Patents by Inventor Nigel Charles Meany

Nigel Charles Meany 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).

  • Method and apparatus for determining potential interfacial severity for a formation
    Patent number: 6353799
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for generating an indicator of potential for abrupt changes in rock strength in a particular wellbore. Forensic wellbore data is obtained from at least one previously drilled wellbore which is determined to be comparable to the target wellbore. An interfacial severity computer program is provided. The program consists of executable program instructions. It is adapted to utilize a plurality of wellbore parameters, including at least one forensic wellbore data element. The interfacial severity computer program is loaded onto a data processing system. At least the forensic wellbore data, and possibly other wellbore parameter data elements, are supplied as an input to the interfacial severity computer program. The data processing system is utilized to execute program instructions of the interfacial severity computer program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Nigel Charles Meany, David Alexander Curry, Leroy William Ledgerwood, III, Craig Hodges Cooley