Patents by Inventor Hazim Ayyad

Hazim Ayyad 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).

  • Heavy oil sampling methods and systems
    Patent number: 10316658
    Abstract: A formation sampling method includes disposing a downhole tool that has an expandable packer and an extendable probe within a wellbore disposed in a subterranean formation, pumping formation fluid into the downhole tool through the extendable probe to move heavy oil from within the subterranean formation towards the wellbore, detecting arrival of the heavy oil at the wellbore, and performing formation sampling with the expandable packer in response to detecting the arrival of the heavy oil at the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hazim Ayyad, Sarah Jamal
  • HEAVY OIL SAMPLING METHODS AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20170002655
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a formation sampling method that includes disposing a downhole tool that has an expandable packer and an extendable probe within a wellbore disposed in a subterranean formation, pumping formation fluid into the downhole tool through the extendable probe to move heavy oil from within the subterranean formation towards the wellbore, detecting arrival of the heavy oil at the wellbore, and performing formation sampling with the expandable packer in response to detecting the arrival of the heavy oil at the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Hazim Ayyad, Sarah Jamal