Patents by Inventor Mikko Jaaskelainen

Mikko Jaaskelainen 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).

  • Patent number: 12292729
    Abstract: A method of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet at a wellsite. A managing application executing on a computer in the control van can retrieve the pumping sequence from a local or remote storage computer. The managing application can establish an electronic communication link to receive sensor data from a plurality of fracturing units. The managing application can control the plurality of fracturing units with a stage script with multiple sequential instructions for a pumping stage of a pumping sequence while receiving one or more periodic data sets from the plurality of fracturing units wherein the data sets are indicative of the current state of the pumping stage of the pumping sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Joshua Lane Camp, Ian Bradford Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20240377599
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable for use in a wellbore proximate to a subsurface formation, the optical fiber cable comprising one or more optical fibers configured in a state of axial compression at room temperature, wherein the one or more optical fibers are configured to remain in the state of axial compression during a thermal expansion of the optical fiber cable in the wellbore. The optical fiber cable includes one or more coatings disposed around the one or more optical fibers, wherein the one or more coatings are configured to coat the one or more optical fibers, and the optical fiber cable further includes a metallic armor disposed around the one or more optical fibers and the one or more coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Michel LeBlanc, John Laureto Maida, Mikko Jaaskelainen
  • Publication number: 20240184270
    Abstract: A method of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet at a wellsite. A managing application executing on a computer in the control van can retrieve the pumping sequence from a local or remote storage computer. The managing application can establish an electronic communication link to receive sensor data from a plurality of fracturing units. The managing application can control the plurality of fracturing units with a stage script with multiple sequential instructions for a pumping stage of a pumping sequence while receiving one or more periodic data sets from the plurality of fracturing units wherein the data sets are indicative of the current state of the pumping stage of the pumping sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Mikko JAASKELAINEN, Joshua Lane CAMP, Ian Bradford MITCHELL
  • Publication number: 20240118118
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining flow information of a well producing fluid from a subsurface formation comprising. The method comprises obtaining at least one first production measurement from the well. The method comprises obtaining, with a sensor, a first measurement generated by the fluid flowing through a device. The method comprises inputting the first measurement and the at least one first production measurement into a virtual flow meter. The method comprises determining, via the virtual flow meter, a multi-phase flow rate of the fluid based on the first measurement and the at least one first production measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Julian Edmund Drew, Benjamin Simon Schaeffer, Mikko Jaaskelainen
  • Publication number: 20240102835
    Abstract: A method for configuring a learning machine to predict a flow rate of at least one phase of a fluid. The method comprises determining a feature set for the learning machine, the feature set including information derived from a signal generated by a flow of the fluid interacting with a fluidic oscillator in a wellbore. The method comprises configuring the learning machine with the feature set including information derived from the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Benjamin Simon Schaeffer, Julian Edmund Drew
  • Patent number: 11934180
    Abstract: A method of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet at a wellsite. A managing application executing on a computer in the control van can retrieve the pumping sequence from a local or remote storage computer. The managing application can establish an electronic communication link to receive sensor data from a plurality of fracturing units. The managing application can control the plurality of fracturing units with a stage script with multiple sequential instructions for a pumping stage of a pumping sequence while receiving one or more periodic data sets from the plurality of fracturing units wherein the data sets are indicative of the current state of the pumping stage of the pumping sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Joshua Lane Camp, Ian Bradford Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11920464
    Abstract: Temperature data collected from a distributed temperature sensing system may be used to prepare a temporal thermal profile of the wellbore. The temporal thermal profile may be used to determine a generalized heat transfer coefficient (k) and/or a generalized geothermal profile (Tae). The temporal thermal profile and the generalized heat transfer coefficient (k) and/or the generalized geothermal profile (Tae) may be used to estimate thermal properties of a wellbore, such as well as fluid and flow characteristics. A heat of hydration index may also be determined based on the temporal thermal profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Krishna Babu Yerubandi, John Paul Bir Singh, John L. Maida, Mikko Jaaskelainen
