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).

  • Patent number: 10151175
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: John A. Booker, Eugene Janssen
  • Patent number: 9650851
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: John R. Whitsitt, John A. Booker, Thomas Daniel MacDougall, Gary L. Rytlewski
  • Patent number: 9482233
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur I. Watson, John A. Booker, Kenneth Armstrong, John David Rowatt
  • Patent number: 9206684
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Luis Parra, Fraz Ahmad Kharal, Jostein Fonneland, John A. Booker
  • Publication number: 20150260013
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: John A. Booker, Eugene Janssen
  • Publication number: 20140118158
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Luis Parra, Fraz Ahmad Kharal, Jostein Fonneland, John A. Booker
  • Publication number: 20140076542
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventors: John R. Whitsitt, John A. Booker, Thomas Daniel MacDougall, Gary L. Rytlewski
  • Patent number: 7787525
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20090277628
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Arthur I. Watson, John A. Booker, Kenneth Armstrong, John David Rowatt
  • Patent number: 6378610
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chistophe M. Rayssiguier, Michael R. Johnson, Ronald E. Pringle, John A. Booker, Alexandre G. E. Kosmala
  • Publication number: 20020000317
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Christophe M. Rayssiguier, Michael R. Johnson, Ronald E. Pringle, John A. Booker, Alexandre G.E. Kosmala
  • Patent number: 6302203
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chistophe M. Rayssiguier, Michael R. Johnson, Ronald E. Pringle, John A. Booker