Patents by Inventor Paul Blair Johnson

Paul Blair Johnson 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: 20240068348
    Abstract: A system can display confidence values in a wellbore inversion model using a visual indicator. The system can receive downhole data relating to the wellbore from a downhole tool deployed in a wellbore of a geological formation during a wellbore operation. The system can additionally generate an inversion model of the geological formation by performing inversion processing on the downhole data. Furthermore, the system can determine confidence values for the downhole data in the inversion model. Additionally, the system can determine a depth of detection limit for the downhole data based on the confidence values. The system can output the inversion model, the depth of detection limit, and a visual indicator based on the confidence values for display at a display device for use in adjusting the wellbore operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Jeremy James Combs, Nigel Clegg, Paul Blair Johnson, Vytautas Usaitis
  • Patent number: 11566513
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods to evaluate a formation dip of a formation bedding. The system includes memory configured to store a color image indicative of a log of a formation bedding. The system also includes a processor configured to execute instructions to filter colors of the color image to determine one or more cusps of the formation dip, and cross correlate a reference wave with the one or more cusps of the formation dip to match curvatures of the reference wave with the one or more cusps of the formation dip illustrated in the color image, wherein the curvatures of the reference wave are based on one or more parameters of the formation bedding. The processor is further operable to generate a wave that matches the one or more cusps of the formation dip with the reference wave, where the wave is indicative of the formation dip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Blair Johnson, Yang Miao, Jeremy James Combs, Renata Da Gama Saintive
  • Publication number: 20210164338
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods to evaluate a formation dip of a formation bedding. The system includes memory configured to store a color image indicative of a log of a formation bedding. The system also includes a processor configured to execute instructions to filter colors of the color image to determine one or more cusps of the formation dip, and cross correlate a reference wave with the one or more cusps of the formation dip to match curvatures of the reference wave with the one or more cusps of the formation dip illustrated in the color image, wherein the curvatures of the reference wave are based on one or more parameters of the formation bedding. The processor is further operable to generate a wave that matches the one or more cusps of the formation dip with the reference wave, where the wave is indicative of the formation dip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Blair Johnson, Yang MIAO, Jeremy James Combs, Renata Da Gama Saintive
  • Patent number: 10012028
    Abstract: A system utilized to geosteer a downhole assembly provides a real-time, 3-Dimensional (ā€œ3Dā€) visualization of the downhole assembly and surrounding formation as it moves through the formation. The 3D visualization, or model, may be updated in real-time and may display real-time data related to various downhole conditions and geologic characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul Blair Johnson, Bronwyn Michaell Calleja
  • Publication number: 20150292266
    Abstract: A system utilized to geosteer a downhole assembly provides a real-time, 3-Dimensional (ā€œ3Dā€) visualization of the downhole assembly and surrounding formation as it moves through the formation. The 3D visualization, or model, may be updated in real-time and may display real-time data related to various downhole conditions and geologic characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Blair Johnson, Bronwyn Michaell Calleja