  • Patent number: 11879317
    Abstract: System and methods of controlling fracture growth during multi-well stimulation treatments. The flow distribution of treatment fluid injected into first and second well formation entry points along multiple wellbores is monitored during a current stage of a multi-well, multistage stimulation treatment. Upon determining the fracture growth and/or monitored flow distribution meets a threshold, a remainder of the current stage is partitioned into a plurality of treatment cycles and at least one diversion phase. A portion of the fluid to be injected into the first well and/or second well formation entry points is allocated to each of the treatment cycles of the partitioned stage. The treatment cycles are performed for the remainder of the current stage using the treatment fluid allocated to each treatment cycle, wherein the flow distribution is adjusted so as not to meet the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Holiman Hunter, Stanley Vernon Stephenson, Mikko Jaaskelainen, Ubong Akpan Inyang, Joshua Lane Camp, Tirumani N. Swaminathan
  • Patent number: 11846174
    Abstract: Locating a loss zone while cementing a well casing in a well bore includes: inserting a fiber-optic cable into the well bore, wherein the fiber optic cable is part of one or more Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing (DFOS) systems; detecting a loss circulation signature, while cementing the well casing, at a point along the fiber-optic cable by at least one of the one or more DFOS systems; and locating the loss zone within the well bore based on the point along the fiber-optic cable at which the loss circulation signature was detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Paul Bir Singh, Mikko Jaaskelainen, John L. Maida, Krishna Babu Yerubandi
  • Patent number: 11828121
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and apparatus structured to install an optical fiber cable into a well at a well site. In a from-bottom-to-top embodiment, an anchor deployed at a selected location in a hole of the well can be used and the optical fiber cable can be pulled up to a surface of the well from the selected location. In a from-top-to-bottom embodiment, an optical fiber cable can be moved down from the surface until an end of the optical fiber cable is locked at a selected location by a catcher disposed at the selected location. With the optical fiber cable in the well, a portion of the optical fiber cable can be coupled to surface instrumentation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods can be implemented in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Vandellyn Park, Mikko Jaaskelainen, Seldon David Benjamin, Jason Edward Therrien
  • Publication number: 20230266747
    Abstract: A method of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet at a wellsite. A managing application executing on a computer in the control van can retrieve the pumping sequence from a local or remote storage computer. The managing application can establish an electronic communication link to receive sensor data from a plurality of fracturing units. The managing application can control the plurality of fracturing units with a stage script with multiple sequential instructions for a pumping stage of a pumping sequence while receiving one or more periodic data sets from the plurality of fracturing units wherein the data sets are indicative of the current state of the pumping stage of the pumping sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Mikko JAASKELAINEN, Joshua Lane CAMP, Ian Bradford MITCHELL
  • Patent number: 11708759
    Abstract: A system includes a first instrumented bridge plug positionable in a downhole wellbore environment. The first instrumented bridge plug includes an acoustic source for transmitting an acoustic signal. The system also includes a second instrumented bridge plug positionable in the downhole wellbore environment. The second instrumented bridge plug includes an acoustic sensor for receiving a reflected acoustic signal originating from the acoustic signal. The reflected acoustic signal being usable to interpret wellbore formation characteristics of the downhole wellbore environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Vladimir Nikolayevich Martysevich, Ronald Glen Dusterhoft
  • Patent number: 11675336
    Abstract: A method of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet at a wellsite. A managing application executing on a computer in the control van can retrieve the pumping sequence from a local or remote storage computer. The managing application can establish an electronic communication link to receive sensor data from a plurality of fracturing units. The managing application can control the plurality of fracturing units with a stage script with multiple sequential instructions for a pumping stage of a pumping sequence while receiving one or more periodic data sets from the plurality of fracturing units wherein the data sets are indicative of the current state of the pumping stage of the pumping sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Joshua Lane Camp, Ian Bradford Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11668852
