Patents by Inventor Kenneth BROUGH

Kenneth BROUGH 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).

  • System and a method for determining inflow distribution in an openhole completed well
    Patent number: 10260333
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for determining flow patterns of fluid in a production well. Especially, the invention relates to a method of determining flow patterns between and into oil production wells drilled in the Earth when flow is improved by water flooding. The system comprises a canister (1) said canister being located in said formation at a subterranean location within or proximate the wellbore, the canister being provided with an exit opening (5), a traceable component (4) being placed in the canister and able to pass through the exit opening and a release mechanism capable of releasing the traceable component when triggered by a triggering mechanism such that the traceable component enters the fluid flowing through the well through the exit opening and is present in the fluid flow in the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Total E&P Danmark A/S
    Inventors: Robert Bouke Peters, Kenneth Brough
  • A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING INFLOW DISTRIBUTION IN AN OPENHOLE COMPLETED WELL
    Publication number: 20160222779
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system and a method for determining flow patterns of fluid in a production well. Especially, the invention relates to a method of determining flow patterns between and into oil production wells drilled in the Earth when flow is improved by water flooding. The system comprises a canister (1) said canister being located in said formation at a subterranean location within or proximate the wellbore, the canister being provided with an exit opening (5), a traceable component (4) being placed in the canister and able to pass through the exit opening and a release mechanism capable of releasing the traceable component when triggered by a triggering mechanism such that the traceable component enters the fluid flowing through the well through the exit opening and is present in the fluid flow in the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Bouke PETERS, Kenneth BROUGH