Patents by Inventor John A. Booker
John A. Booker 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).
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Patent number: 10151175Abstract: A remotely deployed untethered device for actuation of a downhole application. The device may be equipped with inductive measurement capacity for interaction with a downhole well architecture. Such capacity affords the ability to trigger an actuation remotely at a site specific location in the well without further intervention relative surface equipment.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: John A. Booker, Eugene Janssen
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Patent number: 9650851Abstract: A technique includes deploying an untethered object though a passageway of a string in a well; and sensing a property of an environment of the string, an electromagnetic coupling or a pressure as the object is being communicated through the passageway. The technique includes selectively autonomously operating the untethered object in response to the sensing.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: John R. Whitsitt, John A. Booker, Thomas Daniel MacDougall, Gary L. Rytlewski
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Patent number: 9482233Abstract: An electric submersible pump device has a pump and a motor. The motor can be adjacent to the pump. A support member supports the sensor and has a length so that the sensor is located a first distance downhole from a downhole distal end of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2008Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Arthur I. Watson, John A. Booker, Kenneth Armstrong, John David Rowatt
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Patent number: 9206684Abstract: A system can include a transformer and a rectifier to derive DC power from AC power at a wye point of an electric motor; a sensor that includes a sensor signal output to output a sensor signal; a telemetry driver that includes a DC power input to receive the derived DC power and that includes an input to receive the sensor signal and an output to output a data signal representing the sensor signal; and circuitry to deliver the data signal representing the sensor signal to the wye point of the electric motor. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Luis Parra, Fraz Ahmad Kharal, Jostein Fonneland, John A. Booker
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Publication number: 20150260013Abstract: A remotely deployed untethered device for actuation of a downhole application. The device may be equipped with inductive measurement capacity for interaction with a downhole well architecture. Such capacity affords the ability to trigger an actuation remotely at a site specific location in the well without further intervention relative surface equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: John A. Booker, Eugene Janssen
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Publication number: 20140118158Abstract: A system can include a transformer and a rectifier to derive DC power from AC power at a wye point of an electric motor; a sensor that includes a sensor signal output to output a sensor signal; a telemetry driver that includes a DC power input to receive the derived DC power and that includes an input to receive the sensor signal and an output to output a data signal representing the sensor signal; and circuitry to deliver the data signal representing the sensor signal to the wye point of the electric motor. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Luis Parra, Fraz Ahmad Kharal, Jostein Fonneland, John A. Booker
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Publication number: 20140076542Abstract: A technique includes deploying an untethered object though a passageway of a string in a well; and sensing a property of an environment of the string, an electromagnetic coupling or a pressure as the object is being communicated through the passageway. The technique includes selectively autonomously operating the untethered object in response to the sensing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: John R. Whitsitt, John A. Booker, Thomas Daniel MacDougall, Gary L. Rytlewski
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Patent number: 7787525Abstract: A wireline telemetry system and method of transmitting data on multiple carrier frequencies. The system and method adjust power level and number of bits-per-carrier to optimally or near-optimally utilize the capacity of the wireline cable. Due to the nature of wireline telemetry the overall power level is restricted only by the output capability of the downhole telemetry cartridge and the input power restrictions of the uphole telemetry unit receiver. The optimal power level is determined during a training sequence and is a function of such factors as cable length, cable material, cable temperature and cable geometry. The uplink and downlink transmission are executed using different modulation techniques.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 1999Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Lloyd D. Clark, Jr., Joseph M. Steiner, Jr., Suzanne D. Richardson, Ramon Hernandez-Marti, Terry L. Mayhugh, Bart J. Bombay, John A. Booker, Gilbert R. Martinez
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Publication number: 20090277628Abstract: An electric submersible pump device having a pump; a motor, the motor being adjacent to the pump and having motor windings extending a first distance along the motor; a support member, the support member supporting the sensor and having a length so that the sensor is located the first distance downhole from a downhole distal end of the motor windings; the sensor device comprising at least one selected from the following: a temperature sensor, a flow-meter, a vibration sensor or a pressure sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2008Publication date: November 12, 2009Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Arthur I. Watson, John A. Booker, Kenneth Armstrong, John David Rowatt
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Patent number: 6378610Abstract: A downhole string includes a liner and devices positioned outside the liner. One or more control lines extend from the liner devices along the exterior of the liner to one or more connectors that provide connection points inside the liner. The one or more connectors may include electrical connectors (e.g., direct contact connectors), inductive connectors (e.g., inductive couplers), optical connectors (e.g., fiber optic connectors), and hydraulic connectors. The one or more control lines may be electrical lines, fiber optic lines, or hydraulic lines. The downhole string may also be used with a cement protector during cementing operations to protect both the inside of the liner as well as the one or more connectors attached to the liner. The cement protector includes a sleeve that isolates cement from the inside of the liner during a cementing operation so that a liner wiper plug is not needed. The cement protector is engageable to a pulling tool that is attached to a running tool.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2001Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corp.Inventors: Chistophe M. Rayssiguier, Michael R. Johnson, Ronald E. Pringle, John A. Booker, Alexandre G. E. Kosmala
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Publication number: 20020000317Abstract: A downhole string includes a liner and devices positioned outside the liner. One or more control lines extend from the liner devices along the exterior of the liner to one or more connectors that provide connection points inside the liner. The one or more connectors may include electrical connectors (e.g., direct contact connectors), inductive connectors (e.g., inductive couplers), optical connectors (e.g., fiber optic connectors), and hydraulic connectors. The one or more control lines may be electrical lines, fiber optic lines, or hydraulic lines. The downhole string may also be used with a cement protector during cementing operations to protect both the inside of the liner as well as the one or more connectors attached to the liner. The cement protector includes a sleeve that isolates cement from the inside of the liner during a cementing operation so that a liner wiper plug is not needed. The cement protector is engageable to a pulling tool that is attached to a running tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2001Publication date: January 3, 2002Inventors: Christophe M. Rayssiguier, Michael R. Johnson, Ronald E. Pringle, John A. Booker, Alexandre G.E. Kosmala
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Patent number: 6302203Abstract: A downhole string includes a liner and devices positioned outside the liner. One or more control lines extend from the liner devices along the exterior of the liner to one or more connectors that provide connection points inside the liner. The one or more connectors may include electrical connectors (e.g., direct contact connectors), inductive connectors (e.g., inductive couplers), optical connectors (e.g., fiber optic connectors), and hydraulic connectors. The one or more control lines may be electrical lines, fiber optic lines, or hydraulic lines. The downhole string may also be used with a cement protector during cementing operations to protect both the inside of the liner as well as the one or more connectors attached to the liner. The cement protector includes a sleeve that isolates cement from the inside of the liner during a cementing operation so that a liner wiper plug is not needed. The cement protector is engageable to a pulling tool that is attached to a running tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Chistophe M. Rayssiguier, Michael R. Johnson, Ronald E. Pringle, John A. Booker