Patents by Inventor Ludovic Delmar
Ludovic Delmar 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: 10954756Abstract: A method for designing a core bit to control and reduce the cutting forces acting on a core of rock is disclosed. The method includes generating a model of a core bit including a plurality of cutting elements on a plurality of blades. The method may additionally include simulating a coring operation with the model of the core bit. The method may further include calculating at least one force vector generated by at least one of the plurality of cutting elements on the model of the core bit during the coring operation. The method may further include determining at least one force acting on a core in the model of the core bit based on the at least one force vector and generating a design of the core bit based on the at least one force acting on the core.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Nuno da Silva, Ludovic Delmar, Didier Rousseau, Stephan Regnard
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Patent number: 10711527Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems include a nested drill bit assembly, including an inner drill bit nested within an opening of an outer drill bit. The inner drill bit is removably coupled to the outer drill bit and the inner drill bit being co-axially positioned within the outer drill bit and accessible from a first end of the outer drill bit.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Gustav Edward Lange, Bradley David Dunbar, Ludovic Delmar
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Patent number: 10584550Abstract: A system for obtaining a core sample from a wellbore includes a housing having a core opening at a first end of the housing and an end wall at a second end of the housing. A balancing piston is positioned within the housing to define a sample chamber between the balancing piston and the core opening. An equalization chamber is defined between the balancing piston and the end wall. A core piston is sealingly positioned in the core opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Khac Nguyen Che, Aurelien Chauviere
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Patent number: 10190709Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods of coupling plain end pipes. One system includes a coupling sleeve having opposing upper and lower ends and a plurality of axially extending slots defined in each end, wherein the upper end is configured to receive an end of a first pipe and the lower end is configured to receive an end of a second pipe, an upper sliding ring disposed about the coupling sleeve and axially movable in a first direction to force the upper end into gripping engagement with an outer surface of the first pipe, and a lower sliding ring disposed about the coupling sleeve and axially movable in a second direction to force the lower end into gripping engagement with an outer surface of the second pipe.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Eric Fannes
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Publication number: 20180195348Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems include a nested drill bit assembly, including an inner drill bit nested within an opening of an outer drill bit. The inner drill bit is removably coupled to the outer drill bit and the inner drill bit being co-axially positioned within the outer drill bit and accessible from a first end of the outer drill bit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2015Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Gustav Edward Lange, Bradley David Dunbar, Ludovic Delmar
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Patent number: 9963946Abstract: A method for obtaining a core sample from a wellbore using a coring tool is disclosed. The method includes providing an outer barrel in the wellbore. The wellbore and outer barrel are at least partially filled with a drilling fluid. The method further includes lowering an inner barrel partially into the drilling fluid and displacing the drilling fluid in the inner barrel with a coring fluid.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2013Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Benjamin Llywelyn Evans
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Patent number: 9885215Abstract: There is disclosed herein drilling apparatus, in particular for use in the field of oil prospecting, comprising: a first tubular member (1, 2, 3); a second tubular member (6, 7, 8, 9) mounted at least partly within the first tubular member so as to be reciprocally free in rotation with respect to the first tubular member about an axis (5); and a drill bit (4) operatively connected to one of the first or second tubular members so as to be rotated in response to the one tubular member being turned in order to effect drilling, characterized in that: the drilling apparatus further comprises a restoring member (18, 36) for applying a forces between the first tubular member and the second tubular member at least in respective first axial directions in response to relative displacement of the first tubular member and the second tubular member in the respective opposite axial directions. Also provided are a tubular assembly and a method of assembling tubular members.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Olivier Jean-Marc Claude Mageren, Eric Fannes
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Publication number: 20170328180Abstract: A method for designing a core bit to control and reduce the cutting forces acting on a core of rock is disclosed. The method includes generating a model of a core bit including a plurality of cutting elements on a plurality of blades. The method may additionally include simulating a coring operation with the model of the core bit. The method may further include calculating at least one force vector generated by at least one of the plurality of cutting elements on the model of the core bit during the coring operation. The method may further include determining at least one force acting on a core in the model of the core bit based on the at least one force vector and generating a design of the core bit based on the at least one force acting on the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Nuno da Silva, Ludovic Delmar, Didier Rousseau, Stephan Regnard
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Patent number: 9482089Abstract: An example system for receiving gas expelled from a core sample of a formation may include a tubular element. A core chamber may be disposed within the first tubular element. A gas and drilling fluid separator may be in fluid communication with the core chamber. The tubular element may be an inner barrel assembly of a core sample assembly that is disposed within a borehole. A core sample may be contained within the inner barrel assembly and may be retrieved at the surface. Gas may be expelled from the core sample as it is retrieved, and the gas and drilling fluid separator may separate the expelled gas from suspension with a drilling fluid for analysis.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Benjamin Llywelyn Evans, Adrien P. C. Henry, Svein Ravndal
