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).

  • Publication number: 20140363117
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling hydrogen concentration in optical sensing systems in subsurface wells. In an exemplary system the downhole optical fiber sensors are positioned within nested conduits and a controlled concentration hydrogen gas is flowed in a first direction through the first conduit, and flowed in a second direction through the annulus, wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Mikko Jaaskelainen
  • Patent number: 8897608
    Abstract: A method of improving sampling resolution in a distributed temperature measurement system using a fiber optic distributed sensor by means of programmed delayed trigger signals to a laser light source in order to improve the spatial resolution of such systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: SensorTran, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Kalar, Kari-Mikko Jaaskelainen, David Barfoot
  • Patent number: 8894277
    Abstract: A system and method for providing greatly improved linear heat detection using fiber optic distributed temperature systems (DTS). The invention makes use of correction algorithms based on proportional-integral-derivative notions that anticipate exterior temperature increases based on the rate of measured temperature changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: SensorTran, Inc.
    Inventors: David Barfoot, Mikko Jaaskelainen
  • Publication number: 20140327919
    Abstract: A system for sensing downhole pressure in in a hydrocarbon well using a Fabry-Perot (F-P) sensor in series with a Fiber Bragg Grating and maintaining the back pressure on the sensor system with a surface sealing system and a surface pressure control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services. Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, William N. Gibler, Ian B. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20140285795
    Abstract: A downhole optical sensing system can include an optical fiber positioned in the well, the optical fiber including multiple cores, and at least one well parameter being sensed in response to light being transmitted via at least one of the multiple cores in the well. The multiple cores can include a single mode core surrounded by a multiple mode core. A method of sensing at least one well parameter in a subterranean well can include transmitting light via at least one of multiple cores of an optical fiber in the well, the at least one of the multiple cores being optically coupled to a sensor in the well, and/or the at least one of the multiple cores comprising a sensor in the well, and determining the at least one well parameter based on the transmitted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko JAASKELAINEN, Ian B. MITCHELL
  • Publication number: 20140285793
    Abstract: A downhole optical sensing system can include an optical fiber positioned in the well, the optical fiber including multiple cores, and one of the cores having a Brillouin scattering coefficient which is different from another one of the cores. A method of sensing strain and temperature as distributed along an optical fiber can include measuring Brillouin scattering in a core of the optical fiber disposed in a well, and measuring Brillouin scattering in another core of the optical fiber disposed in the well, the optical fiber cores being exposed to a same strain and temperature distribution in the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko JAASKELAINEN, Ian B. MITCHELL
  • Publication number: 20140285875
    Abstract: A downhole optical system can include an optical fiber disposed in a subterranean well, and an optical fiber amplifier which amplifies optical power in a core of the optical fiber in the well, the amplifier being optically pumped with optical power in another core of the optical fiber in the well. Another downhole optical system can include an optical fiber disposed in a subterranean well, the optical fiber comprising multiple cores, and an optical fiber amplifier comprising multiple cores optically coupled respectively to the optical fiber multiple cores in the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikko JAASKELAINEN, Ian B. MITCHELL
  • Publication number: 20140260588
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring oil flow rates at multiple points in production wells using a flow sensing fiber optic cable. An illustrative system embodiment includes: a fiber optic sensing system housed within a tube suitable for a downhole environment; and a flow to signal conversion device attached to the tube and deployed in the oil flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Ian Bradford Mitchell, Brian V. Park
  • Publication number: 20140230229
    Abstract: A coiled tubing servicing system comprising a servicing cart comprising two or more support frames, a length of coiled tubing supported by the servicing cart, a servicing fixture disposed about a portion of the length of coiled tubing adjacent the servicing cart, wherein the servicing fixture is movable along a longitudinal axis of the length of coiled tubing and radially about the longitudinal axis of the length of coiled tubing; and a servicing tool coupled to the servicing fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Glenn DIXSON, Brian Vandellyn PARK, Maximo Gustavo MICHAELIS, Mikko JAASKELAINEN
