Patents by Inventor Paul F. Rodney
Paul F. Rodney 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).
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Publication number: 20230272706Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosed technology provides solutions for computing a residual noise signal from received gravitational field signal data. In one aspect, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving a magnetic field signal, wherein the magnetic field signal is generated by measurements produced by a magnetometer disposed in a drilling tool chassis, receiving a gravitational field signal, and processing the magnetic field signal to generate a clean magnetic field signal. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for calculating a residual signal based on the clean magnetic field signal and the gravitational field signal. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Paul F. RODNEY, Reena Agarwal CHANPURA
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Patent number: 11686191Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosed technology provides solutions for computing a residual noise signal from received gravitational field signal data. In one aspect, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving a magnetic field signal, wherein the magnetic field signal is generated by measurements produced by a magnetometer disposed in a drilling tool chassis, receiving a gravitational field signal, and processing the magnetic field signal to generate a clean magnetic field signal. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for calculating a residual signal based on the clean magnetic field signal and the gravitational field signal. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Paul F. Rodney, Reena Agarwal Chanpura
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Patent number: 11624017Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite fluid including an electrically insulating foundation fluid having a dielectric constant and a dielectric strength, and an additive combined with the foundation fluid that results in a composite fluid having a dielectric constant and a dielectric strength greater than the dielectric constant and the dielectric strength of the foundation fluid.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Paul F. Rodney
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Patent number: 11525941Abstract: A method and system for in-sit calibration of a gravimeter. A method may comprise disposing a downhole tool in a borehole, wherein the downhole tool comprises the gravimeter attached to a linear actuator, recording a first set of measurements with the gravimeter while the linear actuator is stationary, activating the linear actuator, recording a second set of measurements with the gravimeter, and calibrating the gravimeter based on the first and second set of recorded measurements. A system may comprise a downhole tool, a conveyance, and an information handling system. The downhole tool may further comprise a hanger, a sonde, connected to the hanger, a linear actuator, connected to the hanger, and a shaft, connected to the linear actuator. The downhole tool may further comprise a linkage, connected to the shaft, a package, connected to the linkage, and a gravimeter, disposed in the package.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Paul F. Rodney, Daniel Joshua Stark
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Patent number: 11506043Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to estimate properties of rock, drill bit, or a combination thereof associated with a drilling operation. The properties can include, but are not limited to, rock chip size, drill bit dullness, drilling efficiency, or a combination selected from rock chip size, drill bit dullness, and drilling efficiency. The estimate may be accomplished from correlating detected acoustic emission with detected electromagnetic emissions. In various embodiments, formation brittleness may be determined. The various estimates may be used to direct a drilling operation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Paul F. Rodney
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Patent number: 11352880Abstract: An assembly for use in a wellbore can include a plurality of sensors positioned external to a casing string. The plurality of sensors can be positioned for detecting an amount of a hydrocarbon that is present in a fluid in the wellbore and a pH of the fluid in the wellbore. The plurality of sensors can be positioned for wirelessly transmitting signals representing the amount of the hydrocarbon that is present in the fluid and the pH of the fluid to a receiving device.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Paul F. Rodney, Mark W. Roberson, Batakrishna Mandal, Vimal V. Shah, Scott Goodwin
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Publication number: 20220120171Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosed technology provides solutions for computing a residual noise signal from received gravitational field signal data. In one aspect, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving a magnetic field signal, wherein the magnetic field signal is generated by measurements produced by a magnetometer disposed in a drilling tool chassis, receiving a gravitational field signal, and processing the magnetic field signal to generate a clean magnetic field signal. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for calculating a residual signal based on the clean magnetic field signal and the gravitational field signal. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Paul F. RODNEY, Reena Agarwal CHANPURA
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Publication number: 20220120174Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosed technology provides solutions for using a residual gravitational signal to generate an anomaly detection model. In one aspect, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for retrieving legacy drilling data from one or more databases, the legacy drilling data comprising orientation data for an associated drilling tool, calculating a residual signal based on the legacy drilling data, and training a machine-learning model based on the residual signal. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Paul F. RODNEY, Reena Agarwal CHANPURA
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Publication number: 20220120169Abstract: In some aspects, the disclosed technology provides solutions for using a residual gravitational noise signal to perform anomaly detection. In one aspect, a process of the disclosed technology includes steps for receiving a residual signal, wherein the residual signal is based on one or more magnetic field signals and at least one gravitational field signal corresponding with a drilling tool orientation over time, analyzing the residual signal to identify one or more tool vibration harmonics, and identifying one or more drilling anomalies based on the one or more tool vibration harmonics. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2020Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Paul F. RODNEY, Reena Agarwal CHANPURA
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Publication number: 20210395595Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite fluid including an electrically insulating foundation fluid having a dielectric constant and a dielectric strength, and an additive combined with the foundation fluid that results in a composite fluid having a dielectric constant and a dielectric strength greater than the dielectric constant and the dielectric strength of the foundation fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventor: Paul F. Rodney
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Patent number: 11136485Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite fluid including an electrically insulating foundation fluid having a dielectric constant and a dielectric strength, and an additive combined with the foundation fluid that results in a composite fluid having a dielectric constant and a dielectric strength greater than the dielectric constant and the dielectric strength of the foundation fluid.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Paul F. Rodney
