Patents by Inventor Henry Clifford Bland

Henry Clifford 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).

  • Publication number: 20210131278
    Abstract: A well system includes a fiber optic cable positionable downhole along a length of a wellbore. The well system also includes a reflectometer communicatively coupleable to the fiber optic cable. The reflectometer injects optical signals into the fiber optic cable and receives reflected optical signals from the fiber optic cable. Further, the reflectometer identifies strain detected in the reflected optical signals generated from seismic waves of a microseismic event. Additionally, the reflectometer identifies a focal mechanism of the microseismic event and velocities of the seismic waves. The reflectometer also determines a position of the microseismic event using the strain detected in the reflected optical signals, the focal mechanism of the microseismic event, and the velocities of the seismic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Aleksandar Jeremic, Henry Clifford Bland, Timur Mukhtarov
  • Publication number: 20210081710
    Abstract: A sequence of stimuli produced by an electric frac pump can be generated by a treatment optimization system. Well environment responses to the sequence of stimuli may be measured by sensors and respective sensor data may be received. The sensor data may be used to select a representative system model which can then be used to control the electric frac pump. The representative system model may be used to achieve well stage objectives such as particular cluster efficiencies, complexity factors, or proximity indices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Mikko JAASKELAINEN, Henry Clifford BLAND, Ronald Glen DUSTERHOFT
  • Publication number: 20210062623
    Abstract: A perforation tool for perforating casing in a borehole. The perforation tool may include a body, charges spaced along an axial length of the body, and a first compartment positioned along the axial length of the body. The compartment may be filled with a diverter material and operable to selectively release the diverter material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Lane Camp, Mikko Jaaskelaninen, Eric James Davis, Henry Clifford Bland
  • Publication number: 20200284935
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Clifford Bland, Glenn Andrew Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200072993
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Andrew Wilson, Henry Clifford Bland