Patents by Inventor Louise Bailey
Louise Bailey 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).
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Patent number: 11634620Abstract: An invert emulsion fluid may include a oleaginous external phase, a nonoleaginous internal phase, wherein a ratio of the oleaginous external phase to nonoleaginous internal phase is less than 55:45, a emulsifier, a particulate weighting agent dispersed in the non-oleaginous internal phase, and a viscosifier stabilizing the dispersion of the particulate weighting agent in the non-oleaginous internal phase.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Mostafa A. Tehrani, Louise Bailey
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Patent number: 11199060Abstract: Methods for drilling a wellbore into a subterranean formation include preparing a drilling fluid and circulating the drilling fluid in the wellbore while drilling in the subterranean formation, forming a filtercake from the drilling fluid, creating or encountering one or more fractures in the subterranean formation while drilling, and allowing a portion of the filtercake formed to at least partially seal the one or more fractures while continuing the drilling.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2016Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: John Mervyn Cook, Quanxin Guo, Paul William Way, Louise Bailey, Simon James, Salim Taoutaou
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Publication number: 20200284109Abstract: Methods for drilling a wellbore into a subterranean formation include preparing a drilling fluid and circulating the drilling fluid in the wellbore while drilling in the subterranean formation, forming a filtercake from the drilling fluid, creating or encountering one or more fractures in the subterranean formation while drilling, and allowing a portion of the filtercake formed to at least partially seal the one or more fractures while continuing the drilling.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2016Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: John Mervyn COOK, Quanxin GUO, Paul William WAY, Louise BAILEY, Simon JAMES, Salim TAOUTAOU
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Publication number: 20170260440Abstract: An invert emulsion fluid may include a oleaginous external phase, a nonoleaginous internal phase, wherein a ratio of the oleaginous external phase to nonoleaginous internal phase is less than 55:45, a emulsifier, a particulate weighting agent dispersed in the non-oleaginous internal phase, and a viscosifier stabilizing the dispersion of the particulate weighting agent in the non-oleaginous internal phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2014Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Mostafa A. Tehrani, Louise Bailey
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Publication number: 20160244654Abstract: A drilling fluid for use when drilling a borehole includes solid polymeric objects as a lost circulation additive. The objects have an overall size extending at least 0.5 mm in each of three orthogonal dimensions have a shape such that each object has one or more edges, points or corners and/or comprises a core portion with a plurality of projections which extend out from the core portion. The objects may be moulded, 3D-printed or chopped from larger pieces of polymer by granulating machinery. Shapes with edges, points, corners or projections assisting the objects in lodging within and bridging a fracture encountered or formed while drilling.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Paul WAY, David SNOSWELL, John Mervyn COOK, Louise BAILEY, Gokturk TUNC, Elizabeth Alice Gilchrist JAMIE, Walter ALDRED
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Publication number: 20160237767Abstract: A fluid used in a borehole containing suspended solid objects made by an additive manufacturing process. An additive process of solidifying a liquid composition at a succession of selected locations within a workspace, in accordance with a digital design allows a wide variety of shapes to be made. The fluid may be a drilling fluid or a borehole treatment fluid used prior to cementing and the objects may act, possibly in conjunction with other solids, to block loss of fluid into fractures in the formation around the borehole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: DAVID ROBERT EVAN SNOSWELL, PAUL WAY, JOHN COOK, LOUISE BAILEY, GOKTURK TUNC, ELIZABETH ALICE GILCHRIST JAMIE, WALTER ALDRED
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Publication number: 20140299333Abstract: Application of a photocurable lining to a downhole fixed surface surrounding the axis of a wellbore is carried out by skimming an applicator over the downhole surface while delivering a porous tape impregnated with a photocurable liquid composition between the applicator and the downhole surface so that the tape lies on the downhole surface and directing light of wavelength in a range from 100 nm to 1500 nm onto the curable composition impregnating the tape so as to initiate curing of the composition and thereby attach the tape to the downhole surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: JOHN COOK, LOUISE BAILEY, PAUL WILLIAM WAY, GÖKTÜRK TUNC, DAVID ROBERT EVAN SNOSWELL
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Patent number: 8770304Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide compositions and methods for lining a wellbore. In certain aspects, the compositions and methods comprise providing a fluid composition that is solidifiable or gellable on exposure to actinic radiation of a predetermined wavelength at the wall of open-hole wellbore and providing actinic radiation at the predetermined wavelength to solidify or gel the composition. The predetermined wavelength lies in a range from 100 nm to 1500 nm.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Louise Bailey, John Cook, Armelle Payen, Sylvie Daniel, Mickael Allouche
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Patent number: 8602114Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for lining a wellbore. In certain aspects, the systems and methods comprise providing a fluid composition that is solidifiable or gellable on exposure to actinic radiation of a predetermined wavelength at the wall of open-hole wellbore and providing actinic radiation at the predetermined wavelength to solidify or gel the composition. The predetermined wavelength lies in a range from 100 nm to 1500 nm.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Louise Bailey, John Cook, Armelle Payen, Sylvie Daniel, Mickael Allouche
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Patent number: 8394464Abstract: A method of lining tubing within a wellbore comprises applying a polymerisable fluid composition containing a photoinitiator to the interior surface of that tubing and initiating polymerisation of the composition by exposing it to actinic radiation, suitably light or ultraviolet with wavelength 250 to 800 nm. The composition is preferably stable against heat but polymerises quickly when exposed to the actinic radiation. The composition may be spread onto the tubing and exposed to actinic radiation as soon as it has been spread into a layer, suitably with a tool which skims the tubing surface with applicator pads for dispensing and spreading the composition, immediately followed by exposing the spread composition to actinic radiation. A second option is that the composition is provided as a sleeve which is expanded against the tubing, exposure to actinic radiation preferably then being achieved using light guides or light emitting diodes within the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Louise Bailey, Benoit Vidick, Paul Way, John Cook
