Patents by Inventor Silviu Livescu

Silviu Livescu 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: 20160053611
    Abstract: A system and method of applying periodic energy pulses to a portion of a wellbore, fracture(s), and/or near wellbore to interrogate and/or stimulate at least a portion of the wellbore, fracture(s), and/or near wellbore. The system includes a downhole device that is configured to deliver periodic energy pulses to a portion of the wellbore. The downhole device may deliver various energy pulses such as pressure waves, seismic waves, and/or acoustic waves. Sensors may determine properties of a portion of the wellbore and/or fracture based on energy pulses detected within the wellbore. The sensors may be connected to the downhole tool, may be positioned within the wellbore, and/or may be positioned at the surface. The magnitude and/or frequency of the periodic energy pulses may be varied to change the stimulation and/or interrogation of the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: DANIEL MOOS, SILVIU LIVESCU
  • Publication number: 20160047230
    Abstract: Methods for acquiring and interpreting operating parameter data during an operation to inject a work fluid into a wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta
  • Publication number: 20150144331
    Abstract: A matrix acidizing monitoring system wherein a sensor array is operably associated with a matrix acidizing bottom hole assembly and contains first and second sets of sensors that detect a matrix acidizing operational parameter at different times at one or more particular locations along the wellbore. This allows the effectiveness of the acidizing to be modeled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, Trevor A. Sturgeon, Thomas J. Watkins
  • Publication number: 20150101399
    Abstract: A lubricity testing apparatus may have a first surface configured for moving against a second surface, a second surface, a measurement device in communication with the first surface, and an actuator in communication with the first surface. A fluid may be circulated about or over at least one of the surfaces. The measurement device may measure at least one force encountered when the first surface moves against the second surface. The actuator may move the first surface against the second surface. At least one force related to the first surface may be measured as the first surface moves against the second surface to determine the lubricity of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, John Delorey
  • Publication number: 20150007995
    Abstract: An aqueous-based downhole fluid having a lubricant therein may be circulated within a subterranean reservoir wellbore where the downhole fluid may be or include a drilling fluid, a completion fluid, a fracturing fluid, a drill-in fluid, a workover fluid, and combinations thereof. The lubricant may include a clay stabilizer and a vegetable oil derivative, such as but not limited to, a sulfonated vegetable oil. The downhole fluid may include the lubricant in an effective amount for lubricating a first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Silviu Livescu, John Delorey, John Misselbrook