Patents by Inventor Shawn Maxwell
Shawn Maxwell 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).
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Patent number: 10656296Abstract: A method for processing seismic data is provided, in the method a new attribute indicating rock fabric properties of a subterranean section of the earth is processed from reflection seismic data obtained from the subterranean section of the earth. The processed rock fabric attribute may be used to determine properties of and/or generate an image of the subterranean section of the earth.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: WESTERNGECO L.L.C.Inventors: Martin Haege, Shawn Maxwell, Lars Kristian Sønneland
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Patent number: 10620328Abstract: An apparatus comprising a stacked node configured to be positioned within a subterranean opening and comprising a plurality of separate receivers oriented end-to-end and each configured to independently detect subterranean activity, and a transmission medium configured to transmit data from the stacked node, wherein the data is representative of subterranean activity detected by the plurality of separate receivers.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2007Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Norm Warpinski, Julie Shemeta, Shawn Maxwell, Craig Funk
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Patent number: 10352145Abstract: A method of performing a fracture operation is provided at a wellsite. The wellsite is positioned about a subterranean formation having a wellbore therethrough and a complex fracture network therein. The complex fracture network includes natural fractures, and the wellsite stimulated by injection of an injection fluid with proppant into the complex fracture network. The method involves generating wellsite data comprising measurements of microseismic events of the subterranean formation, modeling a hydraulic fracture network and a discrete fracture network of the complex fracture network based on the wellsite data, and performing a seismic moment operation. The method involves determining an actual seismic moment density based on the wellsite data and a predicted seismic moment density based on shear and tensile components of the simulated hydraulic fracture network, and calibrating the discrete fracture network based on a comparison of the predicted moment density and the actual moment density.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2014Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Shawn Maxwell, Xiaowei Weng, Olga Kresse, Craig Cipolla, Mark Mack, James T. Rutledge, William Underhill, Utpal Ganguly
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Patent number: 9618652Abstract: A method of performing a fracture operation at a wellsite about a subterranean formation having a fracture network with natural fractures is provided. The wellsite is stimulated by injection of fluid into the fracture network. The method involves generating wellsite data including natural fracture parameters and obtaining measurements of microseismic events, modeling hydraulic fractures of the fracture network based on the wellsite data and defining a hydraulic fracture geometry of the hydraulic fractures, generating a stress field of the hydraulic fractures using a geomechanical model, determining shear failure parameters comprising a failure envelope and a stress state about the fracture network, determining a location of shear failure of the fracture network from the failure envelope and the stress state, and calibrating the hydraulic fracture geometry by comparing the modeled hydraulic fractures and the locations of shear failure against the measured microseismic events.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Xiaowei Weng, Mark Mack, Craig Cipolla, Utpal Ganguly, Shawn Maxwell
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Publication number: 20160124098Abstract: A method for processing seismic data is provided, in the method a new attribute indicating rock fabric properties of a subterranean section of the earth is processed from reflection seismic data obtained from the subterranean section of the earth. The processed rock fabric attribute may be used to determine properties of and/or generate an image of the subterranean section of the earth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Martin Haege, Shawn Maxwell, Lars Kristian Sønneland
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Publication number: 20160108705Abstract: A method of performing a fracture operation is provided at a wellsite. The wellsite is positioned about a subterranean formation having a wellbore therethrough and a complex fracture network therein. The complex fracture network includes natural fractures, and the wellsite stimulated by injection of an injection fluid with proppant into the complex fracture network. The method involves generating wellsite data comprising measurements of microseismic events of the subterranean formation, modeling a hydraulic fracture network and a discrete fracture network of the complex fracture network based on the wellsite data, and performing a seismic moment operation. The method involves determining an actual seismic moment density based on the wellsite data and a predicted seismic moment density based on shear and tensile components of the simulated hydraulic fracture network, and calibrating the discrete fracture network based on a comparison of the predicted moment density and the actual moment density.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Shawn Maxwell, Xiaowei Weng, Olga Kresse, Craig Cipolla, Mark Mack, James T. Rutledge, William Underhill, Utpal Ganguly
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Publication number: 20150065605Abstract: A protective floor covering or desk pad comprising a body having an upper and lower planar surface and a copolymer resin coating on the lower planar surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Craig Malmloff, Patrick Jon Foley, Joseph C. Regula, Robert Rafter, Greg Rogers, Shawn Maxwell
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Publication number: 20140372089Abstract: A method of performing a fracture operation at a wellsite about a subterranean formation having a fracture network with natural fractures is provided. The wellsite is stimulated by injection of fluid into the fracture network. The method involves generating wellsite data including natural fracture parameters and obtaining measurements of micro seismic events, modeling hydraulic fractures of the fracture network based on the wellsite data and defining a hydraulic fracture geometry of the hydraulic fractures, generating a stress field of the hydraulic fractures using a geomechanical model, determining shear failure parameters comprising a failure envelope and a stress state about the fracture network, determining a location of shear failure of the fracture network from the failure envelope and the stress state, and calibrating the hydraulic fracture geometry by comparing the modeled hydraulic fractures and the locations of shear failure against the measured microseismic events.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Xiaowei Weng, Mark Mack, Craig Cipolla, Utpal Ganguly, Shawn Maxwell
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Publication number: 20080291782Abstract: An apparatus comprising a stacked node configured to be positioned within a subterranean opening and comprising a plurality of separate receivers oriented end-to-end and each configured to independently detect subterranean activity, and a transmission medium configured to transmit data from the stacked node, wherein the data is representative of subterranean activity detected by the plurality of separate receivers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Norm Warpinski, Julie Shemeta, Shawn Maxwell, Craig Funk