Patents by Inventor Sean Andrew Spicer

Sean Andrew Spicer 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: 20210062646
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a hydraulic fracture dimension include identifying pressure signal values of a first fracturing fluid in a monitor wellbore that represent a pressure change in the first fracturing fluid that is induced by formation of a second hydraulic fracture from a treatment wellbore; determining a particular pressure signal value of the plurality of pressure signal values; based on the determined particular pressure signal value, determining a particular dimension of the second hydraulic fracture formed from the treatment wellbore; and determining, based at least in part on (i) the determined particular dimension, and (ii) a first pressure signal value of the plurality of pressure signal values that is less than the determined particular pressure signal value, a first intermediate dimension of the second hydraulic fracture that is less than the determined particular dimension of the second hydraulic fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Erica Wilhelmina Catharina Coenen, Sean Andrew Spicer, Sudhendu Kashikar
  • Patent number: 10851643
    Abstract: Techniques for determining geometries of hydraulic fractures include identifying a data structure that includes data associated with hydraulic fracture identifiers and observed fluid pressures, at least one of the hydraulic fracture identifiers representing a first hydraulic fracture formed from a monitor wellbore into a subsurface rock formation and at least another of the hydraulic fracture identifiers representing a second hydraulic fracture formed from a treatment wellbore into the subsurface rock formation, at least one of the observed fluid pressures includes a pressure change in a fluid in the first hydraulic fracture that is induced by formation of the second hydraulic fracture; performing a single- or multi-objective, non-linear constrained optimization analysis to minimize at least one objective function associated with the observed fluid pressures; and based on minimizing the at least one objective function, determining respective sets of hydraulic fracture geometries associated with at least one o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Reveal Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Andrew Spicer, Erica Wilhelmina Catharina Coenen
  • Patent number: 10808527
    Abstract: A wellbore system includes a first fracture formed from a wellbore at a first location; a second fracture formed from the wellbore at a second location; a wellbore seal positioned in the wellbore between the first and second locations and configured to fluidly seal a first portion from a second portion of the wellbore; a pressure gauge positioned in the first portion; a pressure gauge positioned in or uphole of the second portion; and a control system configured to communicably couple to the pressure gauges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Reveal Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhendu Kashikar, Erica Whilhelmina Catharina Coenen, Sean Andrew Spicer
  • Patent number: 10718205
    Abstract: Techniques for determining geometries of hydraulic fractures include identifying a data structure that includes data associated with hydraulic fracture identifiers and observed fluid pressures, at least one of the hydraulic fracture identifiers representing a first hydraulic fracture formed from a monitor wellbore into a subsurface rock formation and at least another of the hydraulic fracture identifiers representing a second hydraulic fracture formed from a treatment wellbore into the subsurface rock formation, at least one of the observed fluid pressures includes a pressure change in a fluid in the first hydraulic fracture that is induced by formation of the second hydraulic fracture; performing a single- or multi-objective, non-linear constrained optimization analysis to minimize at least one objective function associated with the observed fluid pressures; and based on minimizing the at least one objective function, determining respective sets of hydraulic fracture geometries associated with at least one o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Reveal Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean Andrew Spicer, Erica Coenen
  • Publication number: 20200190977
    Abstract: A wellbore system includes a first fracture formed from a wellbore at a first location; a second fracture formed from the wellbore at a second location; a wellbore seal positioned in the wellbore between the first and second locations and configured to fluidly seal a first portion from a second portion of the wellbore; a pressure gauge positioned in the first portion; a pressure gauge positioned in or uphole of the second portion; and a control system configured to communicably couple to the pressure gauges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Sudhendu Kashikar, Erica Whilhelmina Catharina Coenen, Sean Andrew Spicer
  • Publication number: 20200123899
