Patents by Inventor John Laureto MAIDA, JR.
John Laureto MAIDA, JR. 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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Publication number: 20240003247Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may include an interrogator that includes two or more lasers, a pulser module disposed after and connected to each of the two or more lasers, a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), wherein each of the pulser modules are connected to the WDM as inputs, and a downhole fiber attached to the WDM as an output and wherein the downhole fiber includes at least one sensing fiber. A method for increasing a sampling frequency may include identifying a length of a downhole fiber connected to an interrogator, generating and launching a light pulse from each of the two or more lasers the pulser module, and delaying an output from the pulser module into the downhole fiber by k N seconds, where k is a pulse repetition interval of the pulser module and N is equal to the two or more lasers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, John Laureto Maida, JR., Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 11802478Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may include an interrogator that includes two or more lasers, a pulser module disposed after and connected to each of the two or more lasers, a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), wherein each of the pulser modules are connected to the WDM as inputs, and a downhole fiber attached to the WDM as an output and wherein the downhole fiber includes at least one sensing fiber. A method for increasing a sampling frequency may include identifying a length of a downhole fiber connected to an interrogator, generating and launching a light pulse from each of the two or more lasers the pulser module, and delaying an output from the pulser module into the downhole fiber by k N seconds, where k is a pulse repetition interval of the pulser module and N is equal to the two or more lasers.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, John Laureto Maida, Jr., Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 11692435Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for determining positions of cementing plugs during a cementing process. Systems and methods are provided for determining a length of an optical fiber line deployed into a wellbore for a cementing process, measuring signal intensity data as a function of distance from the optical fiber line, the optical fiber line being attached to a lower cementing plug and an upper cementing plug, the upper cementing plug being attached to the optical fiber line by an attenuation assembly, generating signal intensity profiles based on the signal intensity data as a function of a round trip delay of a light signal in the optical fiber line, and determining positions of the lower cementing plug and the upper cementing plug based on the signal intensity profiles of the optical fiber line.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Michel Joseph Leblanc, John Laureto Maida, Jr.
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Patent number: 11668183Abstract: A flow assembly is deployed downhole in a casing for a cementing operation. The flow assembly has a spool with an optical cable. As cement is pumped downhole and through the flow assembly, a dart attached to the optical cable on the spool is dragged with the flow of cement. Cement flow is stopped based on signals along the optical cable that the dart is at a desired location downhole.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Luke Christopher Downey, Christopher Lee Stokely, John Laureto Maida, Jr., John Paul Bir Singh, Lonnie Carl Helms
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Patent number: 11668852Abstract: A system can calculate estimated strain data for a fracture in a geological formation at each of a plurality of selected locations detectable by a strain measurement device. The system can receive real strain data from the strain measurement device for the geological formation. The system can perform an inversion to determine a probable distribution of fluid volume and hydraulic fracture orientation in the geological formation based on the estimated strain data and real strain data. The system can determine adjustments for a fracturing operation based on the inversion.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Eric James Davis, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, John Laureto Maida, Jr.
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Publication number: 20230040293Abstract: A system can calculate estimated strain data for a fracture in a geological formation at each of a plurality of selected locations detectable by a strain measurement device. The system can receive real strain data from the strain measurement device for the geological formation. The system can perform an inversion to determine a probable distribution of fluid volume and hydraulic fracture orientation in the geological formation based on the estimated strain data and real strain data. The system can determine adjustments for a fracturing operation based on the inversion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Eric James Davis, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, John Laureto Maida, JR.
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Publication number: 20220412821Abstract: A system for downhole measurements. The system may comprise a fiber optic cable that further comprises a transmission fiber and a return fiber. Additionally, the system may comprise a passive optical device optically connected to the transmission fiber and the return fiber, a first wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) optically connected to the transmission fiber, and a second WDM optically connected to the return fiber. The system may further comprise a transmitter and a first Raman pump optically connected to the first WDM and a receiver and a second Raman pump optically connected to the second WDM.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Mikko K. Jaaskelainen, Andreas Ellmauthaler, Ira Jeffrey Bush, John Laureto Maida, JR.
