Patents by Inventor Werner Heigl

Werner Heigl 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: 20250291082
    Abstract: A system can include a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) system and a computing device coupled with the DAS system. The DAS system can include a pulse generator and a sensing fiber that can be positioned in a wellbore. The system can generate a light pulse to be transmitted into the sensing fiber to make one or more measurements relating to a wellbore operation involving the wellbore. The system can receive an initial pulse that includes a reflection of the light pulse prior to the light pulse entering the sensing fiber. The system can apply a cross-correlation filter to one or more subsequently received pulse reflections originating from the sensing fiber. The cross-correlation filter can include the initial pulse reflection or synthetic initial pulse. The system can generate, based on applying the cross-correlation filter, an output signal that can be used to control the wellbore operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Aleksandar Jeremic, Werner Heigl, Mikko K. Jaaskelainen
  • Patent number: 12312946
    Abstract: A method can be used to determine multi-phase measurements of fluid flowing with respect to a wellbore. Signals can be received, and the signals can be emitted by each variable frequency acoustic emitter of a set of variable frequency acoustic emitters positioned spaced apart in a sensing transducer that is in an interior of a wellbore. The received signals can be converted into a flow rate of each of a set of different fluid phases of a fluid in the wellbore. The multi-phase measurements of the fluid can be determined using the converted flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian Drew, David Diller, Werner Heigl, Richard Gibson, Jr., Barry Fish
  • Publication number: 20230144034
    Abstract: A method can be used to determine multi-phase measurements of fluid flowing with respect to a wellbore. Signals can be received, and the signals can be emitted by each variable frequency acoustic emitter of a set of variable frequency acoustic emitters positioned spaced apart in a sensing transducer that is in an interior of a wellbore. The received signals can be converted into a flow rate of each of a set of different fluid phases of a fluid in the wellbore. The multi-phase measurements of the fluid can be determined using the converted flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Julian Drew, David Diller, Werner Heigl, Richard Gibson, JR., Barry Fish