Patents by Inventor Zainab Orooq

Zainab Orooq 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).

  • Park position for a survey tool
    Patent number: 12134967
    Abstract: A gyroscope assembly is maintained in a park position during drilling activities. In the park position, a sensitive axis of a gyroscope in the gyroscope assembly is perpendicular or approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of a downhole tool. Maintaining the park position during drilling activities reduces the drift bias caused by overloading the input signal of the gyroscope due to rotation of the downhole tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makito Katayama, Julien Steimetz, Joffroy Dominique Daniel Urbain, Zainab Orooq
  • PARK POSITION FOR A SURVEY TOOL
    Publication number: 20240102379
    Abstract: A gyroscope assembly is maintained in a park position during drilling activities. In the park position, a sensitive axis of a gyroscope in the gyroscope assembly is perpendicular or approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of a downhole tool. Maintaining the park position during drilling activities reduces the drift bias caused by overloading the input signal of the gyroscope due to rotation of the downhole tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Makito Katayama, Julien Steimetz, Joffroy Dominique Daniel Urbain, Zainab Orooq
  • Real time surveying while drilling
    Patent number: 11692432
    Abstract: A method for drilling a subterranean wellbore includes rotating a drill string in the subterranean wellbore. The drill string includes a drill collar, a drill bit, and survey sensors (e.g., a triaxial accelerometer set and a triaxial magnetometer set) deployed therein. The triaxial accelerometer set and the triaxial magnetometer set make corresponding accelerometer and magnetometer measurements while drilling (rotating). These measurements are synchronized to obtain synchronized accelerometer and magnetometer measurements and then further processed to compute at least an inclination and an azimuth of the subterranean wellbore while drilling. The method may further optionally include changing a direction of drilling the subterranean wellbore in response to the computed inclination and azimuth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wayne J. Phillips, Konstantin Bulychenkov, Ross Lowdon, Michael Edmunds, Zainab Orooq
  • REAL TIME SURVEYING WHILE DRILLING
    Publication number: 20210254448
    Abstract: A method for drilling a subterranean wellbore includes rotating a drill string in the subterranean wellbore. The drill string includes a drill collar, a drill bit, and survey sensors (e.g., a triaxial accelerometer set and a triaxial magnetometer set) deployed therein. The triaxial accelerometer set and the triaxial magnetometer set make corresponding accelerometer and magnetometer measurements while drilling (rotating). These measurements are synchronized to obtain synchronized accelerometer and magnetometer measurements and then further processed to compute at least an inclination and an azimuth of the subterranean wellbore while drilling. The method may further optionally include changing a direction of drilling the subterranean wellbore in response to the computed inclination and azimuth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Wayne J. Phillips, Konstantin Bulychenkov, Ross Lowdon, Michael Edmunds, Zainab Orooq