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a hydraulic fracture dimension include identifying pressure signal values of a first fracturing fluid in a monitor wellbore that represent a pressure change in the first fracturing fluid that is induced by formation of a second hydraulic fracture from a treatment wellbore; determining a particular pressure signal value of the plurality of pressure signal values; based on the determined particular pressure signal value, determining a particular dimension of the second hydraulic fracture formed from the treatment wellbore; and determining, based at least in part on (i) the determined particular dimension, and (ii) a first pressure signal value of the plurality of pressure signal values that is less than the determined particular pressure signal value, a first intermediate dimension of the second hydraulic fracture that is less than the determined particular dimension of the second hydraulic fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Erica Whilhelmina Catharina Coenen, Sean Andrew Spicer, Sudhendu Kashikar
  • Patent number: 10557344
    Abstract: A wellbore system includes a first fracture formed from a wellbore at a first location; a second fracture formed from the wellbore at a second location; a wellbore seal positioned in the wellbore between the first and second locations and configured to fluidly seal a first portion from a second portion of the wellbore; a pressure gauge positioned in the first portion; a pressure gauge positioned in or uphole of the second portion; and a control system configured to communicably couple to the pressure gauges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Reveal Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhendu Kashikar, Erica Coenen, Sean Andrew Spicer
  • Patent number: 10513923
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a hydraulic fracture dimension include identifying pressure signal values of a first fracturing fluid in a monitor wellbore that represent a pressure change in the first fracturing fluid that is induced by formation of a second hydraulic fracture from a treatment wellbore; determining a particular pressure signal value of the plurality of pressure signal values; based on the determined particular pressure signal value, determining a particular dimension of the second hydraulic fracture formed from the treatment wellbore; and determining, based at least in part on (i) the determined particular dimension, and (ii) a first pressure signal value of the plurality of pressure signal values that is less than the determined particular pressure signal value, a first intermediate dimension of the second hydraulic fracture that is less than the determined particular dimension of the second hydraulic fracture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Reveal Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Erica Coenen, Sean Andrew Spicer, Sudhendu Kashikar
  • Patent number: 10494918
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a proppant-area of a hydraulic fracture include identifying a fracture fluid leak-off curve that includes time-dependent pressure signal values of a first fracturing fluid in a monitor wellbore that is in fluid communication with a first hydraulic fracture formed from the monitor wellbore. Each of the time-dependent pressure signal values is a pressure change in the first fracturing fluid induced by a second hydraulic fracture from a treatment wellbore formed by a second fracturing fluid that includes proppant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Reveal Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Erica Whilhelmina Catharina Coenen, Sean Andrew Spicer, Sudhendu Kashikar
  • Publication number: 20190128112
    Abstract: Techniques for determining geometries of hydraulic fractures include identifying a data structure that includes data associated with hydraulic fracture identifiers and observed fluid pressures, at least one of the hydraulic fracture identifiers representing a first hydraulic fracture formed from a monitor wellbore into a subsurface rock formation and at least another of the hydraulic fracture identifiers representing a second hydraulic fracture formed from a treatment wellbore into the subsurface rock formation, at least one of the observed fluid pressures includes a pressure change in a fluid in the first hydraulic fracture that is induced by formation of the second hydraulic fracture; performing a single- or multi-objective, non-linear constrained optimization analysis to minimize at least one objective function associated with the observed fluid pressures; and based on minimizing the at least one objective function, determining respective sets of hydraulic fracture geometries associated with at least one o
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Sean Andrew Spicer, Erica Coenen
  • Publication number: 20190128110
    Abstract: Techniques for determining geometries of hydraulic fractures include identifying a data structure that includes data associated with hydraulic fracture identifiers and observed fluid pressures, at least one of the hydraulic fracture identifiers representing a first hydraulic fracture formed from a monitor wellbore into a subsurface rock formation and at least another of the hydraulic fracture identifiers representing a second hydraulic fracture formed from a treatment wellbore into the subsurface rock formation, at least one of the observed fluid pressures includes a pressure change in a fluid in the first hydraulic fracture that is induced by formation of the second hydraulic fracture; performing a single- or multi-objective, non-linear constrained optimization analysis to minimize at least one objective function associated with the observed fluid pressures; and based on minimizing the at least one objective function, determining respective sets of hydraulic fracture geometries associated with at least one o
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Sean Andrew Spicer, Erica Wilhelmina Catharina Coenen
  • Publication number: 20190024505
