Patents by Inventor Laurie S. Duthie

Laurie S. Duthie 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).

  • Publication number: 20240117735
    Abstract: A coring tool includes an electronics section that includes a material that is buoyant in a wellbore fluid, a coring section coupled to the electronics section and including a sidewall coring unit operable to penetrate an inner wall of a wellbore and thereby obtain a core sample, and a stabilizer arm assembly operable to laterally extend a stabilizer arm into engagement with the inner wall of the wellbore. A weight section is operatively coupled to the electronics and coring sections and exhibits a weight that overcomes buoyancy forces generated by the buoyant material in the wellbore fluid, and a release mechanism releasably attaches the weight section to the electronics and coring sections. Activating the release mechanism detaches the weight section, and thereby allows the electronics and coring sections to float in the wellbore fluid and ascend the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Laurie S. DUTHIE, Mohammad S. DABBOUS, Abdulaziz A. AL-ANIZI, Karam YATEEM
  • Patent number: 11933169
    Abstract: A coring tool includes an electronics section that includes a material that is buoyant in a wellbore fluid, a coring section coupled to the electronics section and including a sidewall coring unit operable to penetrate an inner wall of a wellbore and thereby obtain a core sample, and a stabilizer arm assembly operable to laterally extend a stabilizer arm into engagement with the inner wall of the wellbore. A weight section is operatively coupled to the electronics and coring sections and exhibits a weight that overcomes buoyancy forces generated by the buoyant material in the wellbore fluid, and a release mechanism releasably attaches the weight section to the electronics and coring sections. Activating the release mechanism detaches the weight section, and thereby allows the electronics and coring sections to float in the wellbore fluid and ascend the wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Laurie S. Duthie, Mohammad S. Dabbous, Abdulaziz A. Al-Anizi, Karam Yateem
  • Patent number: 11828120
    Abstract: A completion configuration and a method for an electrical submersible pump (ESP) are provided. An exemplary completion configuration includes a dual port packer, a tubing line mounted in a first port of the dual port packer, wherein the tubing line carries fluid from a reservoir to a surface, and a motor head mounted in a second port of the dual port packer, wherein the motor head couples to ESP power terminations that are disposed uphole of the dual port packer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Abdolrahman A. Alsaif, Francis E. Dominguez, Laurie S. Duthie, Cleavant Flippin
  • Publication number: 20230287749
    Abstract: A completion configuration and a method for an electrical submersible pump (ESP) are provided. An exemplary completion configuration includes a dual port packer, a tubing line mounted in a first port of the dual port packer, wherein the tubing line carries fluid from a reservoir to a surface, and a motor head mounted in a second port of the dual port packer, wherein the motor head couples to ESP power terminations that are disposed uphole of the dual port packer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Abdolrahman A. Alsaif, Francis E. Dominguez, Laurie S. Duthie, Cleavant Flippin
  • Publication number: 20230112571
    Abstract: A body defines a feedthrough passage. Bow springs surround and connect to an outer periphery of the body. The bow springs extend radially outward from the body. An internal coil spring is arranged to actuate axially within the body. A mandrel abuts an end of the coiled spring. The mandrel is arranged to move within the body, the mandrel having sufficient inertia to dampen vibrations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Laurie S. Duthie, Abdulaziz A. Al-Anizi, Talal M. Al-Ghamdi, Hussain A. Saiood