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: 20220074301Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Eric James Davis, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, John Laureto Maida, JR.
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Publication number: 20220034215Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Luke Christopher Downey, Christopher Lee Stokely, John Laureto Maida, JR., John Paul Bir Singh, Lonnie Carl Helms
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Patent number: 11208885Abstract: A system for cementing a wellbore having a casing string disposed in the wellbore is provided. The system includes a cement tool, a fiber optic cable, and a computing device. The cement tool is operable to be deployed down the wellbore through a casing string from a surface during cementing process of the wellbore. The cement tool includes a tool sensor. The fiber optic cable is coupled with the cement tool such that the fiber optic cable spans the wellbore from the cement tool to the surface. The fiber optic cable is communicatively coupled with the tool sensor. The computing device is communicatively coupled with the fiber optic cable and is operable to receive and process signals from the tool sensor via the fiber optic cable during the cementing process.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Christopher Lee Stokely, John Laureto Maida, Jr., Krishna M. Ravi
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Patent number: 11149520Abstract: A cementing tool with a top seal and a bottom seal may be positionable within a casing string of a wellbore. A fiber optic line may be coupled to the top seal and to a second fiber optic line coupled to a bottom seal that is deployed within an annulus. An amplifier coupled to the cementing tool may amplify a source optical signal from a light source and a sensing measurement signal from the second fiber optic line and the first fiber optic line. One or more operational parameters, such as cementing parameters, may be adjusted based, at least in part, on the sensing measurement signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: David Andrew Barfoot, Christopher Lee Stokley, John Laureto Maida, Jr.
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Publication number: 20210238984Abstract: A system includes: a cementing tool positionable within a casing string of a wellbore; a distributed temperature sensing (DTS) system comprising: a fiber optic cable coupled to the cementing tool; and a DTS interrogator positionable at a surface of the wellbore for transmitting an optical signal through the fiber optic cable and determining from a reflected optical signal a plurality of temperatures along the fiber optic cable; a fiber reel for 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; and a processor in communication with the DTS system and configured to monitor the plurality of temperatures along the fiber optic cable while the cement composition cures.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: John Laureto Maida, JR., Christopher Lee STOKELY
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Publication number: 20210238981Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: John Laureto Maida, JR., Christopher Lee Stokely
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Publication number: 20210238979Abstract: A system is provided for cementing a wellbore having a casing string disposed in the wellbore. The system includes a cement tool operable to be deployed down the wellbore through the casing string from a surface during cementing process of the wellbore, a fiber optic cable, and a computing device. The fiber optic cable is coupled with the cement tool such that the fiber optic cable spans the wellbore from the cement tool to the surface. The computing device is communicatively coupled with the fiber optic cable and is operable to receive and process signals from the fiber optic cable during the cementing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Christopher Lee STOKELY, John Laureto Maida, JR., Neal Gregory Skinner
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Publication number: 20210088447Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Joshua Stark, John Laureto Maida, Jr., Philippe Quero, Christopher Michael Jones, Bin Dai
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Patent number: 10823931Abstract: A plug may be deployed within a pipeline along with a fluid. The plug is coupled to a fiber optic line dispensed from fiber optic dispenser located outside or within the pipeline. The plug may transmit a signal via the fiber optic line that is indicative of the location of the plug within the pipeline. The signal may comprise light pulses associated with the traversal of a pipeline joint by the plug. The location may allow the plug to be reclaimed efficiently and economically should the plug become lodged within the pipeline. The plug may communicate other measurement information via the fiber optic line and this information may be used to adjust operational parameters associated with the pipeline.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Wolfgang Hartmut Nitsche, John Laureto Maida, Jr., Christopher Lee Stokely
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Publication number: 20200041686Abstract: A cementing tool with a top seal and a bottom seal may be positionable within a casing string of a wellbore. A fiber optic line may be coupled to the top seal and to a second fiber optic line coupled to a bottom seal that is deployed within an annulus. An amplifier coupled to the cementing tool may amplify a source optical signal from a light source and a sensing measurement signal from the second fiber optic line and the first fiber optic line. One or more operational parameters, such as cementing parameters, may be adjusted based, at least in part, on the sensing measurement signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2016Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: David Andrew Barfoot, Christopher Lee Stokely, John Laureto Maida, Jr.
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Patent number: 10553923Abstract: A pipe has a longitudinal axis. A flex board extends along the longitudinal axis within the pipe and curls around the longitudinal axis. A cross-section of the flex board perpendicular to the longitudinal axis has a flex-board curve shape that has a first section on a first side of a line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a second section on a second side of the line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The first section has a first section shape and the second section has a second section shape. A first conductive stripe is coupled to the flex board, extends along the longitudinal axis, and follows the contour of the first section of the flex board. A second conductive stripe is coupled to the flex board, extends along the longitudinal axis, and follows the contour of the second section of the flex board.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Etienne Marcel Samson, John Laureto Maida, Jr., David Andrew Barfoot, Wolfgang Hartmut Nitsche
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Publication number: 20190265430Abstract: A plug may be deployed within a pipeline along with a fluid. The plug is coupled to a fiber optic line dispensed from fiber optic dispenser located outside or within the pipeline. The plug may transmit a signal via the fiber optic line that is indicative of the location of the plug within the pipeline. The signal may comprise light pulses associated with the traversal of a pipeline joint by the plug. The location may allow the plug to be reclaimed efficiently and economically should the plug become lodged within the pipeline. The plug may communicate other measurement information via the fiber optic line and this information may be used to adjust operational parameters associated with the pipeline.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Wolfgang Hartmut Nitsche, John Laureto Maida, Jr., Christopher Lee Stokely
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Patent number: 10378689Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a pig tracking and locating system that is able to pinpoint the exact location of a pig so that if the pig becomes stuck, it can be more efficiently located and retrieved without excessive searching. A representative system includes an unmanned underwater vehicle that travels with or very near the pig as it progresses through a pipeline, and gathers and stores information transmitted by the pig. This information may include location data that can be transmitted in the event the pig becomes stuck.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Casey Giron, Wolfgang Hartmut Nitsche, John Laureto Maida, Jr., Satyan Gopal Bhongale, Li Gao
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Publication number: 20190227029Abstract: 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: October 14, 2016Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: John Laureto Maida, JR., Michel Joseph Leblanc, Neal Gregory Skinner
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Publication number: 20190051962Abstract: A pipe has a longitudinal axis. A flex board extends along the longitudinal axis within the pipe and curls around the longitudinal axis. A cross-section of the flex board perpendicular to the longitudinal axis has a flex-board curve shape that has a first section on a first side of a line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a second section on a second side of the line perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The first section has a first section shape and the second section has a second section shape. A first conductive stripe is coupled to the flex board, extends along the longitudinal axis, and follows the contour of the first section of the flex board. A second conductive stripe is coupled to the flex board, extends along the longitudinal axis, and follows the contour of the second section of the flex board.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2016Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Etienne Marcel SAMSON, John Laureto Maida, JR., David Andrew BARFOOT, Wolfgang Hartmut NITSCHE
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Publication number: 20170268714Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a pig tracking and locating system that is able to pinpoint the exact location of a pig so that if the pig becomes stuck, it can be more efficiently located and retrieved without excessive searching. A representative system includes an unmanned underwater vehicle that travels with or very near the pig as it progresses through a pipeline, and gathers and stores information transmitted by the pig. This information may include location data that can be transmitted in the event the pig becomes stuck.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: September 21, 2017Inventors: Casey GIRON, Wolfgang Hartmut NITSCHE, John Laureto MAIDA, JR., Satyan Gopal BHONGALE, Li GAO