Patents by Inventor Jeremy C. Nicholson

Jeremy C. Nicholson 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: 11982137
    Abstract: A system is provided including a coiled tubing reel apparatus including a reel drum for storing a coiled tubing string spooled on the reel drum and a hydraulic reel drive motor that controls rotation of the reel drum. The system further includes a reel controller that determines an estimated reel back tension for a portion of the coiled tubing string between the reel apparatus and the injector based on a set of parameters related to a coiled tubing operation. The reel controller determines a target reel back tension to be applied to the portion of the coiled tubing string by adjusting the estimated reel back tension based on a historical job dataset. The reel controller then determines and sets a target hydraulic pressure of the reel drive motor to achieve the target reel back tension in the portion of the coiled tubing string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Oluwatosin Ogundare, Radovan Rolovic, Roshan Joy Jacob, Ramalakshmi Somaskandan, Daniel Joshua Stark, Jeremy C. Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20230110623
    Abstract: A system is provided including a coiled tubing reel apparatus including a reel drum for storing a coiled tubing string spooled on the reel drum and a hydraulic reel drive motor that controls rotation of the reel drum. The system further includes a reel controller that determines an estimated reel back tension for a portion of the coiled tubing string between the reel apparatus and the injector based on a set of parameters related to a coiled tubing operation. The reel controller determines a target reel back tension to be applied to the portion of the coiled tubing string by adjusting the estimated reel back tension based on a historical job dataset. The reel controller then determines and sets a target hydraulic pressure of the reel drive motor to achieve the target reel back tension in the portion of the coiled tubing string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Oluwatosin Ogundare, Radovan Rolovic, Roshan Joy Jacob, Ramalakshmi Somaskandan, Daniel Joshua Stark, Jeremy C. Nicholson
  • Patent number: 11566479
    Abstract: A system is provided including a coiled tubing injector including at least two gripper chains for gripping a coiled tubing and a gripper system for generating a gripper force applied to the at least two gripper chains by adjusting gripper pressure on at least one gripper cylinder. A gripper controller is configured to determine a minimum gripper pressure and a maximum gripper pressure for the gripper cylinders, based on a current set of parameters related to lowering the coiled tubing into a wellbore or pulling out the coiled tubing from the wellbore. The gripper controller selects a target gripper pressure between the minimum gripper pressure and the maximum gripper pressure based on a historical data model and sets the target gripper pressure for the at least one gripper cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Oluwatosin Ogundare, Radovan Rolovic, Roshan Joy Jacob, Ramalakshmi Somaskandan, Jeremy C. Nicholson, Glenn Marvin Ozburn