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).

  • Patent number: 10656296
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: WESTERNGECO L.L.C.
    Inventors: Martin Haege, Shawn Maxwell, Lars Kristian Sønneland
  • Patent number: 10620328
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Norm Warpinski, Julie Shemeta, Shawn Maxwell, Craig Funk
  • Patent number: 10352145
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shawn Maxwell, Xiaowei Weng, Olga Kresse, Craig Cipolla, Mark Mack, James T. Rutledge, William Underhill, Utpal Ganguly
  • Patent number: 9618652
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaowei Weng, Mark Mack, Craig Cipolla, Utpal Ganguly, Shawn Maxwell
  • Publication number: 20160124098
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Martin Haege, Shawn Maxwell, Lars Kristian Sønneland
  • Publication number: 20160108705
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn Maxwell, Xiaowei Weng, Olga Kresse, Craig Cipolla, Mark Mack, James T. Rutledge, William Underhill, Utpal Ganguly
  • Publication number: 20150065605
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Craig Malmloff, Patrick Jon Foley, Joseph C. Regula, Robert Rafter, Greg Rogers, Shawn Maxwell
  • Publication number: 20140372089
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaowei Weng, Mark Mack, Craig Cipolla, Utpal Ganguly, Shawn Maxwell
  • Publication number: 20080291782
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: PINNACLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Norm Warpinski, Julie Shemeta, Shawn Maxwell, Craig Funk