692438Abstract: A method including, without removing a BHA from a wellbore of a well extending into a formation, extending, into an interior flow bore of the BHA, a first component of a wet latch assembly to provide an extended first component of the wet latch assembly, conveying downhole via a wireline cable, from a surface through an interior flow bore provided by a drill string, a second component of the wet latch assembly, and coupling the second component of the wet latch assembly with the extended first component of the wet latch assembly such that an electrical connection is established between the first component and the second component and between the BHA and the surface via the wireline cable, and testing the formation with a formation tester of the BHA, while providing power and/or data telemetry for the formation tester via the wet latch assembly and the wireline cable.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Michael Jones, Darren George Gascooke, Anthony Herman Van Zuilekom, Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 11630225Abstract: A data seismic sensing system and method for obtaining seismic refraction data and tomography data. The system may comprise a subsurface sensor array, wherein the subsurface sensor array is a fiber optic cable disposed near a wellbore, a seismic source, wherein the seismic source is a truck-mounted seismic vibrator comprising a base plate, and a surface sensor array, wherein the surface sensor array is coupled to the seismic source. The method may comprise disposing a surface sensor array on a surface, disposing a subsurface sensor array into a wellbore, activating a seismic source, wherein the seismic source is configured to create a seismic wave, recording a reflected seismic wave with the surface sensor array and the subsurface sensor array, and creating a seismic refraction data and a seismic tomography data from the reflected seismic wave.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Henry Clifford Bland, Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 11598895Abstract: Deconvolution-based processing of ultrasonic waveforms enables robust calculation of two-way travel time for an ultrasonic caliper, particularly in the presence of multiple, proximal reflectors (e.g., mud cake, formation, casing, cement, etc.).Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Glenn Andrew Wilson, Arthur Cheng
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Publication number: 20230052444Abstract: A fiber optic sensing (FOS) system and method. The system may include one or more interrogator units and a proximal wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) and a distal WDM optically connectable to the one or more interrogator units, an upgoing transmission fiber, a down-going transmission fiber, and one or more downhole sensing fibers. The method may include transmitting one or more light pulses from an interrogator unit, multiplexing the one or more light pulses from the interrogator unit with a proximal WDM into an upgoing transmission fiber and a down-going transmission fiber, and receiving the one or more light pulses with a distal WDM. The method may further include multiplexing the one or more light pulses from the upgoing transmission fiber and the down-going transmission fiber into one or more downhole sensing fibers and receiving backscatter light from at least one of the one or more downhole sensing fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Andrew Wilson, Sigurd Moe, Andreas Ellmauthaler, James Dupree
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Patent number: 11555939Abstract: A system for processing DAS VSP surveys in real-time is provided. The system includes a DAS data collection system coupled to at least one optical fiber at least partially positioned within a wellbore and configured to repeatedly activate a seismic source of energy. The system further includes an information processing system connected to the DAS data collection system. A seismic dataset is received from the DAS data collection system. The seismic dataset includes a plurality of seismic data records. Two or more of the plurality of seismic data records are combined into a stack. A quality metric indicative of a desired signal-to-noise ratio or incoherence of the stack is determined for each processed seismic dataset collected from a repeated source. Instructions are sent to the DAS data collection system to stop activating the seismic source, in response to determining that the quality metric has reached a predefined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Andrew Wilson, Xiang Wu, Andreas Ellmauthaler, Mark Elliott Willis
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Patent number: 11500113Abstract: A method for improving a signal-to-noise ratio of distributed acoustic sensing data may comprise transmitting an acoustic wave from an acoustic source into a subterranean formation, recording a first acoustic noise at a first time interval with a distributed acoustic sensing system, recording at least one acoustic wave and a second acoustic noise at a second time interval with the distributed acoustic sensing system, calculating a noise spectrum from the first time interval, calculating the noise spectrum in the second time interval, and removing the noise spectrum from acoustic data measured during the second time interval to identify acoustic data of the subterranean formation. A system may comprise an acoustic source, a distributed acoustic sensing system disposed within a well, and an information handling system.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Andrew Wilson, Henry Clifford Bland
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Patent number: 11499425Abstract: Methods and systems of the present disclosure integrate time-lapse gravimetric data with dynamic reservoir modeling, whereby petrophysical constraints are applied to the inversion of the gravimetric data to constrain the resulting dynamic reservoir simulations.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 11493380Abstract: A distributed acoustic system may comprise an interrogator which includes a single photon detector, an umbilical line comprising a first fiber optic cable and a second fiber optic cable attached at one end to the interrogator, and a downhole fiber attached to the umbilical line at the end opposite the interrogator. A method for optimizing a sampling frequency may comprise identifying a length of a fiber optic cable connected to an interrogator, identifying one or more regions on the fiber optic cable in which a backscatter is received, and optimizing a sampling frequency of a distributed acoustic system by identifying a minimum time interval that is between an emission of a light pulse such that at no point in time the backscatter arrives back at the interrogator that corresponds to more than one spatial location along a sensing portion of the fiber optic cable.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Joshua Stark, John L. Maida, Andreas Ellmauthaler, Ira Jeffrey Bush, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 11467318Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include devices and methods to perform inversion processing of well log data. In one embodiment, a method to perform inversion processing of well log data includes obtaining an initial model of an earth formation based on a plurality of modeling parameters that includes formation parameters of the earth formation and calibration factors associated with orientations of antennas of a logging tool utilized to measure raw measurements of the earth formation. The method also includes performing a forward modeling of the modeling parameters to obtain a modeling response, and performing a joint cost function of the first modeling response and raw measurements obtained by the logging tool. The method further includes readjusting the initial model if a result of the joint cost function is not below a threshold, and providing the modeling response if the result of the joint cost function is below the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Hsu-Hsiang Wu, Glenn Andrew Wilson, Rencheng Song
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Publication number: 20220298915Abstract: A method includes positioning a downhole tool in a borehole formed in a subsurface formation, wherein the downhole tool comprises a plurality of calipers arranged around a circumference of the downhole tool. The method includes detecting, using the plurality of calipers, a plurality of standoff measurements at different rotation angles and determining a plurality of apparent diameters of the borehole for the different rotation angles of the downhole tool based on the plurality of standoff measurements and at least one of a radius and a diameter of the downhole tool. The method includes determining a probability function based on the plurality of apparent diameters and determining a shape of the borehole based on the probability function.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Jing Jin, Glenn Andrew Wilson, Wei Li, Xiang Wu
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Publication number: 20220259971Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may include an interrogator that includes two or more lasers, a pulser module disposed after and connected to each of the two or more lasers, a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), wherein each of the pulser modules are connected to the WDM as inputs, and a downhole fiber attached to the WDM as an output and wherein the downhole fiber includes at least one sensing fiber. A method for increasing a sampling frequency may include identifying a length of a downhole fiber connected to an interrogator, generating and launching a light pulse from each of the two or more lasers the pulser module, and delaying an output from the pulser module into the downhole fiber by k N seconds, where k is a pulse repetition interval of the pulser module and N is equal to the two or more lasers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, John Laureto Maida, JR., Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Publication number: 20220236106Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may comprise an interrogator and an umbilical line attached at one end to the interrogator, a downhole fiber attached to the umbilical line at the end opposite the interrogator. The interrogator may further include a proximal circulator, a distal circulator connected to the proximal circulator by a first fiber optic cable, and a second fiber optic cable connecting the proximal circulator and the distal circulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, Glenn Andrew Wilson, John L. Maida