Patents by Inventor Michael Linley Fripp

Michael Linley Fripp 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).

  • MONITORING WELLBORE FLUIDS USING METAL IONS FROM TRACERS
    Publication number: 20220412210
    Abstract: A wellbore tracer system can include a first tracer including a first type of metal ions, a second tracer including a second type of metal ions, and a detector positioned proximate to a surface of the wellbore. The first tracer can be positioned at a different section of the wellbore than the second tracer. The detector can analyze a sample of produced wellbore fluid to identify the section of the wellbore that is a source of the produced wellbore fluid based on determining which of the first type of metal ions or the second type of metal ions is present in the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Chad W. Glaesman, Stephen Michael Greci
  • ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED FLOATS FOR USE IN A DOWNHOLE ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20220403714
    Abstract: Provided, in one aspect, is a float for use with a fluid flow control device. The float, in at least one aspect, includes a fluid impermeable exterior, and a base material having one or more cavities positioned within the fluid impermeable exterior, the base material formed using an additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan W. McChesney, Stephen Michael Greci, Michael Linley Fripp
  • FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20220397021
    Abstract: A flow control system selectively regulates production of a fluid from a well. The flow control system includes a plurality of flow control devices, each flow control device rotatable by a portion of the fluid and selectively directing the portion of the fluid through an outlet of the flow control device based on the density of the fluid. The system further includes a regulator valve controlled at least in part by the portion of fluid exiting the outlet of the flow control device. The regulating valve regulates production of a remaining portion of the fluid from the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ibrahim EL MALLAWANY, Michael Linley FRIPP, Stephen Michael GRECI
  • FUNCTIONALLY GRADED VARIABLE ENTROPY ALLOYS WITH RESISTANCE TO HYDROGEN INDUCED CRACKING
    Publication number: 20220396859
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for a layered metal with resistance to hydrogen induced cracking and method of production thereof, comprising a core metal alloy and a skin metal alloy. The core metal alloy comprises twinned boundaries. The core metal alloy has undergone plastic deformation and a heat treatment. The core metal alloy comprises nickel and cobalt. The skin metal alloy is disposed on the core metal alloy, wherein the skin metal alloy comprises an entropy greater than the core metal alloy. The core metal alloy comprises a greater density of twinned boundaries than the skin metal alloy. The skin metal alloy comprises a stacking fault energy of at least about 50 mJ/m2, and the skin metal alloy comprises iron, aluminum, and boron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Shashwat Shukla, Arpana Singh, Michael Linley Fripp
  • One piece frac plug
    Patent number: 11525325
    Abstract: A collet comprising a collet ring, a plurality of collet fingers, and an object seat (e.g., ball seat), wherein the object seat comprises a surface (e.g., a curved surface) configured to interface with a correspondingly sized blocking object (e.g., a ball, dart, etc.) to form a seal therebetween, wherein each of the plurality of collet fingers has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is proximate the collet ring, and wherein the second end of at least a portion of the plurality of collet fingers comprises a key (e.g., a tab) that is configured to engage a corresponding latch of a downhole structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Zachary William Walton, Haoyue Zhang
  • Running lines through expandable metal sealing elements
    Patent number: 11519239
    Abstract: Methods for traversing an expandable metal sealing element. An example method includes positioning an expandable metal sealing element in a wellbore; wherein the expandable metal sealing element includes a reactive metal and a void extending axially through at least a portion of the expandable metal sealing element. The method further includes disposing a line in the void and contacting the expandable metal sealing element with a fluid that reacts with the reactive metal to produce a reaction product having a volume greater than the reactive metal, wherein the reaction product seals around the line while it is disposed in the void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Greci, Michael Linley Fripp, Gregory Scott Cunningham, Darrell Wayne Adkins
  • Deployment of downhole sensors
    Patent number: 11519261
    Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a patch with a wall configured to be seated in a well casing. A sensor is mounted to the wall of the patch. The wall of the patch can define a central passage therethrough configured to allow passage of downhole tools therethrough. The wall of the patch can be expandable from a first compressed diameter to a second expanded diameter. The wall of the patch can include at least one of a corrugated expandable structure, a stretchable structure, and/or an internally trussed expandable structure, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James Dan Vick, Jr., Michael Linley Fripp
