Patents by Inventor James Galford

James Galford 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: 10451767
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for correcting cased hole neutron porosity logs provide a “residual” correction that substantially accounts for potential coupling between casing thickness and other environmental parameters. The residual correction may be used to derive a casing thickness response function that is customized for the particular well under consideration. The customized casing thickness response function may then be used to adjust cased hole neutron porosity logs for the well in a manner that more accurately accounts for potential coupling of the effects of casing thickness and other environmental parameters, in contrast to existing solutions that tend to ignore such potential coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventor: James Galford
  • Patent number: 10359374
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying annular space materials calculate a near-to-far (“N/F”) neutron count ratio from neutron count rates detected by detectors located near to and far from a neutron source, respectively. The N/F neutron count ratio may then be used along with formation porosity to provide an estimation of the type of material that may be present in the annular space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Qingzhen Guo, James Galford, Weijun Guo
  • Publication number: 20190025454
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for correcting cased hole neutron porosity logs provide a “residual” correction that substantially accounts for potential coupling between casing thickness and other environmental parameters. The residual correction may be used to derive a casing thickness response function that is customized for the particular well under consideration. The customized casing thickness response function may then be used to adjust cased hole neutron porosity logs for the well in a manner that more accurately counts for potential coupling of the effects of casing thickness and other environmental parameters, in contrast to existing solutions that tend to ignore such potential coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventor: James GALFORD
  • Publication number: 20180195980
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying annular space materials calculate a near-to-far (“N/F”) neutron count ratio from neutron count rates detected by detectors located near to and far from a neutron source, respectively. The N/F neutron count ratio may then be used along with formation porosity to provide an estimation of the type of material that may be present in the annular space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Qingzhen Guo, James Galford, Weijun Guo
  • Publication number: 20050272158
    Abstract: A method and system for estimating native hydrocarbons from oil-based drilling muds with the aid of NMR data. Adaptive echo stacking may be used to balance between precision and sensitivity to changes in the fluid composition. Apparent T2 decay time and effective diffusion constants derived from the NMR data may be transformed into an indication of native hydrocarbon type, using known diffusion constants, fuzzy logic, and neural networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: James Galford, Ronald Bonnie