Patents by Inventor Henry C. BLAND

Henry C. BLAND 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: 12209486
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a method, that includes lowering a tool string down into a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, where the tool string includes perforating charges, and one or more acoustic emitters, energizing the one or more acoustic emitters to form at least an acoustic signal while the tool string is being drawn up-hole, detecting the acoustic signal with a sensing cable disposed within the wellbore, determining an angular orientation of the tool string relative to the sensing cable based at least in part on the acoustic signal, and detonating at least one of the perforating charges when its firing direction is not directed at the one or more sensing cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry C. Bland, Timur Mukhtarov
  • Patent number: 9617847
    Abstract: An illustrative distributed sensing system includes a fiberoptic cable, a transmitter module, and a receiver module. The transmitter module is coupled to the fiberoptic cable to communicate light in each of multiple independent paths to each of multiple positions along the cable, The receiver module is coupled to the fiberoptic cable to receive backscattered light from said multiple positions along the cable via the multiple independent paths. The receiver module includes at least one receiver for each of said multiple independent paths to obtain simultaneous measurements for each of said multiple positions. The multiple independent paths may be provided by wave division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, spatial mode division multiplexing, multicore fiber, and/or multiple fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Kari-Mikko Jaaskelainen, Henry C. Bland, Benjamin M. Banack, David A. Barfoot
  • Publication number: 20150116124
    Abstract: An illustrative distributed sensing system includes a fiberoptic cable, a transmitter module, and a receiver module. The transmitter module is coupled to the fiberoptic cable to communicate light in each of multiple independent paths to each of multiple positions along the cable, The receiver module is coupled to the fiberoptic cable to receive backscattered light from said multiple positions along the cable via the multiple independent paths. The receiver module includes at least one receiver for each of said multiple independent paths to obtain simultaneous measurements for each of said multiple positions. The multiple independent paths may be provided by wave division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, spatial mode division multiplexing, multicore fiber, and/or multiple fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Kari-Mikko JAASKELAINEN, Henry C. BLAND, Benjamin M. BANACK, David A. BARFOOT
  • Publication number: 20140064742
    Abstract: A system for synchronizing an optical signal with an initiation of an event can include an event controller which controls the initiation of the event, and an optical modulator which modulates the optical signal in response to receipt of an indication from the event controller that the event is initiated. A method of synchronizing an optical signal with an initiation of an event can include transmitting from an event controller an indication that the event is initiated, receiving the indication that the event is initiated, and modulating the optical signal in response to the receiving. A system for synchronizing multiple optical signals can include at least one time-code generator which generates time-codes, and multiple optical modulators which modulate the respective optical signals in response to generation of the time-codes by the at least one time-code generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: David A. BARFOOT, Henry C. BLAND, John L. MAIDA, JR.