Patents by Inventor Michael Van Spankeren

Michael Van Spankeren 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).

  • Publication number: 20250034508
    Abstract: A system for measuring a microorganism concentration and applying a biocide includes an injection pump in fluid communication with at least one biocide tank and a fluid conduit in fluid communication with a wellbore, microorganism sensor in fluid communication with the fluid conduit and configured to determine a microorganism concentration of fluid in the fluid conduit, and a biocide controller in operable communication with the injection pump and the microorganism sensor. The biocide controller is configured to determine a biocide dosage to apply to the fluid based on the microorganism concentration, and control an operation of the injection pump to apply the biocide dosage to the fluid. Related methods and biocide application systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: James Fajt, Michael Van Spankeren
  • Patent number: 11885219
    Abstract: A chemical injection system for a resource extraction system includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The memory stores instructions that cause the processor to receive a first pressure from a first pressure sensor of the resource extraction system, receive a second pressure from a second pressure sensor of the resource extraction system, determine a flowrate of a produced fluid of the resource extraction system based on the first pressure and the second pressure, determine an ion concentration of the produced fluid, and adjust an injection rate of a chemical into the resource extraction system based on the flowrate of the produced fluid, the ion concentration of the produced fluid, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Rossi, Andrew Acock, Supriya Gupta, Werner Menz, Michael Van Spankeren, Miguel Angel Hernandez de la Bastida
  • Publication number: 20230399938
    Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein generally relate to receiving real-time data from one or more sensors associated with equipment of a hydrocarbon well production system, predicting scale precipitation in the hydrocarbon well production system based at least in part on the real-time data, and automatically adjusting one or more operating parameters of the equipment based at least in part on the predicted scale precipitation. For example, automatically adjusting the one or more operating parameters of the equipment may include determining a scale inhibitor injection rate setpoint based at least in part on the predicted scale precipitation, and automatically adjusting a speed of one or more chemical injection pumps of a chemical injection system in accordance with the scale inhibitor injection rate setpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Miguel Angel Hernandez de la Bastida, Saniya Karnik, Michael Van Spankeren, Antonio Massoni Abinader, David Orta, Adelola Obisanya
  • Publication number: 20210293141
    Abstract: A chemical injection system for a resource extraction system includes a controller having a memory and a processor. The memory stores instructions that cause the processor to receive a first pressure from a first pressure sensor of the resource extraction system, receive a second pressure from a second pressure sensor of the resource extraction system, determine a flowrate of a produced fluid of the resource extraction system based on the first pressure and the second pressure, determine an ion concentration of the produced fluid, and adjust an injection rate of a chemical into the resource extraction system based on the flowrate of the produced fluid, the ion concentration of the produced fluid, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: David Rossi, Andrew Acock, Supriya Gupta, Werner Menz, Michael Van Spankeren, Miguel Angel Hernandez de la Bastida