    Abstract: A system can calculate estimated strain data for a fracture in a geological formation at each of a plurality of selected locations detectable by a strain measurement device. The system can receive real strain data from the strain measurement device for the geological formation. The system can perform an inversion to determine a probable distribution of fluid volume and hydraulic fracture orientation in the geological formation based on the estimated strain data and real strain data. The system can determine adjustments for a fracturing operation based on the inversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Eric James Davis, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, John Laureto Maida, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11661838
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems and methods for determining cement barrier quality of a cementing process. Systems and methods are provided for receiving data from a distributed acoustic sensing fiber optic line positioned proximate to cement barrier of a wellbore, determining at least one zonal isolation in the cement barrier based on the data received from the distributed acoustic sensing fiber optic line, and compiling a cement bond log based on the determining of the at least one zonal isolation in the cement barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: John Paul Bir Singh, Mikko Jaaskelainen, John L. Maida, Krishna Babu Yerubandi
  • Patent number: 11634973
    Abstract: A method of perforating a wellbore is provided. The method includes generating a shockwave that propagates throughout said wellbore by firing a perforation device at a perforating direction, and measuring the shockwave at a fiber optic cable in the wellbore using the fiber optic cable. The method further includes determining an orientation of the fiber optic cable relative to the perforating direction based on the shockwave and the perforating direction, and changing the perforating direction based on the orientation of said the optic cable for a subsequent perforation of the wellbore to minimize damage to the fiber optic cable during the subsequent perforation. The fiber optic cable is an existing cable that has been deployed before the method starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Vandellyn Park, Mikko Jaaskelainen, Ira Jeffrey Bush
  • Publication number: 20230040293
    Abstract: A system can calculate estimated strain data for a fracture in a geological formation at each of a plurality of selected locations detectable by a strain measurement device. The system can receive real strain data from the strain measurement device for the geological formation. The system can perform an inversion to determine a probable distribution of fluid volume and hydraulic fracture orientation in the geological formation based on the estimated strain data and real strain data. The system can determine adjustments for a fracturing operation based on the inversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Eric James Davis, Michel Joseph LeBlanc, John Laureto Maida, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230026207
    Abstract: Various embodiments include methods and apparatus structured to install an optical fiber cable into a well at a well site. In a from-bottom-to-top embodiment, an anchor deployed at a selected location in a hole of the well can be used and the optical fiber cable can be pulled up to a surface of the well from the selected location. In a from-top-to-bottom embodiment, an optical fiber cable can be moved down from the surface until an end of the optical fiber cable is locked at a selected location by a catcher disposed at the selected location. With the optical fiber cable in the well, a portion of the optical fiber cable can be coupled to surface instrumentation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods can be implemented in a variety of applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Vandellyn Park, Mikko Jaaskelainen, Seldon David Benjamin, Jason Edward Therrien
  • Publication number: 20230012783
    Abstract: A method of controlling a pumping sequence of a fracturing fleet at a wellsite. A managing application executing on a computer in the control van can retrieve the pumping sequence from a local or remote storage computer. The managing application can establish an electronic communication link to receive sensor data from a plurality of fracturing units. The managing application can control the plurality of fracturing units with a stage script with multiple sequential instructions for a pumping stage of a pumping sequence while receiving one or more periodic data sets from the plurality of fracturing units wherein the data sets are indicative of the current state of the pumping stage of the pumping sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Mikko JAASKELAINEN, Joshua Lane CAMP, Ian Bradford MITCHELL
  • Patent number: 11525310
    Abstract: A method of assembling an optical fiber cable on production casing includes positioning the optical fiber cable against a production casing at a hole of a well site, and affixing the optical fiber cable against the production casing by applying an adhesive to the production casing to secure the optical fiber cable against the production casing. The method further includes applying pressure to the adhesive to adhesively bond the optical fiber cable to the production casing along a length of the production casing while the production casing is being run-in-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Vandellyn Park, Mikko Jaaskelainen