  • Publication number: 20140230232
    Abstract: A method for installing multiple fiber optic cables in coiled tubing in oil and gas operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Kenneth Glenn Dixson, Brian Vandelyn Park, Maximo Gustavo Michaelis
  • Publication number: 20140230233
    Abstract: A method for installing multiple fiber optic cables in coiled tubing in oil and gas operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Kenneth Glenn Dixson, Brian Vandelyn Park, Maximo Gustavo Michaelis
  • Publication number: 20140231066
    Abstract: A multiple integral pressure transducer system for installation in oil field downhole coiled tubing systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Glenn Robert McColpin, Brian Park, Kenneth Glenn Dixson, Mikko Jaaskelainen, Maximo Gustavo Michaelis
  • Publication number: 20140219620
    Abstract: A method and device for relieving thermal stresses on the optical fibers in fiber optic splice housings used in hostile thermal environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Ian Bradford Mitchell, Brian Vandelyn Park, Jason Edward Therrien
  • Publication number: 20140208821
    Abstract: A method for re-calibrating installed downhole sensors used in hydrocarbon wells by the application of a calibration string inserted in the wells and deployed in close proximity to the installed downhole sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services
    Inventor: Mikko Jaaskelainen
  • Patent number: 8775151
    Abstract: A system and method using both static and transient modeling of power cables coupled with real time measurements of distributed temperature profiles of both the cable and it's immediate environment to optimize the current loads of the power cable. The optical fibers used for measuring distributed temperature profiles can be integrated directly into the monitored power cables or be deployed alongside the power cables, including using the optical fibers deployed in optical power ground wire systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: Mahesh U. Algaonkar, Kent Kalar, Kari-Mikko Jaaskelainen
  • Publication number: 20140139226
    Abstract: A method of measuring an electromagnetic field in a formation can include installing an electromagnetic sensor with improved sensitivity, the sensor including multiple optical waveguides and respective multiple materials, and in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field, the materials changing shape in opposite directions. A well system can include an optical electromagnetic sensor which measures an electromagnetic field in a formation, and wherein optical path lengths or phases in optical waveguides of the sensor change both positively and negatively in response to exposure to the electromagnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Mikko JAASKELAINEN, Tasneem A. MANDVIWALA
  • Publication number: 20140105533
    Abstract: A tubular seismic sensing cable for use in wells and a method of deployment into wells to provide higher seismic sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES. INC.
    Inventors: Mikko Jaaskelainen, Etienne Samson
  • Patent number: 8630514
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for use in distributed temperature sensing (DTS) systems to reduce coherent Rayleigh scattering in fiber optic cables by using photonic crystal fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian Bradford Mitchell, Mikko Jaaskelainen, Etienne M. Samson, John L. Maida, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8630816
    Abstract: High resolution distributed temperature sensors using fiber optic distributed temperature sensing systems deployed on various carriers to significantly improve spatial resolution and provide high resolution temperature profile and detection of fluid or fluid interface levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: SensorTran, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Park, Mohammed Fassih-Nia, Brian K. McCoy, Kent Kalar, Kari-Mikko Jaaskelainen
  • Patent number: 8621922
    Abstract: A system for monitoring subsidence and/or rising of a waterbottom has string of pressure sensors along the interior of a sealed -protective tube(q?) that rests on the waterbottom and is filled with a low pressure liquid, so that any subsidence and/or rising of the can be deduced from subsidence and/or rising of a section of the tube and associated pressure variations measured by the sensors due to variation of the hydrostatic fluid pressure of the liquid in the of the tube. The tube interior is divided into segments by valves during descent to protect the sensors against hydrostatic pressure of the liquid within the tube during installation. The use of a low pressure liquid in the tube allows the use of sensitive pressure sensors which are able to monitor pressure variations of ?0.001 Bar associated with a waterbottom subsidence of ?1 cm, at a water depth of >km where the ambient water pressure may be >100 Bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Johannis Josephus Den Boer, Andre Franzen, Daniel Joinson, Kari-Mikko Jääskeläinen