Patents by Inventor Mark Alan Jenkins

Mark Alan Jenkins 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 method for generation of alerts and advice from automatically detected borehole breakouts
    Patent number: 8952829
    Abstract: A method for generating an alert or advice for drilling a borehole penetrating an earth formation includes: receiving with a processor a borehole image from a downhole tool disposed at a drill tubular drilling the borehole; detecting a first breakout and a second breakout shifted approximately 180° apart from the first breakout if breakouts are in the image using a method for detecting breakouts implemented by the processor; and generating an alert or advice with the processor if the first and second breakouts are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Stefan Wessling, Christopher Wolfe, Antonio Santagati, Mark Alan Jenkins
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF ALERTS AND ADVICE FROM AUTOMATICALLY DETECTED BOREHOLE BREAKOUTS
    Publication number: 20120188090
    Abstract: A method for generating an alert or advice for drilling a borehole penetrating an earth formation includes: receiving with a processor a borehole image from a downhole tool disposed at a drill tubular drilling the borehole; detecting a first breakout and a second breakout shifted approximately 180° apart from the first breakout if breakouts are in the image using a method for detecting breakouts implemented by the processor; and generating an alert or advice with the processor if the first and second breakouts are detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Stefan Wessling, Christopher Wolfe, Antonio Santagati, Mark Alan Jenkins