Patents by Inventor Nigel Mark CLEGG

Nigel Mark CLEGG 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: 20230313672
    Abstract: A method for monitoring one or more formation fluids in a subterranean formation. The method may include disposing a logging while drilling (LWD) system into a wellbore, measuring the one or more formation fluids in the subterranean formation with an electromagnetic (EM) measurement system disposed on the LWD system to form an EM data set, and inverting the EM data set using an information handling system to form a first image of the one or more formation fluids in the subterranean formation. The method may further include disposing the LWD system into the wellbore a second time, taking a second measurement the one or more formation fluids in the subterranean formation with an EM measurement system disposed on the LWD system to form a second EM data set, inverting the second EM data set using the information handling system to form a second image, and comparing the first image to the second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Mark Clegg, Ahmet Celalettin Aki, Alban Gerard Duriez
  • Publication number: 20220090486
    Abstract: This disclosure presents methods and processes to estimate a position parameter, an orientation parameter, a dip parameter, and a diameter parameter of an object or subterranean formation change proximate an active borehole. The object or formation can be an adjacent borehole. The parameters can be utilized by a geo-steering system or a well site job plan system to reduce an uncertainty surrounding or looking ahead of the active borehole to avoid a collision with the object or formation, to intercept the object or formation, or to place the active borehole in a more advantageous position. The parameters can be derived from collected component resistivity data that has been reconstructed utilizing a three-dimensional inversion algorithm. In some aspects, low resistivity data can be extracted to improve the estimating of the parameters. In some aspects, the process can be implemented in a downhole tool, in a surface system, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Nigel Mark Clegg, Alban Duriez, Vytautas Usaitis
  • Publication number: 20210381365
    Abstract: This disclosure presents methods and processes to estimate a position parameter, an orientation parameter, a dip parameter, and a diameter parameter of an object or subterranean formation change proximate an active borehole. The object or formation can be an adjacent borehole. The parameters can be utilized by a geo-steering system or a well site job plan system to reduce an uncertainty surrounding or looking ahead of the active borehole to avoid a collision with the object or formation, to intercept the object or formation, or to place the active borehole in a more advantageous position. The parameters can be derived from collected component resistivity data that has been reconstructed utilizing a three-dimensional inversion algorithm. In some aspects, low resistivity data can be extracted to improve the estimating of the parameters. In some aspects, the process can be implemented in a downhole tool, in a surface system, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Nigel Mark Clegg, Alban Duriez, Vytautas Usaitis
  • Publication number: 20210208302
    Abstract: Data filtering and processing techniques for generating improved wellbore resistivity displays are contemplated. In some aspects, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving a first measurement set comprising electromagnetic field data for a first tool depth in a geologic formation, receiving a second measurement set comprising electromagnetic field data for a second tool depth in the geologic formation, performing an inversion on the first measurement set and the second measurement set to generate a first formation profile and a second formation profile, and displaying the first formation profile and the second formation profile in a user interface (UI). Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES,INC.
    Inventors: Jin MA, Clint P. LOZINSKY, Nigel Mark CLEGG