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Publication number: 20210189861Abstract: A downhole tool and method for identifying the inclination and/or azimuth of the downhole tool at low inclinations or unknown inclinations. The downhole tool is connectable to a tubing in a wellbore and comprises a magnetic field sensor operable to measure a magnetic field parameter in the wellbore. The downhole tool also comprises a controller operable to determine an orientation parameter for the downhole tool located in the wellbore using the magnetic field parameter, a dip angle for the magnetic field parameter, and a selected inclination value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2017Publication date: June 24, 2021Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Paul F. Rodney
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Patent number: 11016219Abstract: System and methods for encoding downhole image data are provided. Measurements collected by a downhole tool around a circumference of a borehole drilled within a formation are obtained. The acquired measurements are assigned to a plurality of azimuthal bins. Each azimuthal bin corresponds to an angular sector around the circumference of the borehole in which at least one of the measurements was collected by the downhole tool at a predetermined depth within the formation. At least one of a plurality of delta encoding schemes is selected for encoding the measurements assigned to the plurality of azimuthal bins. A delta-encoded binary representation of the measurements assigned to the plurality of bins is generated, based on the selected delta encoding scheme. The generated delta-encoded binary representation is transmitted from the downhole computing device to a surface computing device located at the surface of the borehole.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Laban M. Marsh, Paul F. Rodney
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Publication number: 20210041595Abstract: A method and system for in-sit calibration of a gravimeter. A method may comprise disposing a downhole tool in a borehole, wherein the downhole tool comprises the gravimeter attached to a linear actuator, recording a first set of measurements with the gravimeter while the linear actuator is stationary, activating the linear actuator, recording a second set of measurements with the gravimeter, and calibrating the gravimeter based on the first and second set of recorded measurements. A system may comprise a downhole tool, a conveyance, and an information handling system. The downhole tool may further comprise a hanger, a sonde, connected to the hanger, a linear actuator, connected to the hanger, and a shaft, connected to the linear actuator. The downhole tool may further comprise a linkage, connected to the shaft, a package, connected to the linkage, and a gravimeter, disposed in the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Paul F. Rodney, Daniel Joshua Stark
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Patent number: 10890062Abstract: A method to steer a drill bit of a rotary steerable system within a wellbore can include introducing the rotary steerable system into the wellbore. The method can further include establishing a magnetic model associated with the drill bit. Magnetic field parameters are measured at various locations of the rotary steerable system. A magnetic gradient tensor of the magnetic field parameters can be determined. Orientation parameters are solved with respect to the magnetic model and based on the magnetic gradient tensor. The drill bit can be steered based on the calculated parameters.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Paul F. Rodney
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Patent number: 10767466Abstract: Systems and methods for active ranging-while-drilling (ARWD) for collision avoidance and/or well interception. A method for ranging while drilling may comprise employing a rotating magnet assembly to induce a changing magnetization and/or electric current in a conductive member disposed in a target wellbore, wherein the rotating magnet assembly may be employed in a second wellbore; measuring at least one component of a magnetic gradient tensor using receivers; and calculating a relative location of the conductive member based at least in part on the measurements of the at least one component of the magnetic gradient tensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Glenn Andrew Wilson, Paul F. Rodney, Akram Ahmadi Kalateh Ahmad, Hsu-Hsiang Wu
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Publication number: 20200270981Abstract: A method to steer a drill bit of a rotary steerable system within a wellbore can include introducing the rotary steerable system into the wellbore. The method can further include establishing a magnetic model associated with the drill bit. Magnetic field parameters are measured at various locations of the rotary steerable system. A magnetic gradient tensor of the magnetic field parameters can be determined. Orientation parameters are solved with respect to the magnetic model and based on the magnetic gradient tensor. The drill bit can be steered based on the calculated parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Paul F. Rodney
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Publication number: 20200241166Abstract: System and methods for encoding downhole image data are provided. Measurements collected by a downhole tool around a circumference of a borehole drilled within a formation are obtained. The acquired measurements are assigned to a plurality of azimuthal bins. Each azimuthal bin corresponds to an angular sector around the circumference of the borehole in which at least one of the measurements was collected by the downhole tool at a predetermined depth within the formation. At least one of a plurality of delta encoding schemes is selected for encoding the measurements assigned to the plurality of azimuthal bins. A delta-encoded binary representation of the measurements assigned to the plurality of bins is generated, based on the selected delta encoding scheme. The generated delta-encoded binary representation is transmitted from the downhole computing device to a surface computing device located at the surface of the borehole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2017Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Laban M. Marsh, Paul F. Rodney
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Patent number: 10677048Abstract: A communication system that is positionable in a wellbore can include a first transceiver positioned externally to a casing string. The first transceiver can be operable to detect a presence or an absence of a surface wave; determine a location of a fluid in the wellbore based on the presence or the absence of the surface wave; and transmit data indicative of the location to a second transceiver. The surface wave can include an electromagnetic wave that has a magnetic field or an electric field that is non-transverse to a direction of propagation of the surface wave. The communication system can also include the second transceiver, which can be positioned externally the casing string and operable to receive the data.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Mark W. Roberson, Paul F. Rodney, Batakrishna Mandal, Krishna M. Ravi, Scott Goodwin, Vimal V. Shah
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Patent number: 10676657Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite fluid including a foundation fluid having an impedance at a frequency, and an additive combined with the foundation fluid that results in a composite fluid having an impedance different than the impedance of the foundation fluid at the frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventor: Paul F. Rodney