Patents by Inventor Kai Karvinen

Kai Karvinen 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: 12129751
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a method for drilling a wellbore by a wellbore operation system into a subsurface of the earth. The wellbore operation system includes a bottom hole assembly. The method includes conveying the bottom hole assembly into the wellbore. The method further includes selecting a well plan for the wellbore. The method further includes measuring well data by at least one sensor in the wellbore operation system while the bottom hole assembly is in the wellbore. The method further includes generating, by a processing device, a steering proposal based at least in part on the well plan and the well data. The method further includes drilling, with the wellbore operation system, at least a portion of the wellbore based at least in part on the steering proposal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Christian Hansen, Kai Karvinen, Sanjib Kumar Jena, Clemens Vanja Rene Klemme, Karthik Nageshwara Rao
  • Publication number: 20230313663
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a computer-implemented method for automated reservoir navigation that includes receiving a reference indicative of a reservoir architecture. The method further includes determining a discrepancy between a well plan and the reference. The method further includes evaluating the discrepancy relative to a discrepancy threshold. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the discrepancy fails to satisfy the discrepancy threshold, causing a bottom hole assembly to navigate based at least in part on the discrepancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Stefan Wessling, Fredrik Jonsbråten, Karthik Nageshwara Rao, Pascal Decker, Kai Karvinen
  • Publication number: 20230235659
    Abstract: Method for obtaining a directional survey in a rotating downhole component include acquiring and generating, while rotating, sets of raw data having 3-axis magnetic field data and 3-axis gravity field data. A set of rotationally-invariant data is obtained for each of the sets of raw data to generate a first number of sets of rotationally-invariant data. An earth property value is calculated from each of the sets. An accuracy indicator is estimated for each of the sets using a respective earth property value, an earth property reference value, and an error model, to generate a plurality of accuracy indicators. A set of mean values is determined using the plurality of sets of rotationally-invariant data using a second number of sets of rotationally-invariant data of the plurality of sets of rotationally-invariant data. The directional survey is estimated and used to control the downhole component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Gunnar Tackmann, Kai Karvinen, Veronica Vanessa Herrera Bano, Daniel Herrera Anda, Morten Gjertsen, Steffen Schulze
  • Publication number: 20230046043
    Abstract: Examples described herein provide a method for drilling a wellbore by a wellbore operation system into a subsurface of the earth. The wellbore operation system includes a bottom hole assembly. The method includes conveying the bottom hole assembly into the wellbore. The method further includes selecting a well plan for the wellbore. The method further includes measuring well data by at least one sensor in the wellbore operation system while the bottom hole assembly is in the wellbore. The method further includes generating, by a processing device, a steering proposal based at least in part on the well plan and the well data. The method further includes drilling, with the wellbore operation system, at least a portion of the wellbore based at least in part on the steering proposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Christian Hansen, Kai Karvinen, Sanjib Kumar Jena, Clemens Vanja Rene Klemme, Karthik Nageshwara Rao