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Patent number: 8312940Abstract: A tool for use in wellbore drilling that is suitable for use with a drill string for drilling a wellbore having an inner wall. The tool comprises a cylindrical abrasion surface for contacting the inner-wall and generating particles of solid material, and a smearing device coupled with the drill string for applying radial and circumferential force to smear the generated particles onto the inner wall of the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Louise Bailey, John Cook, Jennifer Edwards, Gerald Meeten, Jonathan Phipps
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Patent number: 8215155Abstract: A rheometer is provided for measuring rheological properties of a filtercake. The rheometer comprises a cell for containing a pressurised fluid supporting a particulate suspension. The cell has two outlets for removing the fluid from the cell. The cell further has a respective foraminous body at each outlet, such that the particulate suspension forms a filtercake on a surface of each foraminous body as pressurised fluid filters through the body when the fluid passes from the cell to the respective outlet. The foraminous bodies are translatable relative to each other, such that the filtercakes formed on said surfaces can be approached to form a unified filtercake. The foraminous bodies are also rotatable relative to each other. The rheometer further comprises a torque sensor for measuring a torque required to rotate the foraminous bodies relative to each other. The measured torque is indicative of one or more rheological properties of the unified filtercake.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: M-I L.L.C.Inventors: Louise Bailey, Gerald Henry Meeten
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Patent number: 8172007Abstract: A system and method for releasing a marker within a wellbore. The system and method includes a sensor that detects movement or a position of the marker within the wellbore. The marker may be released in drilling fluid, for example, and may travel from the surface to the drill bit and return to the surface with cuttings. As an example, the markers are used to determine the flow of cuttings within the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: IntelliServ, LLC.Inventors: Lee Dolman, Louise Bailey, Ashley B. Johnson, Alistair Oag
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Publication number: 20110183873Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide compositions and methods for lining a wellbore. In certain aspects, the compositions and methods comprise providing a fluid composition that is solidifiable or gellable on exposure to actinic radiation of a predetermined wavelength at the wall of open-hole wellbore and providing actinic radiation at the predetermined wavelength to solidify or gel the composition. The predetermined wavelength lies in a range from 100 nm to 1500 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Louise Bailey, John Cook, Armelle Payen, Sylvie Daniel, Mickaël Allouche
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Publication number: 20110162854Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for lining a wellbore. In certain aspects, the systems and methods comprise providing a fluid composition that is solidifiable or gellable on exposure to actinic radiation of a predetermined wavelength at the wall of open-hole wellbore and providing actinic radiation at the predetermined wavelength to solidify or gel the composition. The predetermined wavelength lies in a range from 100 nm to 1500 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Louise Bailey, John Cook, Armelle Payen, Sylvie Daniel, Mickaël Allouche
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Patent number: 7963323Abstract: A technique that is usable with a well includes deploying a sensing device on a drill string and communicating with the sensing device during a plug cementing operation over a wired infrastructure of the drill string. The technique includes controlling the plug cementing operation in response to the communication.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventor: Louise Bailey
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Patent number: 7946359Abstract: A method of constructing a borehole drilled with a drilling apparatus (16), the method comprises: connecting a flexible tubular liner sleeve (22) around the outside of the drilling apparatus and connecting the sleeve around an upper opening of the borehole so as to pass into the borehole; progressively extending the sleeve into the borehole as drilling progresses while maintaining connection to the drilling apparatus and borehole opening; at a predetermined point in the drilling, expanding the sleeve so as to contact the borehole wall; and setting the sleeve so as to be fixed to the borehole wall after expansion. Apparatus for use in such a method comprises: a flexible, expandable sleeve (22); a first connector for connecting the sleeve around the outside of a drilling assembly; and a second connector for connecting the sleeve around the opening of the borehole; wherein the sleeve is arranged to extend through the borehole between the connectors as drilling progresses.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Benjamin Jeffryes, Louise Bailey, Iain Cooper, Geoffrey Maitland, Dominique Guillot
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Patent number: 7931091Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for lining a wellbore. In certain aspects, the systems and methods comprise providing a fluid composition that is solidifiable or gellable on exposure to actinic radiation of a predetermined wavelength at the wall of open-hole wellbore and providing actinic radiation at the predetermined wavelength to solidify or gel the composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2007Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Louise Bailey, John Cook, Armelle Payen, Sylvie Daniel, Mickael Allouche
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Patent number: 7833946Abstract: A water based drilling fluid contains as additive one or more alkyl ethoxylates having the formula RO(CH2CH2O)nH; wherein: R is a C16-22alkyl group (preferably R is aliphatic and more preferably R is linear), and n is an integer in the range 2-30. The fluid further contains one or more viscosifying agents, and is substantially clay-free.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2008Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: M-I, L.L.C.Inventor: Louise Bailey
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Publication number: 20100247794Abstract: A method of lining tubing within a wellbore comprises applying a polymerisable fluid composition containing a photoinitiator to the interior surface of that tubing and initiating polymerisation of the composition by exposing it to actinic radiation, suitably light or ultraviolet with wavelength 250 to 800 nm. The composition is preferably stable against heat but polymerises quickly when exposed to the actinic radiation. The composition may be spread onto the tubing and exposed to actinic radiation as soon as it has been spread into a layer, suitably with a tool which skims the tubing surface with applicator pads for dispensing and spreading the composition, immediately followed by exposing the spread composition to actinic radiation. A second option is that the composition is provided as a sleeve which is expanded against the tubing, exposure to actinic radiation preferably then being achieved by means of light guides or light emitting diodes within the sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Louise Bailey, Benoit Vidick, Paul Way, John Cook