Patents by Inventor Patrick Mukoro

Patrick Mukoro 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: 7325616
    Abstract: A system and method for completing a well with multiple zones of production includes a casing having a plurality of flapper valves integrated therein for isolating each well zone and a perforating gun string for selectively perforating the casing and underlying formation at each well zone to establish communication between the formation and the interior of the casing and to facilitate delivery of treatment fluid to each of the multiple well zones. The system and method may include mechanisms for selectively actuating each flapper valve, such as by detonating a perforating gun in a perforating gun string. The system and method may include providing a perforating gun string having multiple guns, each gun selectively detonated at a corresponding well zone, and the gun string being stored in a lubricator at the surface between alternating sequences of perforating and treating the well zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge Lopez de Cardenas, Gary Rytlewski, Patrick Mukoro
  • Publication number: 20060124311
    Abstract: A system and method for completing a well with multiple zones of production is provided, including a casing having a plurality of flapper valves integrated therein for isolating each well zone and a perforating gun string for selectively perforating the casing and underlying formation at each well zone to establish communication between the formation and the interior of the casing and to facilitate delivery of treatment fluid to each of the multiple well zones. Furthermore, the present invention further discloses mechanisms for selectively actuating each flapper valve, such as by detonating a perforating gun in a perforating gun string. Still furthermore, the present invention discloses a method of providing a perforating gun string having multiple guns, each gun selectively detonated at a corresponding well zone, and the gun string being stored in a lubricator at the surface between alternating sequences of perforating and treating the well zones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jorge Lopez de Cardenas, Gary Rytlewski, Patrick Mukoro