Patents by Inventor Shawn L. Broussard

Shawn L. Broussard 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).

  • Drilling operations that use compositional properties of fluids derived from measured physical properties
    Patent number: 11143012
    Abstract: The physical properties of a fluid may be used in deriving the compositional properties of the fluid, which may, in turn, be used to influence an operational parameters of a drilling operation. For example, a method may include drilling a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation with a drilling fluid as part of a drilling operation; circulating or otherwise containing the drilling fluid in a flow path that comprises the wellbore; measuring at least one physical property of the drilling fluid at a first location and a second location along the flow path; deriving a compositional property of the drilling fluid at the first location and the second location based on the at least one physical property that was measured; comparing the compositional property of the drilling fluid at the first location and the second location; and changing an operational parameter of the drilling operation based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, Cato Russell McDaniel, Shawn L. Broussard
  • Drilling Operations That Use Compositional Properties Of Fluids Derived From Measured Physical Properties
    Publication number: 20190309613
    Abstract: The physical properties of a fluid may be used in deriving the compositional properties of the fluid, which may, in turn, be used to influence an operational parameters of a drilling operation. For example, a method may include drilling a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation with a drilling fluid as part of a drilling operation; circulating or otherwise containing the drilling fluid in a flow path that comprises the wellbore; measuring at least one physical property of the drilling fluid at a first location and a second location along the flow path; deriving a compositional property of the drilling fluid at the first location and the second location based on the at least one physical property that was measured; comparing the compositional property of the drilling fluid at the first location and the second location; and changing an operational parameter of the drilling operation based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, Cato Russell McDaniel, Shawn L. Broussard
  • Drilling operations that use compositional properties of fluids derived from measured physical properties
    Patent number: 10370952
    Abstract: The physical properties of a fluid may be used in deriving the compositional properties of the fluid, which may, in turn, be used to influence an operational parameters of a drilling operation. For example, a method may include drilling a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation with a drilling fluid as part of a drilling operation; circulating or otherwise containing the drilling fluid in a flow path that comprises the wellbore; measuring at least one physical property of the drilling fluid at a first location and a second location along the flow path; deriving a compositional property of the drilling fluid at the first location and the second location based on the at least one physical property that was measured; comparing the compositional property of the drilling fluid at the first location and the second location; and changing an operational parameter of the drilling operation based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, Cato Russell McDaniel, Shawn L. Broussard
  • DRILLING OPERATIONS THAT USE COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS DERIVED FROM MEASURED PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20160024906
    Abstract: The physical properties of a fluid may be used in deriving the compositional properties of the fluid, which may, in turn, be used to influence an operational parameters of a drilling operation. For example, a method may include drilling a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation with a drilling fluid as part of a drilling operation; circulating or otherwise containing the drilling fluid in a flow path that comprises the wellbore; measuring at least one physical property of the drilling fluid at a first location and a second location along the flow path; deriving a compositional property of the drilling fluid at the first location and the second location based on the at least one physical property that was measured; comparing the compositional property of the drilling fluid at the first location and the second location; and changing an operational parameter of the drilling operation based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale E. Jamison, Cato Russell McDaniel, Shawn L. Broussard