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Publication number: 20160194955Abstract: An example system for receiving gas expelled from a core sample of a formation may include a tubular element. A core chamber may be disposed within the first tubular element. A gas and drilling fluid separator may be in fluid communication with the core chamber. The tubular element may be an inner barrel assembly of a core sample assembly that is disposed within a borehole. A core sample may be contained within the inner barrel assembly and may be retrieved at the surface. Gas may be expelled from the core sample as it is retrieved, and the gas and drilling fluid separator may separate the expelled gas from suspension with a drilling fluid for analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2013Publication date: July 7, 2016Inventors: Ludovic DELMAR, Benjamin Llywelyn EVANS, Adrien P.C. HENRY, Svein RAVNDAL
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Publication number: 20160194928Abstract: A system for obtaining a core sample from a wellbore includes a housing having a core opening at a first end of the housing and an end wall at a second end of the housing. A balancing piston is positioned within the housing to define a sample chamber between the balancing piston and the core opening. An equalization chamber is defined between the balancing piston and the end wall. A core piston is sealingly positioned in the core opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Khac Nguyen Che, Aurelien Chauviere
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Publication number: 20150361740Abstract: A method for obtaining a core sample from a wellbore using a coring tool is disclosed. The method includes providing an outer barrel in the wellbore. The wellbore and outer barrel are at least partially filled with a drilling fluid. The method further includes lowering an inner barrel partially into the drilling fluid and displacing the drilling fluid in the inner barrel with a coring fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2013Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Benjamin Llywelyn Evans
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Publication number: 20150226016Abstract: There is disclosed herein drilling apparatus, in particular for use in the field of oil prospecting, comprising: a first tubular member (1, 2, 3); a second tubular member (6, 7, 8, 9) mounted at least partly within the first tubular member so as to be reciprocally free in rotation with respect to the first tubular member about an axis (5); and a drill bit (4) operatively connected to one of the first or second tubular members so as to be rotated in response to the one tubular member being turned in order to effect drilling, characterised in that: the drilling apparatus further comprises a restoring member (18, 36) for applying a forces between the first tubular member and the second tubular member at least in respective first axial directions in response to relative displacement of the first tubular member and the second tubular member in the respective opposite axial directions. Also provided are a tubular assembly and a method of assembling tubular members.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Olivier Mageren, Eric Fannes
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Patent number: 9103176Abstract: A coring apparatus may be integrated with fluid analysis capabilities for in situ analysis of core samples from a subterranean formation. An instrumented coring apparatus may include an inner core barrel; an outer core barrel; a coring bit; and an instrumented core barrel having an analysis device in fluid communication with the inner core barrel.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Will Bradford, Ron Dirksen, Lorne Rutherford
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Publication number: 20150115604Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods of coupling plain end pipes. One system includes a coupling sleeve having opposing upper and lower ends and a plurality of axially extending slots defined in each end, wherein the upper end is configured to receive an end of a first pipe and the lower end is configured to receive an end of a second pipe, an upper sliding ring disposed about the coupling sleeve and axially movable in a first direction to force the upper end into gripping engagement with an outer surface of the first pipe, and a lower sliding ring disposed about the coupling sleeve and axially movable in a second direction to force the lower end into gripping engagement with an outer surface of the second pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Eric Fannes
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Publication number: 20130199847Abstract: A coring apparatus may be integrated with fluid analysis capabilities for in situ analysis of core samples from a subterranean formation. An instrumented coring apparatus may include an inner core barrel; an outer core barrel; a coring bit; and an instrumented core barrel having an analysis device in fluid communication with the inner core barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2012Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Will Bradford, Ron Dirksen, Lorne Rutherford
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Publication number: 20120273279Abstract: There is disclosed herein drilling apparatus, in particular for use in the field of oil prospecting, comprising: a first tubular member (1, 2, 3); a second tubular member (6, 7, 8, 9) mounted at least partly within the first tubular member so as to be reciprocally free in rotation with respect to the first tubular member about an axis (5); and a drill bit (4) operatively connected to one of the first or second tubular members so as to be rotated in response to the one tubular member being turned in order to effect drilling, characterised in that: the drilling apparatus further comprises a restoring member (18, 36) for applying a forces between the first tubular member and the second tubular member at least in respective first axial directions in response to relative displacement of the first tubular member and the second tubular member in the respective opposite axial directions. Also provided are a tubular assembly and a method of assembling tubular members.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: November 1, 2012Inventors: Ludovic Delmar, Olivier Mageren, Eric Fannes