Patents by Inventor JEFFREY L. PAULSEN

JEFFREY L. PAULSEN 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: 10408964
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for investigating a downhole formation using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool. The tool includes multiple detectors spaced along an axis parallel to a length of the wellbore. While the tool is moving through the wellbore, NMR pulse sequences are applied to the formation and resulting NMR signals are detected by the detectors. The data obtained over a period of time by the multiple detectors are inverted together to obtain an indication of a parameter of the formation at multiple locations along the length of the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Paulsen, Gal Shulkind, Yi-Qiao Song, Lalitha Venkataramanan
  • Patent number: 10330816
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for investigating a downhole formation using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool. While the tool is moving through the borehole, the formation is magnetized and resulting signals are obtained. In accordance with the present approach, the acquired signals can be resolved azimuthally and/or laterally and can be reconstructed to obtain an indication of a parameter of the formation at multiple locations along the length of the borehole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Paulsen, Yi-Qiao Song, Lalitha Venkataramanan, Robert Callan
  • Patent number: 10088594
    Abstract: A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system includes a transmitter of an NMR tool to output a magnetic field pulse into a zone of interest, a receiver of the NMR tool to output an NMR echo data set produced from an interaction of the magnetic field pulse and the zone of interest, and an NMR echo processing module including a filter matched to a response of the NMR tool to output a filtered NMR echo data set from the NMR echo data set, wherein the filter is matched to an echo shape of the NMR echo data, is matched to an average of a selected signal spectra of the NMR echo data set, or dynamically changes in response to a measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Paulsen, Martin D. Hurlimann, Julius Kusuma, Brian E. Boling, Soumyajit Mandal, Brian Gaddis
  • Patent number: 9915750
    Abstract: In one aspect, a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system includes a transmitter to output a main refocusing pulse sequence and at least one subsequent refocusing pulse sequence into a zone of interest, a randomizing pulse module to output a randomizing pulse into the zone of interest to remove a net detected residual magnetization, and a receiver to output an NMR data set from the zone of interest. In another aspect, a method of generating a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data set includes outputting a main refocusing pulse sequence and at least one subsequent refocusing pulse sequence into a zone of interest, outputting a randomizing pulse from a randomizing pulse module into the zone of interest to remove a net detected residual magnetization, and sensing the NMR data set from the zone of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin D. Hurlimann, Yi-Qiao Song, Jeffrey L. Paulsen, Shin Utsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20170176626
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for investigating a downhole formation using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool. The tool includes multiple detectors spaced along an axis parallel to a length of the wellbore. While the tool is moving through the wellbore, NMR pulse sequences are applied to the formation and resulting NMR signals are detected by the detectors. The data obtained over a period of time by the multiple detectors are inverted together to obtain an indication of a parameter of the formation at multiple locations along the length of the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Paulsen, Gal Shulkind, Yi-Qiao Song, Lalitha Venkataramanan
  • Publication number: 20170176628
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for investigating a downhole formation using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool. While the tool is moving through the borehole, the formation is magnetized and resulting signals are obtained. In accordance with the present approach, the acquired signals can be resolved azimuthally and/or laterally and can be reconstructed to obtain an indication of a parameter of the formation at multiple locations along the length of the borehole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Paulsen, Yi-Qiao Song, Lalitha Venkataramanan, Robert Callan
  • Patent number: 9541513
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a property of a substance using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is described herein. The method includes applying a NMR pulse sequence to the substance. The NMR pulse sequence includes a first set of pulses and a second set of pulses. The first set of pulses and the second set of pulses encode for overlapping diffusion times. By overlapping diffusion times, the NMR pulse sequence can be used to measure a diffusion coefficient for a first diffusion time, a diffusion coefficient for a second diffusion time, and a correlation between the two overlapping diffusion times. This information, in turn, can be used to differentiate between intrinsic bulk diffusivity of the substance and the reduced diffusivity of the substance caused by restricted diffusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Paulsen, Yi-Qiao Song
  • Publication number: 20160109612
    Abstract: In one aspect, a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system includes a transmitter to output a main refocusing pulse sequence and at least one subsequent refocusing pulse sequence into a zone of interest, a randomizing pulse module to output a randomizing pulse into the zone of interest to remove a net detected residual magnetization, and a receiver to output an NMR data set from the zone of interest. In another aspect, a method of generating a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data set includes outputting a main refocusing pulse sequence and at least one subsequent refocusing pulse sequence into a zone of interest, outputting a randomizing pulse from a randomizing pulse module into the zone of interest to remove a net detected residual magnetization, and sensing the NMR data set from the zone of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Martin D. Hurlimann, Yi-Qiao Song, Jeffrey L. Paulsen, Shin Utsuzawa
  • Publication number: 20160109613
    Abstract: In one aspect, a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) system includes a transmitter of an NMR tool to output a magnetic field pulse into a zone of interest, a receiver of the NMR tool to output an NMR echo data set produced from an interaction of the magnetic field pulse and the zone of interest, and an NMR echo processing module including a filter matched to a response of the NMR tool to output a filtered NMR echo data set from the NMR echo data set. In another aspect, a method of processing an NMR echo data set includes providing from an NMR tool the NMR echo data set produced from an interaction of a magnetic field pulse and a zone of interest, matching a filter to a response of the NMR tool, and filtering the NMR echo data set with the filter to produce a filtered NMR echo data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Paulsen, Martin D. Hurlimann, Julius Kusuma, Brian E. Boling, Soumyajit Mandal, Brian Gaddis
  • Publication number: 20140184220
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a property of a substance using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is described herein. The method includes applying a NMR pulse sequence to the substance. The NMR pulse sequence includes a first set of pulses and a second set of pulses. The first set of pulses and the second set of pulses encode for overlapping diffusion times. By overlapping diffusion times, the NMR pulse sequence can be used to measure a diffusion coefficient for a first diffusion time, a diffusion coefficient for a second diffusion time, and a correlation between the two overlapping diffusion times. This information, in turn, can be used to differentiate between intrinsic bulk diffusivity of the substance and the reduced diffusivity of the substance caused by restricted diffusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: JEFFREY L. PAULSEN, YI-QIAO SONG