Patents by Inventor SIMONE MUSSO
SIMONE MUSSO 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: 11767729Abstract: A method for guiding an untethered measurement device used in a subterranean well ascending from a space provided by a casing and a terminus of a production conduit. The method includes the step of securing a swellable packer radially on an exterior surface of the production conduit at or proximate to the terminus of the production conduit. The swellable packer is in a non-swollen configuration. The method includes the step of deploying the production conduit into the subterranean well to a target depth. The method includes the step of contacting the swellable packer with a fluidic component at the target depth such that the swellable packer transitions to a swollen configuration.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Simone Musso, Carl Thaemlitz
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Publication number: 20230272262Abstract: A method of sealing propagating cracks in a sensor-laden cement sheath comprising the steps of monitoring an electrical resistivity of the sensor-laden cement sheath to produce a measured value, wherein the sensor-laden cement sheath comprises a conductive sensor, an on-demand expanding agent, and a cement, activating a heat source when the measured value of the electrical resistivity is greater than an activation threshold, increasing a temperature of the sensor-laden cement sheath with the heat source to an activation temperature, wherein the activation temperature is operable to initiate a reaction between the on-demand expanding agent and water, wherein the activation temperature is greater than a formation temperature, reacting the on-demand expanding agent with water to produce a swelled agent, wherein the swelled agent occupies a greater volume than the on-demand expanding agent, and sealing the propagating cracks in the sensor-laden cement sheath with the swelled agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Simone Musso, Ashok Santra
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Patent number: 11732177Abstract: Cement slurries, cured cements, and methods of making cured cement and methods of using cement slurries are provided. The cement slurries have, among other attributes, improved expanding capabilities and may be used, for instance, in the oil and gas drilling industry. The cement slurry comprises water, a cement precursor material, and an expanding agent. The expanding agent comprising at least a poly(lactic acid)-metal oxide nanocomposite. The metal oxide comprises MgO, CaO, or both, and the poly(lactic acid) comprises a carboxylic acid terminal group.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Simone Musso, Sivaprakash Shanmugam
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Patent number: 11680198Abstract: A method of sealing propagating cracks in a sensor-laden cement sheath comprising the steps of monitoring an electrical resistivity of the sensor-laden cement sheath to produce a measured value, wherein the sensor-laden cement sheath comprises a conductive sensor, an on-demand expanding agent, and a cement, activating a heat source when the measured value of the electrical resistivity is greater than an activation threshold, increasing a temperature of the sensor-laden cement sheath with the heat source to an activation temperature, wherein the activation temperature is operable to initiate a reaction between the on-demand expanding agent and water, wherein the activation temperature is greater than a formation temperature, reacting the on-demand expanding agent with water to produce a swelled agent, wherein the swelled agent occupies a greater volume than the on-demand expanding agent, and sealing the propagating cracks in the sensor-laden cement sheath with the swelled agent.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Simone Musso, Ashok Santra
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Patent number: 11674070Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an unfoldable device for controlling lost circulation in a target lost circulation zone in a borehole. The unfoldable device includes a sheet, a backbone, and a shell. The sheet has an unfolded state and a folded state. The backbone reinforces the sheet. The backbone includes a shape-memory material having an original state and a deformed state. The shell encapsulates the sheet in the folded state and the backbone in the deformed state. In some embodiments, the shell includes a degradable polymer that degrades in the borehole upon contact with a drilling fluid such that the sheet transitions to the unfolded state and the backbone transitions to the original state. The sheet in the unfolded state accumulates on a borehole wall at least partially covering an entrance to a macrochannel of the target lost circulation zone.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Simone Musso, Ashok Santra, Sivaprakash Shanmugam
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Patent number: 11572751Abstract: Embodiments provide an expandable meshed component for guiding an untethered measurement device used in a subterranean well. The expandable meshed component includes an uphole radial portion, an intermediate radial portion, a downhole radial portion, an outer meshed wall, and an inner meshed wall. The expandable meshed component has a density less than a fluidic component occupying the space. A method for guiding an untethered measurement device used in a subterranean well includes deploying a compressed expandable meshed component tethered to the untethered measurement device, disconnecting the compressed expandable meshed component and the untethered measurement device, and releasing a sleeve surrounding the compressed expandable meshed component such that the expandable meshed component expands, ascends, and fits into an annulus.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventor: Simone Musso
