Patents by Inventor Saptaswa Basu

Saptaswa Basu 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: 20160282502
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for fracture diagnostics by the use of electromagnetic transmitters and receivers in or near the borehole and an electrically conductive proppant. Injecting an electrically conductive proppant into a hydraulic fracture transforms it into highly conductive fractured volume in a rock medium of relatively low electrical conductivity. The highly conductive fracture can be easily separated from the background rock matrix due to the large electrical conductivity difference. The fracture can be excited through electromagnetic radiation by use of (a) transmitting antenna(s) in, above or immediately outside the borehole and will then be able to communicate with (a) receiver antenna(s) in, above or immediately outside the borehole. Using the principles of electromagnetism to analyze the simulated communication patterns between the fractured antenna transmitters and receivers, the length, height and orientation of the hydraulic fracture may be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Mukul M. Sharma, Saptaswa Basu