  • INDIVIDUAL SEPARATE CHUNKS OF EXPANDABLE METAL
    Publication number: 20220381106
    Abstract: Provided is a downhole tool, a method for sealing within a well system, and a well system. The downhole tool, in at least one aspect, includes a tubular, and a collection of individual separate chunks of expandable metal positioned about the tubular, the collection of individual separate chunks of expandable metal comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Greci, Michael Linley Fripp, Brandon T. Least
  • DOWNHOLE TORQUE LIMITER
    Publication number: 20220381097
    Abstract: Provided, in one aspect, is a downhole torque limiter, comprising a tubular housing; a pipe positioned within the tubular housing; one or more clutch mechanisms positioned between the pipe and the tubular housing, the one or more clutch mechanisms configured to move between a engaged state to fix the tubular housing relative to the pipe and a disengaged state to allow with the tubular housing to rotate relative to the pipe; and a fluid control system coupled with an exterior of the one or more clutch mechanisms, the fluid control system configured to allow the one or more clutch mechanisms to move from the engaged state to the disengaged state based upon sensing movement of the pipe relative to the tubular housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jon-Howard Elliott Hanson, Richard Decena Ornelaz, Michael Linley Fripp, Gregory T. Werkheiser
  • USING EXPANDABLE METAL AS AN ALTERNATE TO EXISTING METAL TO METAL SEALS
    Publication number: 20220381108
    Abstract: Provided is a seal assembly, a method for sealing, and a well system. The seal assembly, in one aspect, includes a pipe having an outer tubular positioned thereabout, the outer tubular and pipe forming an enclosed seal gland. The seal assembly, according to this aspect, further includes expanded metal positioned within the enclosed seal gland, the expanded metal comprising a metal that has expanded in response to hydrolysis to assist in sealing the enclosed seal gland.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Travis Murphy, Terapat Apichartthabrut, Michael Linley Fripp
  • RAPID SETTING EXPANDABLE METAL
    Publication number: 20220381107
    Abstract: Provided is a downhole tool, a method for sealing within a well system, and a well system. The downhole tool, in at least one aspect, includes a tubular, and one or more expandable metal seal elements placed about the tubular. In at least one aspect, the one or more expandable metal seal elements comprise a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis and have a surface-area-to-volume ratio (SA:V) of at least 2 cm?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Greci, Michael Linley Fripp, Brandon T. Least
  • Expanding metal sealant for use with multilateral completion systems
    Patent number: 11512561
    Abstract: A junction for use in a multilateral completion system is presented. The junction comprises a metal sealant applicable to a lateral component of the multilateral completion system. The metal sealant is expanding in response to hydrolysis and after activation forms a seal and an anchor with a well casing or tubing of the multilateral completion system. The metal sealant is expanding in response to one of an alkaline earth metal hydrolysis and a transition metal hydrolysis. More specifically, the metal sealant is expanding in response to one of magnesium hydrolysis, aluminum hydrolysis, calcium hydrolysis, and calcium oxide hydrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Mark C. Glaser, Stephen Michael Greci
  • Sealing apparatus with swellable metal
    Patent number: 11512552
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus includes a swellable metal. The swellable metal, when exposed to a fluid, is transitionable from an initial configuration having an initial volume to an expanded configuration having an increased volume. The swellable metal, upon transitioning to the expanded configuration in an annulus of a fluid channel, forms a seal against a surface of the fluid channel such that fluid communication across the swellable metal in the annulus is at least partially restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Geir Gjelstad, Zachary William Walton
  • EXPANDABLE METAL SLIP RING FOR USE WITH A SEALING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20220372837
    Abstract: Provided is a slip ring for use with a sealing assembly, a sealing tool, and a method for sealing an annulus within a wellbore. The slip ring, in at least one aspect, includes an expandable metal ring member having a width (w), a wall thickness (t), an inside diameter (di) and an outside diameter (do), the expandable metal ring member comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis. The slip ring, in at least one aspect, further includes one or more cuts located in the wall thickness (t) and spaced around a circumference of the expandable metal ring member, the one or more cuts configured to allow the expandable metal ring member to move between a radially reduced state and a radially enlarged state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Luke William Holderman, Shanu Thottungal Eldho, Stephen Michael Greci, Michael Linley Fripp