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Patent number: 11492530Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an unfoldable device for controlling lost circulation in a target lost circulation zone in a borehole. The unfoldable device includes a sheet, a backbone, and a shell. The sheet has an unfolded state and a folded state. The backbone reinforces the sheet. The backbone includes a shape-memory material having an original state and a deformed state. The shell encapsulates the sheet in the folded state and the backbone in the deformed state. In some embodiments, the shell includes a degradable polymer that degrades in the borehole upon contact with a drilling fluid such that the sheet transitions to the unfolded state and the backbone transitions to the original state. The sheet in the unfolded state accumulates on a borehole wall at least partially covering an entrance to a macrochannel of the target lost circulation zone.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Simone Musso, Ashok Santra, Sivaprakash Shanmugam
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Patent number: 11466526Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for retrieving an untethered measurement device used in a subterranean well ascending from a wellbore into a Christmas tree valve. A swab valve of the Christmas tree valve is opened. An expandable meshed component is deployed into the Christmas tree valve through a swab conduit. The expandable meshed component transitions from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration at a target height in the Christmas tree valve. A production wing valve of the Christmas tree valve is opened. The swab valve is closed. The untethered measurement device is retrieved from the Christmas tree valve through the swab conduit.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventor: Simone Musso
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Patent number: 11427473Abstract: Methods of preparing dispersions of carbon-based materials are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method comprises exposing the carbon-based material to an atmosphere comprising between about 0.5% v/v and about 5.0% v/v of oxygen for a selected time at an oxidation temperature to obtain a thermally oxidized material; and dispersing the thermally oxidized material in a liquid medium.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2016Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignees: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, POLITECNICO DI TORINOInventors: Simone Musso, Matteo Pavese, Luca Lavagna
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Patent number: 11414971Abstract: A method of reducing lost circulation in a wellbore includes introducing a fluid including a fluid loss control additive comprising shape memory polymer, shape memory alloy, or both into the wellbore. The method further includes allowing the fluid loss control additive to lodge within fractures within a subsurface formation in the wellbore. The method further includes allowing the fluid loss control additive to expand within the fractures, thereby forming a barrier between the wellbore and the subsurface formation to reduce lost circulation in the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Simone Musso, Sivaprakash Shanmugam
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Publication number: 20220145159Abstract: Cement slurries, cured cements, and methods of making cured cement and methods of using cement slurries are provided. The cement slurries have, among other attributes, improved expanding capabilities and may be used, for instance, in the oil and gas drilling industry. The cement slurry comprises water, a cement precursor material, and an expanding agent. The expanding agent comprising at least a poly(lactic acid)-metal oxide nanocomposite. The metal oxide comprises MgO, CaO, or both, and the poly(lactic acid) comprises a carboxylic acid terminal group.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Simone Musso, Sivaprakash Shanmugam
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Publication number: 20220144703Abstract: Cement slurries, cured cements, and methods of making cured cement and methods of using cement slurries are provided. The cement slurries have, among other attributes, improved expanding capabilities and may be used, for instance, in the oil and gas drilling industry. The cement slurry comprises water, a cement precursor material, and an expanding agent. The expanding agent comprising at least a poly(acrylic acid)-metal oxide nanocomposite, where the metal oxide comprises MgO, CaO, or both, and the poly(acrylic acid) comprises a t-butyl terminal group, an isobornyl terminal group, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Simone Musso, Sivaprakash Shanmugam
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Publication number: 20220010630Abstract: Embodiments provide an expandable meshed component for guiding an untethered measurement device used in a subterranean well. The expandable meshed component includes an uphole radial portion, an intermediate radial portion, a downhole radial portion, an outer meshed wall, and an inner meshed wall. The expandable meshed component has a density less than a fluidic component occupying the space. A method for guiding an untethered measurement device used in a subterranean well includes deploying a compressed expandable meshed component tethered to the untethered measurement device, disconnecting the compressed expandable meshed component and the untethered measurement device, and releasing a sleeve surrounding the compressed expandable meshed component such that the expandable meshed component expands, ascends, and fits into an annulus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventor: Simone MUSSO
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Publication number: 20220010648Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for guiding an untethered measurement device used in a subterranean well ascending from a space provided by a casing and a terminus of a production conduit. The method includes the step of securing a swellable packer radially on an exterior surface of the production conduit at or proximate to the terminus of the production conduit. The swellable packer is in a non-swollen configuration. The method includes the step of deploying the production conduit into the subterranean well to a target depth. The method includes the step of contacting the swellable packer with a fluidic component at the target depth such that the swellable packer transitions to a swollen configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Simone MUSSO, Carl THAEMLITZ
