Patents by Inventor Yves Barriol
Yves Barriol 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: 8991245Abstract: An apparatus comprising a downhole tool configured for conveyance within a borehole penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the downhole tool comprises: a probe assembly configured to seal a region of a wall of the borehole; a perforator configured to penetrate a portion of the sealed region of the borehole wall by projecting through the probe assembly; a fluid chamber comprising a fluid; and a pump configured to inject the fluid from the fluid chamber into the formation through the perforator.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Troy Fields, Julian Pop, Yves Barriol, Oivind Brockmeier, Jean Desroches, Frederik Majkut, Edward Harrigan, Srinand Karuppoor, Bunker M. Hill, Charles Fensky, Ali Eghbali, Christopher S. Del Campo
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Patent number: 8794318Abstract: Subsurface formation evaluation comprising, for example, sealing a portion of a wall of a wellbore penetrating the formation, forming a hole through the sealed portion of the wellbore wall, injecting an injection fluid into the formation through the hole, and determining a saturation of the injection fluid in the formation by measuring a property of the formation proximate the hole while maintaining the sealed portion of the wellbore wall.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Edward Harrigan, Yves Barriol, Andrei I. Davydychev, Andrew J. Carnegie, Dean M. Homan, Srinand Karuppoor, Yi-Qiao Song, Tim Hopper, Henry N. Bachman, William B. Vandermeer, Anthony L. Collins, Mark A. Fredette
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Patent number: 8294332Abstract: A pressure transducer for high-pressure measurements comprising a housing and a piezoelectric resonator located in the housing, wherein the resonator comprises double rotation cut piezoelectric material configured or designed for vibrating in the fundamental tone of dual modes of the fast and slow thickness-shear vibrations.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Noriyuki Matsumoto, Tsutomu Yamate, Bikash K. Sinha, Shigeru Sato, Anthony Frank Veneruso, Jimmy Lawrence, Yves Barriol, Shigeo Daito
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Publication number: 20110198078Abstract: Subsurface formation evaluation comprising, for example, sealing a portion of a wall of a wellbore penetrating the formation, forming a hole through the sealed portion of the wellbore wall, injecting an injection fluid into the formation through the hole, and determining a saturation of the injection fluid in the formation by measuring a property of the formation proximate the hole while maintaining the sealed portion of the wellbore wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventors: Edward Harrigan, Yves BarrioL, Andrei I. Davydychev, Andrew J. Carnegie, Dean M. Homan, Srinand Karuppoor, Yi-Qiao Song, Tim Hopper, Henry N. Bachman, William B. Vandermeer, Anthony L. Collins, Mark A. Fredette
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Publication number: 20110107830Abstract: An apparatus comprising a downhole tool configured for conveyance within a borehole penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the downhole tool comprises: a probe assembly configured to seal a region of a wall of the borehole; a perforator configured to penetrate a portion of the sealed region of the borehole wall by projecting through the probe assembly; a fluid chamber comprising a fluid; and a pump configured to inject the fluid from the fluid chamber into the formation through the perforator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2009Publication date: May 12, 2011Inventors: Troy Fields, Julian Pop, Yves Barriol, Oivind Brockmeier, Jean Desroches, Frederik Majkut, Edward Harrigan, Srinand Karuppoor, Bunker M. Hill, Charles Fensky, Ali Eghbali, Christopher S. Del Campo
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Patent number: 7762325Abstract: Methods and apparatus to apply axial force to a packer in a downhole tool are described. In one described example, an apparatus to apply an axial force to an inflatable packer associated with a downhole tool includes a sleeve slidingly coupled to a body of the downhole tool and an end of the packer. An inner portion of the sleeve is sealed against the body of the downhole tool to form a chamber, and the chamber is fluidly coupled to a pump associated with the downhole tool to receive a pressurized fluid to cause the sleeve to apply an axial force to the packer.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2007Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Nicholas Ellson, Yves Barriol
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Publication number: 20090025983Abstract: Methods and apparatus to apply axial force to a packer in a downhole tool are described. In one described example, an apparatus to apply an axial force to an inflatable packer associated with a downhole tool includes a sleeve slidingly coupled to a body of the downhole tool and an end of the packer. An inner portion of the sleeve is sealed against the body of the downhole tool to form a chamber, and the chamber is fluidly coupled to a pump associated with the downhole tool to receive a pressurized fluid to cause the sleeve to apply an axial force to the packer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2007Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Nicholas Ellson, Yves Barriol
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Publication number: 20090009036Abstract: A pressure transducer for high-pressure measurements comprising a housing and a piezoelectric resonator located in the housing, wherein the resonator comprises double rotation cut piezoelectric material configured or designed for vibrating in the fundamental tone of dual modes of the fast and slow thickness-shear vibrations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: NORIYUKI MATSUMOTO, TSUTOMU YAMATE, BIKASH SINHA, SHIGERU SATO, ANTHONY FRANK VENERUSO, JIMMY LAWRENCE, YVES BARRIOL, SHIGEO DAITO
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Patent number: 7334483Abstract: Methods and systems for thermal compensation of pressure measurements by a pressure gauge. Errors in pressure values are reduced by utilizing a predetermined correlation between the error in pressure measurements, due to temperature gradient in a pressure gauge, and the temperature gradient caused by temperature at a surface of the pressure gauge and temperature at an inner portion of the pressure gauge. Thermally corrected pressure values are derived based on the correlation between the pressure errors and the temperature gradients in conditions such as due to fast and large pressure variations in oil wells.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Shigeru Sato, Yves Barriol
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Patent number: 7278480Abstract: A sensor plug positionable in a perforation extending into a wall of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation is provided. The sensor plug includes a plug sleeve disposable in a perforation extending through the wellbore wall, a pin positionable in the plug sleeve a sensor and circuitry. The pin is adapted to expand the plug sleeve as it is advanced therein whereby the plug sleeve seals the perforation. The sensor plug may be deployed into the sidewall of the wellbore by a downhole tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Colin Longfield, Yves Barriol, Douglas W. Grant
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Publication number: 20070186657Abstract: Methods and systems for thermal compensation of pressure measurements by a pressure gauge. Errors in pressure values are reduced by utilizing a predetermined correlation between the error in pressure measurements, due to temperature gradient in a pressure gauge, and the temperature gradient caused by temperature at a surface of the pressure gauge and temperature at an inner portion of the pressure gauge. Thermally corrected pressure values are derived based on the correlation between the pressure errors and the temperature gradients in conditions such as due to fast and large pressure variations in oil wells.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeru Sato, Yves Barriol
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Publication number: 20060219401Abstract: A sensor plug positionable in a perforation extending into a wall of a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation is provided. The sensor plug includes a plug sleeve disposable in a perforation extending through the wellbore wall, a pin positionable in the plug sleeve a sensor and circuitry. The pin is adapted to expand the plug sleeve as it is advanced therein whereby the plug sleeve seals the perforation. The sensor plug may be deployed into the sidewall of the wellbore by a downhole tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2005Publication date: October 5, 2006Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Colin Longfield, Yves Barriol, Douglas Grant