  • Wireless electronic flow control node used in a screen joint with shunts
    Patent number: 11506031
    Abstract: A completion assembly having a wireless adjustable electronic flow control node disposed along the sand screen base pipe to control flow of a fluid through a shunt tube assembly adjacent a sand screen. Each electronic flow control node includes a valve that can be adjusted by an electric actuator powered by a power harvesting mechanism disposed in a flow path of the completion assembly. A wireless transmitter receives a control signal to control the electric actuator. The control signal may be transmitted to open or close a packing tube or a transport tube of the shunt tube assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Greci, Michael Linley Fripp, Maxime P M Coffin
  • METAL-MATRIX DOWNHOLE SAND SCREENS
    Publication number: 20220364443
    Abstract: A screen assembly for wellbore production wherein a base pipe is wrapped with a screen constructed one or more cables formed from a plurality of non-metallic fibers bonded to one another with a metal binder. The non-metallic fibers may be basalt fibers or another ceramic material. The metal binder forms a metal matrix that has a first diameter about a primary cable axis, with the metal matrix securing the non-metallic fibers so that they have a second diameter about the primary cable axis, where the second diameter is larger than the first diameter, minimizing exposure of the metal matrix to wellbore fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Stephen Michael Greci, Daniel D. Gleitman
  • REACTIVE METAL FOR CEMENT ASSURANCE
    Publication number: 20220364432
    Abstract: Methods and systems for cementing in a wellbore. An example method includes introducing a conduit into a wellbore. The conduit comprises a reactive metal element disposed on an exterior of the conduit. The reactive metal element comprises a reactive metal having a first volume. The method further includes circulating a cement over the exterior of the conduit and the reactive metal element, contacting the reactive metal element with a fluid that reacts with the reactive metal to produce a reaction product having a second volume greater than the first volume, and contacting a surface of the cement adjacent to the reactive metal element with the reaction product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Abdel-Hamid Rawhi ABEIDOH, Bryon D. MULLEN, Michael Linley FRIPP
  • Pressure reducing metal elements for liner hangers
    Patent number: 11499399
    Abstract: Liner hangers and methods of use. An example method includes positioning a liner hanger in a wellbore; the liner hanger comprising: two sealing elements disposed on the exterior of the liner hanger and having a void space therebetween, and a pressure reducing metal element disposed between the two sealing elements. The method further includes trapping a wellbore fluid in the void space; wherein the wellbore fluid thermally expands in the void space creating an annular pressure in the void space; and reducing the annular pressure by materially altering the pressure reducing metal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Michael Greci, Michael Linley Fripp, Emile Edmund Sevadjian, Abdolreza Gharesi
  • Determining downhole properties with sensor array
    Patent number: 11499416
    Abstract: A spoolable array of sensors may be deployed within a wellbore and external a tubular string for measuring properties of a fluid in the central flow passage of the tubular string. A flow port may be made in the tubular string passing from the central flow passage to the external surface. Sensors of the spoolable array of sensors may be covered with a shroud and placed proximate the flow port, or such sensors may be isolated in a zone with packers along with the flow port. The spoolable array of sensors may additionally obtain pressure data to calculate a flow rate from a production zone. The spoolable array of sensors may also be employed in a non-flowing wellbore for monitoring nearby wellbores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Thomas Jules Frosell, Aswin Balasubramanian, Luke William Holderman, Suzi Marie Marcuccio, Gireesh Bhat, Clint Adam Brown
  • Electronic Flow Control Node to Aid Gravel Pack & Eliminate Wash Pipe
    Publication number: 20220356781
    Abstract: A completion assembly to aid in gravel packing a wellbore which assembly includes a plurality of interconnected sand screen assemblies, each sand screen assembly having a wireless adjustable electronic flow control node disposed along the sand screen base pipe to control flow of a gravel packing slurry from the base pipe into the wellbore annulus. Each electronic flow control node includes a valve that can be adjusted by an electric actuator powered by a power harvesting mechanism disposed in a flow path of the completion assembly. A wireless transmitter receives a control signal to control the electric actuator. The control signal may be transmitted sequentially from a distal most sand screen assembly to a proximal sand screen assembly in order to sequentially build the gravel pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Stephen Michael Greci