Patents by Inventor John Quirein

John Quirein 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: 9519865
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to provide pipe analysis, annulus analysis, or one or more combinations of pipe analysis and annulus analysis with respect to one or more pipes in a wellbore. The analysis can include application of clustering and classification methods with respect to the status and the environment of the one or more pipes in the wellbore. In various embodiments, the clustering and classification can be used in characterizing borehole annular material including cement bond quality evaluation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Quirein, Philip Edmund Fox, Jerome Allen Truax, Dingding Chen
  • Publication number: 20140114892
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to provide pipe analysis, annulus analysis, or one or more combinations of pipe analysis and annulus analysis with respect to one or more pipes in a wellbore. The analysis can include application of clustering and classification methods with respect to the status and the environment of the one or more pipes in the wellbore. In various embodiments, the clustering and classification can be used in characterizing borehole annular material including cement bond quality evaluation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: John Quirein, Philip Edmund Fox, Jerome Allen Truax, Dingding Chen
  • Patent number: 8368553
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a signal from a sensor that is positioned within a well bore during a hydraulic fracturing operation. A noise canceling operation is performed on the received signal to detect a microseismic event that is caused by the hydraulic fracturing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Zannoni, Orlando DeJesus, Daniel F. Dorffer, John Quirein
  • Publication number: 20100265094
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a data signal from a sensor that is positioned within a well bore, during a hydraulic fracturing operation. The method further comprising detecting a microseismic event, that is caused by the hydraulic fracturing operation, wherein the detecting comprises performing a noise canceling operation on the data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Steve Zannoni, Orlando DeJesus, Daniel F. Dorffer, John Quirein
  • Publication number: 20070011114
    Abstract: Methods of creating and using robust neural network ensembles are disclosed. Some embodiments take the form of computer-based methods that comprise receiving a set of available inputs; receiving training data; training at least one neural network for each of at least two different subsets of the set of available inputs; and providing at least two trained neural networks having different subsets of the available inputs as components of a neural network ensemble configured to transform the available inputs into at least one output. The neural network ensemble may be applied as a log synthesis method that comprises: receiving a set of downhole logs; applying a first subset of downhole logs to a first neural network to obtain an estimated log; applying a second, different subset of the downhole logs to a second neural network to obtain an estimated log; and combining the estimated logs to obtain a synthetic log.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dingding Chen, John Quirein, Harry Smith, Syed Hamid, Jeffery Grable
  • Publication number: 20070011115
    Abstract: Logging systems and methods are disclosed to reduce usage of radioisotopic sources. Some embodiments comprise collecting at least one output log of a training well bore from measurements with a radioisotopic source; collecting at least one input log of the training well bore from measurements by a non-radioisotopic logging tool; training a neural network to predict the output log from the at least one input log; collecting at least one input log of a development well bore from measurements by the non-radioisotopic logging tool; and processing the at least one input log of the development well bore to synthesize at least one output log of the development well bore. The output logs may include formation density and neutron porosity logs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Harry Smith, John Quirein, Jeffery Grable, Dingding Chen