Patents by Inventor Grayson Dane Byrd

Grayson Dane Byrd 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: 12195668
    Abstract: A coupling agent for deployment around an optical fiber in a subsurface wellbore, the coupling agent including a curable or non-curable compound that can form into a reversible polymerized gel state located around at least a portion of the optical fiber and there is a gel-optical fiber interface strain gradient that is greater than a wellbore fluid-optical fiber strain gradient. A method of deploying an optical fiber in a fluid path of a subsurface wellbore and introducing a coupling agent in the fluid path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Grayson Dane Byrd, Mikko K. Jaaskelainen, Michel LeBlanc, Philip D. Nguyen, Michael Wayne Sanders, Antonio Recio
  • Publication number: 20240384155
    Abstract: A coupling agent for deployment around an optical fiber in a subsurface wellbore, the coupling agent including a curable or non-curable compound that can form into a reversible polymerized gel state located around at least a portion of the optical fiber and there is a gel-optical fiber interface strain gradient that is greater than a wellbore fluid-optical fiber strain gradient. A method of deploying an optical fiber in a fluid path of a subsurface wellbore and introducing a coupling agent in the fluid path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Grayson Dane Byrd, Mikko K. Jaaskelainen, Michel LeBlanc, Philip D. Nguyen, Michael Wayne Sanders, Antonio Recio
  • Patent number: 11643927
    Abstract: Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) measurements may be acquired at an observation wellbore during a current stage of a stimulation treatment along a treatment wellbore within a reservoir formation. A cumulative strain trace for the current stage of the stimulation treatment may be determined based on the DAS measurements. Based on the cumulative strain trace, whether or not to adjust a spacing of perforation clusters and/or a stage length used at the treatment wellbore for a subsequent stage of the stimulation treatment may be determined. Responsive to determining to adjust the spacing of the perforation dusters or to adjust the stage length, at least one treatment parameter for the subsequent stage may be adjusted. The subsequent stage may be performed based on the adjusted at least one treatment parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Tito C Henao, Grayson Dane Byrd, Nathaniel Andrew Meyer
  • Publication number: 20220186614
    Abstract: System and methods of controlling treatment parameters over stages during stimulation treatments are provided. Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) measurements may be acquired at an observation wellbore during a current stage of a stimulation treatment along a treatment wellbore within a reservoir formation. A cumulative strain trace for the current stage of the stimulation treatment may be determined based on the DAS measurements. Based on the cumulative strain trace, whether or not to adjust a spacing of perforation clusters and/or a stage length used at the treatment wellbore for a subsequent stage of the stimulation treatment may be determined. Responsive to determining to adjust the spacing of the perforation dusters or to adjust the stage length, at least one treatment parameter for the subsequent stage may be adjusted. The subsequent stage may be performed based on the adjusted at least one treatment parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Tito C. Henao, Grayson Dane Byrd, Nathaniel Andrew Meyer