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a hydraulic fracture dimension include identifying pressure signal values of a first fracturing fluid in a monitor wellbore that represent a pressure change in the first fracturing fluid that is induced by formation of a second hydraulic fracture from a treatment wellbore; determining a particular pressure signal value of the plurality of pressure signal values; based on the determined particular pressure signal value, determining a particular dimension of the second hydraulic fracture formed from the treatment wellbore; and determining, based at least in part on (i) the determined particular dimension, and (ii) a first pressure signal value of the plurality of pressure signal values that is less than the determined particular pressure signal value, a first intermediate dimension of the second hydraulic fracture that is less than the determined particular dimension of the second hydraulic fracture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Erica Coenen, Sean Andrew Spicer, Sudhendu Kashikar
  • Publication number: 20190026409
    Abstract: Techniques for determining a proppant-area of a hydraulic fracture include identifying a fracture fluid leak-off curve that includes time-dependent pressure signal values of a first fracturing fluid in a monitor wellbore that is in fluid communication with a first hydraulic fracture formed from the monitor wellbore. Each of the time-dependent pressure signal values is a pressure change in the first fracturing fluid induced by a second hydraulic fracture from a treatment wellbore formed by a second fracturing fluid that includes proppant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Erica Whilhelmina Catharina Coenen, Sean Andrew Spicer, Sudhendu Kashikar
  • Publication number: 20180258760
    Abstract: A wellbore system includes a first fracture formed from a wellbore at a first location; a second fracture formed from the wellbore at a second location; a wellbore seal positioned in the wellbore between the first and second locations and configured to fluidly seal a first portion from a second portion of the wellbore; a pressure gauge positioned in the first portion; a pressure gauge positioned in or uphole of the second portion; and a control system configured to communicably couple to the pressure gauges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Sudhendu Kashikar, Erica Coenen, Sean Andrew Spicer
  • Publication number: 20110187710
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software for efficiently presenting financial information in a three-dimensional landscape are described. In some aspects, observed market values for multiple sets of future financial payoffs are received. For example, the future financial payoffs can be based on derivatives contracts, bonds, or other types of financial instruments. A three-dimensional landscape of the observed market values is generated. The three-dimensional landscape includes groups of discrete graphical elements representing the sets of future financial payoffs. Each of the discrete graphical elements has a visual attribute that represents the observed market value for one of the future financial payoffs. The discrete graphical elements in each group are positioned in proximity to each other in the three-dimensional landscape to allow visual comparison of the observed market values for the set of future financial payoffs represented by the group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Aqumin LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Giovinazzi, James Thomas Albamont, JR., Sean Andrew Spicer
  • Publication number: 20110187711
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software for efficiently presenting information in a three-dimensional landscape are described. In some aspects, values for multiple series of data points are received. The data points may relate to financial instruments or business intelligence metrics. A three-dimensional landscape of the values is generated. The three-dimensional landscape includes arrays of discrete graphical elements, where each array corresponds to one of the series. Each discrete graphical element has a visual attribute that represents one of the observed market values. The elements in each array are distributed along a first dimension of the three-dimensional landscape and positioned adjacent to one another to allow visual identification of trends within each series. The arrays are spaced apart from each other in a second dimension of the three-dimensional landscape to allow visual comparison of the trends across different series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: AQUMIN LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Giovinazzi, James Thomas Albamont, JR., Sean Andrew Spicer
  • Patent number: D967158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Reveal Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Erica Wilhelmina Catharina Coenen, Siarhei Miseiko, Scott Senften, Sean Andrew Spicer
  • Patent number: D976938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Reveal Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Erica Wilhelmina Catharina Coenen, Siarhei Miseiko, Scott Senften, Sean Andrew Spicer
  • Patent number: D997979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Reveal Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Erica Wilhelmina Catharina Coenen, Siarhei Miseiko, Scott Senften, Sean Andrew Spicer
  • Patent number: D1003938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Reveal Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott David Senften, Sean Andrew Spicer