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Patent number: 11512581Abstract: A method includes attaching a fiber optic cable to a cementing tool configured to attach to a cementing plug displace cement in a hydrocarbon well. The method can also include deploying the cementing tool in the hydrocarbon well to cause the cementing plug to begin releasing cement to form to displace cement to form a cement sheath in the hydrocarbon well. Additionally, the method can also include receiving, by a sensor receiver at a wellhead of the hydrocarbon well, a signal with cementing data as the cement sheath cures. Furthermore, the method can also include determining whether the cement sheath is curing properly. A system and a non-transitory computer readable medium are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: John Laureto Maida, Jr., Christopher Lee Stokely
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Patent number: 11512584Abstract: Systems and methods consistent with the present disclosure may position a cementing tool within a casing string of a wellbore. Such a system may include a fiber optic cable coupled to the cementing tool and may include a distributed temperature sensing (DTS) system interrogator positionable at a surface of the wellbore for transmitting an optical signal through the fiber optic cable such that a plurality of temperatures along the fiber optic cable may be identified. A reel may be used when dispensing the fiber optic cable from a first end of the fiber optic cable in response to a tension in the fiber optic cable as the cementing tool travels down the casing string behind a cement composition. A processor in communication with the DTS system may be configured to monitor the plurality of temperatures along the fiber optic cable while the cement composition cures.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: John Laureto Maida, Jr., Christopher Lee Stokely
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Patent number: 11500122Abstract: A system can calculate estimated strain data for a fracture in a geological formation at each of a plurality of selected locations detectable by a strain measurement device. The system can receive real strain data from the strain measurement device for the geological formation. The system can perform a linear inversion to determine a probable distribution of fluid volume and hydraulic fracture orientation in the geological formation based on the estimated strain data and real strain data. The system can determine adjustments for a fracturing operation based on the linear inversion.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Eric James Davis, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, John Laureto Maida, Jr.
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Publication number: 20220259971Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may include an interrogator that includes two or more lasers, a pulser module disposed after and connected to each of the two or more lasers, a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), wherein each of the pulser modules are connected to the WDM as inputs, and a downhole fiber attached to the WDM as an output and wherein the downhole fiber includes at least one sensing fiber. A method for increasing a sampling frequency may include identifying a length of a downhole fiber connected to an interrogator, generating and launching a light pulse from each of the two or more lasers the pulser module, and delaying an output from the pulser module into the downhole fiber by k N seconds, where k is a pulse repetition interval of the pulser module and N is equal to the two or more lasers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, John Laureto Maida, JR., Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Publication number: 20220252541Abstract: Systems and methods for a treatment of chemical sensors placed in a wellbore. A method may comprise providing a chemical sensor disposed in a sensing chamber, wherein the chemical sensor is on an optical fiber installed in a wellbore; optically interrogating the chemical sensor with the optical fiber; and pumping a treatment fluid through a fluid supply line and into the sensing chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Laureto Maida, JR., Michel Joseph Leblanc, Neal Gregory Skinner
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Publication number: 20220206172Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a data stream. The system may include one or more acoustic sources, an information handling system disposed on a platform, a GPS module connected to the information handling system, and a fiber optic cable connected to the information handling system. The method may include transmitting one or more acoustic waves from one or more acoustic sources, sensing the one or more acoustic waves with a fiber optic cable to form a data stream, sending the data stream to an information handling system through the fiber optic cable, communication a time and a location to a GPS module attached to the information handling system with one or more global positioning system (GPS) devices, and modulating the time and the location to the data stream with a fiber optic phase modulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Andrew Wilson, John Laureto Maida, JR., Andreas Ellmauthaler
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Patent number: 11371940Abstract: A system for conducting real-time chemical analysis of deposits is provided. The system includes an electromagnetic radiation source positioned on a downhole tool that emits electromagnetic radiation to a surrounding downhole environment within a field of view of interest. The system also includes a multivariate optical element positioned on the downhole tool that has optical filters configured to receive reflected radiation from the field of view of interest and generate respective filtered radiation signals. Each of the optical filters has a different transmission function that corresponds to a respective chemical species of interest. The system also includes an image sensor positioned on the downhole tool that detects each of the respective filtered radiation signals from the multivariate optical element. The image sensor provides image information of the field of view of interest that indicates a presence of at least one chemical species of interest located in the surrounding downhole environment.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Joshua Stark, John Laureto Maida, Jr., Philippe Quero, Christopher Michael Jones, Bin Dai
