Patents by Inventor Ricardo Reves Vasques

Ricardo Reves Vasques 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: 20140190683
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an annular barrier to be expanded in an annulus between a well tubular structure and an inside wall of a borehole downhole for providing zone isolation between a first zone and a second zone of the borehole, comprising a tubular part for mounting as part of the well tubular structure, the tubular part having a longitudinal axis, an expandable sleeve surrounding the tubular part and defining a space being in fluid communication with an inside of the tubular part, each end of the expandable sleeve being connected with the tubular part, and an aperture for letting fluid into the space to expand the expandable sleeve, wherein the barrier further comprises a compensation device arranged in the space between the expandable sleeve and the tubular part, the compensation device having a chamber in which a piston is arranged dividing the chamber in a first and a second chamber part, the first chamber part being in fluid communication with the space and the second chamber part comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: WELLTEC A/S
    Inventors: Jørgen Hallunbæk, Paul Hazel, Ricardo Reves Vasques
  • Publication number: 20140124686
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intervention blowout preventer (1) for being mounted on a well head (2) or a Christmas tree, comprising a plurality of valves (3, 4) arranged in fluid communication with each other, connected and forming a tubular pipe (5) enclosing a cavity being in fluid communication with the well head when the intervention blowout preventer is mounted onto the well head and at least one plug (37) in the well head has been removed, wherein the intervention blowout preventer further comprises a pressure reducing system (1) comprising a chamber (6) and a piston (7) arranged inside the chamber dividing the chamber into a first chamber part (8) and a second chamber part (9), the first chamber part being in fluid communication with the cavity and the second chamber part being filled with a compressible fluid, such as gas. Furthermore, the invention relates to a well intervention tool (100), a well intervention system (200) and a well intervention method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: WELLTEC A/S
    Inventors: Jørgen Hallundbæk, Ricardo Reves Vasques, Morten Iversen, Malcolm Macaulay
  • Patent number: 8057752
    Abstract: A method for analyzing formation fluid in earth formation surrounding a borehole includes storing analytical reagent in a reagent container in a fluids analyzer in a formation tester and moving the formation tester, including the reagent, downhole. Reagent from the reagent container is injected into formation fluid in the flow-line to make a mixture of formation fluid and reagent. The mixture is moved through a spectral analyzer cell in the fluids analyzer to produce a time-series of optical density measurements at a plurality of wavelengths. A characteristic of formation fluid is determined by spectral analysis of the time-series of optical density measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Torleif Torgersen, Bhavani Raghuraman, Edward Harrigan, Oliver C. Mullins, Gale Gustavson, Philip Rabbito, Ricardo Reves Vasques
  • Publication number: 20090047181
    Abstract: A method for analyzing formation fluid in earth formation surrounding a borehole includes storing analytical reagent in a reagent container in a fluids analyzer in a formation tester and moving the formation tester, including the reagent, downhole. Reagent from the reagent container is injected into formation fluid in the flow-line to make a mixture of formation fluid and reagent. The mixture is moved through a spectral analyzer cell in the fluids analyzer to produce a time-series of optical density measurements at a plurality of wavelengths. A characteristic of formation fluid is determined by spectral analysis of the time-series of optical density measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Torleif Torgersen, Bhavani Raghuraman, Edward Harrigan, Oliver C. Mullins, Gale H. Gustavson, Philip A. Rabbito, Ricardo Reves Vasques
  • Patent number: 7427504
    Abstract: A method for analyzing formation fluid in earth formation surrounding a borehole includes storing analytical reagent in a reagent container in a fluids analyzer in a formation tester and moving the formation tester, including the reagent, downhole. Reagent from the reagent container is injected into formation fluid in the flow-line to make a mixture of formation fluid and reagent. The mixture is moved through a spectral analyzer cell in the fluids analyzer to produce a time-series of optical density measurements at a plurality of wavelengths. A characteristic of formation fluid is determined by spectral analysis of the time-series of optical density measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Schlumber Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Torleif Torgersen, Bhavani Raghuraman, Edward Harrigan, Oliver C. Mullins, Gale Gustavson, Philip Rabbito, Ricardo Reves Vasques
  • Patent number: 7398159
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for downhole analysis of formation fluids by deriving differential fluid properties and associated uncertainty in the predicted fluid properties based on downhole data less sensitive to systematic errors in measurements, and generating answer products of interest based on the differences in the fluid properties. Measured data are used to compute levels of contamination in downhole fluids using, for example, an oil-base mud contamination monitoring (OCM) algorithm. Fluid properties are predicted for the fluids and uncertainties in predicted fluid properties are derived. A statistical framework is provided for comparing the fluids to generate robust, real-time answer products relating to the formation fluids and reservoirs thereof. Systematic errors in measured data are reduced or eliminated by preferred sampling procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Lalitha Venkataramanan, Oliver C. Mullins, Ricardo Reves Vasques
  • Publication number: 20040129874
    Abstract: A method for analyzing formation fluid in earth formation surrounding a borehole includes storing analytical reagent in a reagent container in a fluids analyzer in a formation tester and moving the formation tester, including the reagent, downhole. Reagent from the reagent container is injected into formation fluid in the flow-line to make a mixture of formation fluid and reagent. The mixture is moved through a spectral analyzer cell in the fluids analyzer to produce a time-series of optical density measurements at a plurality of wavelengths. A characteristic of formation fluid is determined by spectral analysis of the time-series of optical density measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Torleif Torgersen, Bhavani Raghuraman, Edward Harrigan, Oliver C. Mullins, Gale Gustavson, Philip Rabbito, Ricardo Reves Vasques