Patents by Inventor Randall Cade

Randall Cade 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: 6865486
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods of geological analysis. The method includes collecting wellbore data from a well undergoing underbalanced drilling. The wellbore data is then correlated to a seismic data to predict geological properties away from the wellbore. In one embodiment, correlating the seismic data with the wellbore data involves converting the seismic data and the wellbore data to a one-dimensional numerical series, respectively. The two respective one-dimensional numerical series are compared to each other to produce a mathematical formulation relating the two series. In another embodiment, the wellbore data may be separated into different categories or classifications and individually compared to the seismic data. Preferably, the categories are compared to two or more variations of seismic data and their attributes to derive at unique “signatures” for the respective category. The signatures may then be used to produce “classification” maps of the wellbore data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Tobias, Randall Cade
  • Publication number: 20040225442
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods of geological analysis. The method includes collecting wellbore data from a well undergoing underbalanced drilling. The wellbore data is then correlated to a seismic data to predict geological properties away from the wellbore. In one embodiment, correlating the seismic data with the wellbore data involves converting the seismic data and the wellbore data to a one-dimensional numerical series, respectively. The two respective one-dimensional numerical series are compared to each other to produce a mathematical formulation relating the two series. In another embodiment, the wellbore data may be separated into different categories or classifications and individually compared to the seismic data. Preferably, the categories are compared to two or more variations of seismic data and their attributes to derive at unique “signatures” for the respective category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicants: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., The Energy Outpost Company
    Inventors: Steven M. Tobias, Randall Cade
  • Patent number: 6807486
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods of geological analysis. The method includes collecting wellbore data from a well undergoing underbalanced drilling. The wellbore data is then correlated to a seismic data to predict geological properties away from the wellbore. In one embodiment, correlating the seismic data with the wellbore data involves converting the seismic data and the wellbore data to a one-dimensional numerical series, respectively. The two respective one-dimensional numerical series are compared to each other to produce a mathematical formulation relating the two series. In another embodiment, the wellbore data may be separated into different categories or classifications and individually compared to the seismic data. Preferably, the categories are compared to two or more variations of seismic data and their attributes to derive at unique “signatures” for the respective category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignees: Weatherford/Lamb, The Energy Outpost Company
    Inventors: Steven M. Tobias, Randall Cade
  • Publication number: 20040064257
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides methods of geological analysis. The method includes collecting wellbore data from a well undergoing underbalanced drilling. The wellbore data is then correlated to a seismic data to predict geological properties away from the wellbore. In one embodiment, correlating the seismic data with the wellbore data involves converting the seismic data and the wellbore data to a one-dimensional numerical series, respectively. The two respective one-dimensional numerical series are compared to each other to produce a mathematical formulation relating the two series. In another embodiment, the wellbore data may be separated into different categories or classifications and individually compared to the seismic data. Preferably, the categories are compared to two or more variations of seismic data and their attributes to derive at unique “signatures” for the respective category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Steven M. Tobias, Randall Cade
  • Patent number: 6349510
    Abstract: A single transportable oversized or extended support base is provided for a conventional equipment shelter and the associated power source. The shelter and power source are separately affixed to the base while at the place of manufacturing to form a transportable unitary shelter facility that is easily and efficiently installed at the use site. Such combination avoids the additional labor and expense associated with installing equipment such as a generator in a separate room within the building because it eliminates the need for the extra door, and larger wall, roof, and floor panels, ventilation systems, environmental controls and related items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: GFRC Shelters
    Inventors: Harold Robert Haas, Scott Craig Leggett, Sr., Randall Cade Goodman, John Irving Mathis