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Publication number: 20210356452Abstract: A method of measuring cement volumetric changes includes loading a sample cement into a flexible container and surrounding the flexible container by a column of fluid in a chamber. The temperature of the column of fluid is adjusted to a cement setting temperature, and the sample cement is allowed to set over several hours. The pressure of the column of fluid is adjusted to a test pressure. The temperature of the column of fluid in the chamber is adjusted to induce volumetric changes in the set cement. As the volume of the set cement changes, fluid volume adjustments are applied to the column of fluid in the chamber to maintain the pressure of the column of fluid in the chamber constant at the test pressure. The volumetric changes in the set cement are determined from the fluid volume adjustments applied to the column of fluid in the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANYInventor: Simone Musso
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Publication number: 20210172303Abstract: A method of reducing lost circulation in a wellbore includes introducing a fluid including a fluid loss control additive comprising shape memory polymer, shape memory alloy, or both into the wellbore. The method further includes allowing the fluid loss control additive to lodge within fractures within a subsurface formation in the wellbore. The method further includes allowing the fluid loss control additive to expand within the fractures, thereby forming a barrier between the wellbore and the subsurface formation to reduce lost circulation in the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Simone Musso, Sivaprakash Shanmugam
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Publication number: 20210096092Abstract: Methods and systems for high temperature, high pressure isothermal calorimetry are disclosed. The calorimetric system includes an ampoule having a body portion and a lid configured to completely seal the body portion. One or more solid reagents are disposed in the body portion of the ampoule, and a container is disposed within the body portion of the ampoule. The container separately stores one or more fluids for mixing with the one or more solid reagents. The lid is spring loaded and wound by a winding key for stirring the one or more solid reagents with the one or more fluids to form a homogenous mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventor: Simone Musso
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Publication number: 20210079287Abstract: A method of sealing propagating cracks in a sensor-laden cement sheath comprising the steps of monitoring an electrical resistivity of the sensor-laden cement sheath to produce a measured value, wherein the sensor-laden cement sheath comprises a conductive sensor, an on-demand expanding agent, and a cement, activating a heat source when the measured value of the electrical resistivity is greater than an activation threshold, increasing a temperature of the sensor-laden cement sheath with the heat source to an activation temperature, wherein the activation temperature is operable to initiate a reaction between the on-demand expanding agent and water, wherein the activation temperature is greater than a formation temperature, reacting the on-demand expanding agent with water to produce a swelled agent, wherein the swelled agent occupies a greater volume than the on-demand expanding agent, and sealing the propagating cracks in the sensor-laden cement sheath with the swelled agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2019Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Simone Musso, Ashok Santra
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Publication number: 20200378194Abstract: A casing for a drilling operation has a body portion having a length, a first end and a second end, an outer diameter, an inner diameter, and a central axis that is common to the outer diameter and the inner diameter, and an external thread formed on the outer diameter of the body portion, wherein the external thread starts at a first predetermined distance from the first end and ends at a second predetermined distance from the second end. The external thread includes a spiral groove or a helical thread formed on the outer diameter of the body portion. The casing includes a coating at least partially encapsulating the external thread, wherein the coating includes at least one material selected from the group consisting of polycrystalline diamond particles, diamond like carbon (DLC), tungsten carbide, boron nitride, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Simone Musso, Timothy Eric Moellendick, Guodong Zhan
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Publication number: 20200362220Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide an unfoldable device for controlling lost circulation in a target lost circulation zone in a borehole. The unfoldable device includes a sheet, a backbone, and a shell. The sheet has an unfolded state and a folded state. The backbone reinforces the sheet. The backbone includes a shape-memory material having an original state and a deformed state. The shell encapsulates the sheet in the folded state and the backbone in the deformed state. In some embodiments, the shell includes a degradable polymer that degrades in the borehole upon contact with a drilling fluid such that the sheet transitions to the unfolded state and the backbone transitions to the original state. The sheet in the unfolded state accumulates on a borehole wall at least partially covering an entrance to a macrochannel of the target lost circulation zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Simone MUSSO, Ashok SANTRA, Sivaprakash SHANMUGAM