Patents by Inventor Kyle R. KRUEGER

Kyle R. KRUEGER 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: 11686194
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assessing cross-well interference and/or optimizing hydrocarbon production from a reservoir by obtaining low frequency DAS and DTS data and pressure data from a monitor well, when both the monitor and production well are shut-in, and then variably opening the production well for production, and detecting the temperature and pressure fluctuations that indication cross-well interference, and localizing the interference along the well length based on the low frequency DAS data. This information can be used to optimize well placement, completion plans, fracturing plans, and ultimately optimize production from a given reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Ge Jin, Kyle R Krueger, Baishali Roy
  • Publication number: 20220090490
    Abstract: Methods and systems for assessing cross-well interference and/or optimizing hydrocarbon production from a reservoir by obtaining low frequency DAS and DTS data and pressure data from a monitor well, when both the monitor and production well are shut-in, and then variably opening the production well for production, and detecting the temperature and pressure fluctuations that indication cross-well interference, and localizing the interference along the well length based on the low frequency DAS data. This information can be used to optimize well placement, completion plans, fracturing plans, and ultimately optimize production from a given reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ge JIN, Kyle R KRUEGER, Baishali ROY
  • Patent number: 11193367
    Abstract: A method of assessing cross-well interference and/or optimizing hydrocarbon production from a reservoir by obtaining low frequency DAS and DTS data and pressure data from a monitor well, when both the monitor and production well are shut-in, and then variably opening the production well for production, and detecting the temperature and pressure fluctuations that indication cross-well interference, and localizing the interference along the well length based on the low frequency DAS data. This information can be used to optimize well placement, completion plans, fracturing plans, and ultimately optimize production from a given reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Ge Jin, Kyle R Krueger, Baishali Roy
  • Patent number: 10890058
    Abstract: A workflow using techniques for improving signal-to-noise ratio and decreasing interferences for Low-Frequency Distributed Acoustic Sensing is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Kyle R. Krueger, Ge Jin, Charles C. Mosher, Herbert W. Swan, Baishali Roy
  • Patent number: 10458228
    Abstract: The invention relates to DAS observation has been proven to be useful for monitoring hydraulic fracturing operations. While published literature has shown focus on the high-frequency components (>1 Hz) of the data, this invention discloses that much of the usable information may reside in the very low frequency band (0-50 milliHz). Due to the large volume of a DAS dataset, an efficient workflow has been developed to process the data by utilizing the parallel computing and the data storage. The processing approach enhances the signal while decreases the data size by 10000 times, thereby enabling easier consumption by other multi-disciplinary groups for further analysis and interpretation. The polarity changes as seen from the high signal to noise ratio (SNR) low frequency DAS images are currently being utilized for interpretation of completions efficiency monitoring in hydraulically stimulated wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Ge Jin, Charles C. Mosher, Frank P. Filice, Kyle R. Krueger, Baishali Roy, Ali Tura, Dana M. Jurick
  • Publication number: 20190301276
    Abstract: A method of assessing cross-well interference and/or optimizing hydrocarbon production from a reservoir by obtaining low frequency DAS and DTS data and pressure data from a monitor well, when both the monitor and production well are shut-in, and then variably opening the production well for production, and detecting the temperature and pressure fluctuations that indication cross-well interference, and localizing the interference along the well length based on the low frequency DAS data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Ge JIN, Kyle R KRUEGER, Baishali ROY
  • Patent number: 10370957
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a method of combining DAS and DTS data to accurately estimate borehole temperature. The described method takes advantage of the thermal sensitivity of DAS signal in the low-frequency band, and combines with the absolute temperature measurement from DTS, to produce a distributed temperature estimation that is up to 10000 more accurate than the current commercial solution. The DAS and DTS data should be record simultaneously at the same well. The DAS data are first low-pass filtered and then converted into temperature variation measurement. Then an accurate temperature estimation is obtained by fitting both DTS and DAS data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Ge Jin, Herbert W. Swan, Baishali Roy, Kyle R. Krueger
  • Patent number: 10287874
    Abstract: A method of monitoring hydraulic fracturing using DAS sensors in a treatment well and/or observation well is described. The raw data is transformed using a low pass filter (?0.05 Hz) and down-sampled to show the signal as the stimulation progresses. The resulting data can be used to optimize the hydraulic fracturing or improve reservoir models for other reservoirs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Ge Jin, Charles C. Mosher, Frank P. Filice, Kyle R. Krueger, Ali Tura, Baishali Roy, Dana M. Jurick
  • Patent number: 10095828
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring oil flow rates along a producing oil or gas well using a Distributed Acoustic Sensing fiber is described. This system uses the low-frequency component of the acoustic signal as a measurement of temperature variations within the well. The relative flow contributions can then be inferred from these temperature fluctuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Herbert W. Swan, Ge Jin, Kyle R. Krueger, Baishali Roy
  • Publication number: 20180045040
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring oil flow rates along a producing oil or gas well using a Distributed Acoustic Sensing fiber is described. This system uses the low-frequency component of the acoustic signal as a measurement of temperature variations within the well. The relative flow contributions can then be inferred from these temperature fluctuations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Herbert W. SWAN, Ge JIN, Kyle R. KRUEGER, Baishali ROY
  • Publication number: 20170342814
    Abstract: A workflow using techniques for improving signal-to-noise ratio and decreasing interferences for Low-Frequency Distributed Acoustic Sensing is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Kyle R. KRUEGER, Ge JIN, Charles C. MOSHER, Herbert W. SWAN, Baishali ROY
  • Publication number: 20170260842
    Abstract: The invention relates to DAS observation has been proven to be useful for monitoring hydraulic fracturing operations. While published literature has shown focus on the high-frequency components (>1 Hz) of the data, this invention discloses that much of the usable information may reside in the very low frequency band (0-50 milliHz). Due to the large volume of a DAS dataset, an efficient workflow has been developed to process the data by utilizing the parallel computing and the data storage. The processing approach enhances the signal while decreases the data size by 10000 times, thereby enabling easier consumption by other multi-disciplinary groups for further analysis and interpretation. The polarity changes as seen from the high signal to noise ratio (SNR) low frequency DAS images are currently being utilized for interpretation of completions efficiency monitoring in hydraulically stimulated wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ge JIN, Charles C. MOSHER, Frank P. FILICE, Kyle R. KRUEGER, Baishali ROY, Ali TURA, Dana M. JURICK
  • Publication number: 20170260854
    Abstract: A method of monitoring hydraulic fracturing using DAS sensors in a treatment well and/or observation well is described. The raw data is transformed using a low pass filter (?0.05 Hz) and down-sampled to show the signal as the stimulation progresses. The resulting data can be used to optimize the hydraulic fracturing or improve reservoir models for other reservoirs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ge JIN, Charles C. MOSHER, Frank P. FILICE, Kyle R. KRUEGER, Ali TURA, Baishali ROY, Dana M. JURICK
  • Publication number: 20170260846
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a method of combining DAS and DTS data to accurately estimate borehole temperature. The described method takes advantage of the thermal sensitivity of DAS signal in the low-frequency band, and combines with the absolute temperature measurement from DTS, to produce a distributed temperature estimation that is up to 10000 more accurate than the current commercial solution. The DAS and DTS data should be record simultaneously at the same well. The DAS data are first low-pass filtered and then converted into temperature variation measurement. Then an accurate temperature estimation is obtained by fitting both DTS and DAS data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ge JIN, Herbert W. SWAN, Baishali ROY, Kyle R. KRUEGER