Patents by Inventor Michael Joseph DAVILA

Michael Joseph DAVILA 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).

  • Avoiding geological formation boundaries during drilling operations
    Patent number: 11549355
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating a curtain plot that includes two inverted parameters based on the formation boundaries and the formation resistivity, the uncertainties of the formation boundaries, and the uncertainties of the drilled well-path, generating an updated curtain plot that includes two projected inverted parameters based on updated formation boundaries and updated formation resistivity, the projected uncertainties of the updated formation boundaries, and the projected uncertainties of the planned well-path, and avoiding, by the drilling operations, the uncertainties of the formation boundaries of the curtain plot and the updated curtain plot based on the two inverted parameters and the two projected inverted parameters to maintain or adjust the planned well-path within the projected uncertainties of the planned well-path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Xiaobin Song, Bronwyn Michelle Djefel, Michael Joseph Davila, Zhiqin Wu
  • AVOIDING GEOLOGICAL FORMATION BOUNDARIES DURING DRILLING OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20200040718
    Abstract: Systems and methods for avoiding geological formation boundaries during drilling operations by identifying and intuitively displaying the uncertainty of geological formation boundaries relative to an entire well-path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES
    Inventors: Xiaobin SONG, Bronwyn Michelle DJEFEL, Michael Joseph DAVILA, Zhiqin WU