Patents by Inventor Ken P. Dobkins

Ken P. Dobkins 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: 10753163
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method for controlling a coiled tubing unit at a well site is provided. The method includes receiving, by a processing device, wellbore data. The method further includes generating, by the processing device, an automated coiled tubing control plan for the coiled tubing unit based at least in part on the wellbore data. The method further includes controlling, by the processing device, the coiled tubing unit using the automated coiled tubing control plan to cause coiled tubing to run into a wellbore at the well site to a target depth, wait a waiting period of time, and cause the coiled tubing to run out of the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Ken P. Dobkins, William A. Aitken, Bo Wu, Jeffrey Martinez, Christopher P. Sartori, Peter Shcheredin, Timothy T. Ramsey, Stuart J. Murphy
  • Patent number: 10323471
    Abstract: An injector control system for a coiled tubing unit includes a programmable logic controller arranged to receive a signal related to sensed parameters of a coiled tubing injection operation; a traction pressure control hydraulic circuit operable to adjust hydraulic pressure provided to at least one traction cylinder in a coiled tubing injection head; a motor pressure control hydraulic circuit operable to adjust hydraulic pressure provided to at least one motor of the coiled tubing injection head; and at least one of the traction pressure control hydraulic circuit and the motor pressure control hydraulic circuit including a proportional control valve in receipt of a variable electrical signal from the programmable logic controller. The programmable logic controller adjusts the signal delivered to the proportional control valve throughout the coiled tubing injection operation as dictated by the sensed parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Ken P. Dobkins, Bo Wu, Stuart J. Murphy, Timothy T. Ramsey, Jeyhun Y. Najafov, Thomas T. Watkins, William A. Aitken, William B. Oliver
  • Publication number: 20190071941
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method for controlling a coiled tubing unit at a well site is provided. The method includes receiving, by a processing device, wellbore data. The method further includes generating, by the processing device, an automated coiled tubing control plan for the coiled tubing unit based at least in part on the wellbore data. The method further includes controlling, by the processing device, the coiled tubing unit using the automated coiled tubing control plan to cause coiled tubing to run into a wellbore at the well site to a target depth, wait a waiting period of time, and cause the coiled tubing to run out of the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Ken P. Dobkins, William A. Aitken, Bo Wu, Jeffrey Martinez, Christopher P. Sartori, Peter Shcheredin, Timothy T. Ramsey, Stuart J. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20170260817
    Abstract: An injector control system for a coiled tubing unit includes a programmable logic controller arranged to receive a signal related to sensed parameters of a coiled tubing injection operation; a traction pressure control hydraulic circuit operable to adjust hydraulic pressure provided to at least one traction cylinder in a coiled tubing injection head; a motor pressure control hydraulic circuit operable to adjust hydraulic pressure provided to at least one motor of the coiled tubing injection head; and at least one of the traction pressure control hydraulic circuit and the motor pressure control hydraulic circuit including a proportional control valve in receipt of a variable electrical signal from the programmable logic controller. The programmable logic controller adjusts the signal delivered to the proportional control valve throughout the coiled tubing injection operation as dictated by the sensed parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Ken P. Dobkins, Bo Wu, Stuart J. Murphy, Timothy T. Ramsey, Jeyhun Y. NajaFov, Thomas T. Watkins, William A. Aitken, William B. Oliver