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Publication number: 20220186612Abstract: A distributed fiber sensing system and method of use. The system may comprise an interrogator configured to receive a Brillouin backscattered light from a first sensing region and a second sensing region, a first fiber optic cable optically connected to the interrogator, a proximal circulator, and a distal circulator, and a second fiber optic cable optically connected to the interrogator, the proximal circulator, and the distal circulator. The system may further comprise a downhole fiber optically connected to the first fiber optic cable and the second fiber optic cable and wherein the first sensing region and the second sensing region are disposed on the downhole fiber. The method may comprise generating and launching a light pulse from an interrogator and through a first fiber optic cable to a downhole fiber and receiving a Brillouin backscattered light from a first sensing region and a second sensing region.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Laureto Maida, JR., Daniel Joshua Stark, Glenn Andrew Wilson, Andreas Ellmauthaler, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, Mikko K. Jaaskelainen
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Publication number: 20220178819Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include thin film multivariate optical element and detector combinations, thin film optical detectors, and downhole optical computing systems. In one embodiment, a thin film multivariate optical element and detector combination includes at least one layer of multivariate optical element having patterns that manipulate at least one spectrum of optical signals. The thin film multivariate optical element and detector combination also includes at least one layer of detector film that converts optical signals into electrical signals. The thin film optical detector further includes a substrate. The at least one layer of multivariate optical element and the at least one layer of detector film are deposited on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventors: Jian LI, James M. PRICE, Bin DAI, Christopher Michael JONES, Daniel STARK, John Laureto MAIDA, JR.
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Patent number: 11353422Abstract: Systems and methods for a treatment of chemical sensors placed in a wellbore. A method may comprise providing a chemical sensor disposed in a sensing chamber, wherein the chemical sensor is on an optical fiber installed in a wellbore; optically interrogating the chemical sensor with the optical fiber; and pumping a treatment fluid through a fluid supply line and into the sensing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Laureto Maida, Jr., Michel Joseph Leblanc, Neal Gregory Skinner
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Patent number: 11352877Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may include an interrogator that includes two or more lasers, a pulser module disposed after and connected to each of the two or more lasers, a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), wherein each of the pulser modules are connected to the WDM as inputs, and a downhole fiber attached to the WDM as an output and wherein the downhole fiber includes at least one sensing fiber. A method for increasing a sampling frequency may include identifying a length of a downhole fiber connected to an interrogator, generating and launching a light pulse from each of the two or more lasers the pulser module, and delaying an output from the pulser module into the downhole fiber by k N seconds, where k is a pulse repetition interval of the pulser module and N is equal to the two or more lasers.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, John Laureto Maida, Jr., Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Publication number: 20220145755Abstract: A distributed acoustic system (DAS) may include an interrogator that includes two or more lasers, a pulser module disposed after and connected to each of the two or more lasers, a wavelength division multiplexer (WDM), wherein each of the pulser modules are connected to the WDM as inputs, and a downhole fiber attached to the WDM as an output and wherein the downhole fiber includes at least one sensing fiber. A method for increasing a sampling frequency may include identifying a length of a downhole fiber connected to an interrogator, generating and launching a light pulse from each of the two or more lasers the pulser module, and delaying an output from the pulser module into the downhole fiber by k/N seconds, where k is a pulse repetition interval of the pulser module and N is equal to the two or more lasers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Andreas Ellmauthaler, John Laureto Maida, JR., Glenn Andrew Wilson
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Patent number: 11287368Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include thin film multivariate optical element and detector combinations, thin film optical detectors, and downhole optical computing systems. In one embodiment, a thin film multivariate optical element and detector combination includes at least one layer of multivariate optical element having patterns that manipulate at least one spectrum of optical signals. The thin film multivariate optical element and detector combination also includes at least one layer of detector film that converts optical signals into electrical signals. The thin film optical detector further includes a substrate. The at least one layer of multivariate optical element and the at least one layer of detector film are deposited on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Jian Li, James M. Price, Bin Dai, Christopher Michael Jones, Daniel Stark, John Laureto Maida, Jr.