Patents by Inventor Ivo FOIANINI

Ivo FOIANINI 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: 20190101663
    Abstract: An acoustic imaging tool, logging system and method are disclosed for producing high-resolution three-dimensional images. The imaging tool may include three separate arrangements of acoustic transducers: a circumferential set for wall inspection, internal transducers for fluid characterization within a chamber open to wellbore fluid, and forward-looking transducers located at the bottom end of the tool. Forward-looking transducers emit ultrasonic waves and receive reflections back when solid features are located under the tool. In some embodiments, Doppler effect calculations may be performed to produce forward-looking acoustic images. In other embodiments, an ambient acoustic energy illuminates the wellbore, and an acoustic lens set focuses reflected ultrasonic waves onto an acoustic imaging array of an ultrasonic camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren P. Walters, Ivo Foianini, Kevin S. Harive, Batakrishna Mandal, Chung Chang
  • Patent number: 10067262
    Abstract: Sonic data, ultrasonic data, density data, cased-hole neutron data, and open-hole neutron data of the wellbore are obtained. The sonic and ultrasonic data provides the amplitude, frequency, and phase of the altered sonic and ultrasonic waves. The far counts, near counts, and energy spectrum are obtained from density data, cased-hole (CH) neutron data, and open-hole (OH) neutron data. The amplitude, frequency, and phase provide the interface densities of the first, second, and third interfaces. The hydrogen index (HI) of the formation and the cased wellbore are obtained from the CH and OH neutron data. The widths of the second and third interfaces are obtained from the HI's and the densities of the second and third interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Luis F. Quintero, Ivo Foianini, Javier Fadul
  • Patent number: 9945974
    Abstract: Sonic data, ultrasonic data, and density data of the annulus are obtained using a sonic tool, an ultrasonic tool, and a density tool, respectively, included in a tool string. A first deconvolution operation is performed to obtain an amplitude, a frequency, and a phase of the modified sonic wave. A first inverse modeling operation results in a first density value of the annular media. A second deconvolution operation is performed to obtain an amplitude, a frequency, and a phase of the modified ultrasonic wave. A second inverse modeling operation results in a second density value of the annular media. A third deconvolution operation is performed to obtain far counts, near counts, and an energy spectrum of gamma rays. A third inverse modeling operation results in a third density value of the annular media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Luis F. Quintero, Ivo Foianini, Javier Fadul
  • Patent number: 9823374
    Abstract: A wellbore tool string includes a combination of acoustic inspection tool(s) and electro-mechanical inspection tool(s). The tool string is configured to combine acoustic with electro-mechanic wellbore inspection to circumvent limitations that both technologies may be subject to in wellbore environments. Anomalous data from one or more acoustic tools can be correlated with data acquired by an electro-mechanical tool incorporated into the same tool string to determine wellbore conditions that may have adversely affected the operation of the acoustic tool(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Shawn Patrick McCafferty, Adewumi Ehinmoro, Ivo Foianini
  • Publication number: 20160334540
    Abstract: Sonic data, ultrasonic data, density data, cased-hole neutron data, and open-hole neutron data of the wellbore are obtained. The sonic and ultrasonic data provides the amplitude, frequency, and phase of the altered sonic and ultrasonic waves. The far counts, near counts, and energy spectrum are obtained from density data, cased-hole (CH) neutron data, and open-hole (OH) neutron data. The amplitude, frequency, and phase provide the interface densities of the first, second, and third interfaces. The hydrogen index (HI) of the formation and the cased wellbore are obtained from the CH and OH neutron data. The widths of the second and third interfaces are obtained from the HI's and the densities of the second and third interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis F. Quintero, Ivo Foianini, Javier Fadul
  • Publication number: 20160274260
    Abstract: Sonic data, ultrasonic data, and density data of the annulus are obtained using a sonic tool, an ultrasonic tool, and a density tool, respectively, included in a tool string. A first deconvolution operation is performed to obtain an amplitude, a frequency, and a phase of the modified sonic wave. A first inverse modeling operation results in a first density value of the annular media. A second deconvolution operation is performed to obtain an amplitude, a frequency, and a phase of the modified ultrasonic wave. A second inverse modeling operation results in a second density value of the annular media. A third deconvolution operation is performed to obtain far counts, near counts, and an energy spectrum of gamma rays. A third inverse modeling operation results in a third density value of the annular media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis F. Quintero, Ivo Foianini, Javier Fadul
  • Publication number: 20160265340
    Abstract: Acoustic measurements are obtained and combined with some identification of regions that are expected or believed to be cemented. Based at least in part on this information, a processing unit derives an annular material classifier that can identify those measurements characteristic of the cemented regions (including regions cemented with a resin cement formulation), and that further applies the classifier to the measurements to generate a cement log that can be displayed to a user. Cross-plots of waveform amplitude, acoustic impedance, and the derivative of acoustic impedance, have revealed that resin cement, for example, has characteristic acoustic properties that form a small cluster within the range of expected measurements. For improved identification reliability, such clusters can be identified adaptively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Gary J. Frisch, Jones J. Paul, Ivo Foianini
  • Publication number: 20160018548
    Abstract: A wellbore tool string includes a combination of acoustic inspection tool(s) and electro-mechanical inspection tool(s). The tool string is configured to combine acoustic with electro-mechanic wellbore inspection to circumvent limitations that both technologies may be subject to in wellbore environments. Anomalous data from one or more acoustic tools can be correlated with data acquired by an electro-mechanical tool incorporated into the same tool string to determine wellbore conditions that may have adversely affected the operation of the acoustic tool(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Shawn Patrick MCCAFFERTY, Adewumi EHINMORO, Ivo FOIANINI