Patents Issued in July 25, 2024
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Publication number: 20240247536Abstract: An insulated fenestration system includes a frame, a pane assembly assembled with the frame, the pane assembly including a first pane, and a muntin bar attached to the first pane. The muntin bar defines an angled end abutting and matching an angle of the sloped front surface. The frame extends around a perimeter of the first pane so as to include a top portion, a bottom portion, a left portion, and a right portion. A vertical muntin bar can extend between and to the top portion and the bottom portion and is spaced apart from the left portion and the right portion. A horizontal muntin bar can extend between and to the left portion and the right portion and is spaced apart from the top portion and the bottom portion. The muntin bar subdivides the first pane into a plurality of simulated lites.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: PGT INNOVATIONS, LLC.Inventors: Richard Mazur, Cameron Miles Wyatt, Jennifer Lloyd-Randolfi
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Publication number: 20240247537Abstract: In some embodiments, the invention provides a multiple-pane insulating glazing unit having a between-pane space. An aerogel layer is located in the between-pane space. Further, some embodiments of the invention provide a method of manufacturing such a multiple-pane insulating glazing unit. Still further, some embodiments provide a glazing assembly comprising a frame and a multiple-pane insulating glazing unit that includes an aerogel layer and is mounted in the frame. Finally, some embodiments provide a method of handling an aerogel sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Megan E. Rose, Kari B. Myli, Keith James Burrows
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Publication number: 20240247538Abstract: A modular security door system comprises a hollow core door and reinforcing member. The hollow core door has an inner space, and an opening into the inner space. A housing is positioned in the inner space, for receiving the reinforcing member. The opening is aligned with the housing for insertion of the reinforcing member into the housing. In another embodiment, the reinforcing member is plate-shaped. A bracket having a channel is positioned on an outer side of a door face, the channel sized and shaped to receive an edge of the plate-shaped reinforcing member. In another embodiment, the plate-shaped reinforcing member has a laminated structure with at least two layers made of different materials. The layers may be laminated together to form the reinforcing member before installation on the door, or may be assembled on the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventor: James V. Miller
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Publication number: 20240247539Abstract: A method of fabricating a multijunction solar cell array on a carrier using one or more automated processes, the method comprising providing a first multijunction solar cell including a first contact pad and a second contact pad disposed adjacent the top surface of the multijunction solar cell along a first peripheral edge thereof attaching a first electrical interconnect to the first contact pad of said first multijunction solar cell using a pick and place process attaching a second electrical interconnect to the second contact pad of the first multijunction solar cell using a pick and place process positioning in the first multijunction solar cell over an adhesive region of a permanent carrier using an automated machine/vision apparatus and bonding the first multijunction solar cell to the adhesive region using pressure and/or heat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: SolAero Technologies Corp.Inventors: Marvin B. Clevenger, Benjamin Richards, Cory Tourino, Lei Yang, Daniel Aiken, Daniel Derkacs, Philip Blumenfeld
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Publication number: 20240247540Abstract: This disclosure presents a safe high speed roll-up door with spiral brackets. To enable a high speed operation, robust spiral brackets having efficient spacing are provided to guide the plurality of sectional slats. Durable and low noise signature rollers are used. A unique assembly configuration of the slats and the tracks guiding the rollers enable quick replacement of each individual roller without disassembling the door. A double-belt counter weight mechanism balances the door and incorporates safety sensors that prevent loosening the belts when the door is jammed. The belts are further adjustable using ratchets such that adjustment for the horizontal balance as well as weight position is made effortless. In all, the high speed roll-up door using sectional slats performs faster and quieter, withstands greater loads, and lasts longer than other existing roll-up doors with spiral brackets.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Ruiping Ouyang, Thomas Joseph Steckbeck, Kazuo Mita, Toru Kimura
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Publication number: 20240247541Abstract: A displaceable wand, comprising: an elongated member extending from a first end to a second end, an endless loop blind control element disposed within said elongated member and extending beyond at least one of the first and second ends; and a restrictor presented at one of the first and second ends, the restrictor extending through said endless loop blind control element to permit the elongated member to: a) hang from said endless loop blind control element and block access to the one end of the endless loop blind control element in a first position, and; b) be raised to a second position to expose said one end of the endless loop blind control element and rotate the endless loop blind control element in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: MAXXMAR INCInventor: Mario Marocco
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Publication number: 20240247542Abstract: A displaceable wand, comprising; an elongated member extending from a first end to a second end, an endless loop blind control element disposed within said elongated member and extending beyond at least one of the first and second ends; and a restrictor presented at one of the first and second ends, the restrictor extending through said endless loop blind control element to permit the elongated member to: a) hang from said endless loop blind control element and block access to the one end of the endless loop blind control element in a first position, and; b) be raised to a second position to expose said one end of the endless loop blind control element and rotate the endless loop blind control element in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventor: Mario Marocco
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Publication number: 20240247543Abstract: A window shade includes a shade assembly having a first end and a second end opposite to each other, the first end being coupled to a first bracket and the second end having a coupler, and a connector and a second bracket respectively attachable to a support surface of a building at two spaced-apart locations, wherein the first bracket at the first end of the shade assembly is operable to engage with and disengage from the connector, and the coupler at the second end of the shade assembly is operable to connect to and detach from the second bracket. Embodiments described herein also include a method of installing the window shade.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Teh Yor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yu-Ling LIU
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Publication number: 20240247544Abstract: A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Arthur James, Jan Gross
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Publication number: 20240247545Abstract: A drill stand includes a base supportable upon a mounting surface, a mast defining a longitudinal axis and extending upward from the base, a carriage moveably coupled to the mast and configured to support a core drill thereon, a spindle assembly for moveably adjusting the carriage along the mast, a handle assembly for rotating the spindle assembly, and a lock assembly that is operable to secure the carriage in a selected position on the mast. The lock assembly includes a first adjustment dial positioned on a first side of the carriage, a second adjustment dial positioned on a second side of the carriage, and a locking member operably coupled to the first and second adjustment dials to selectively secure the carriage on the mast.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Jonathan E. Schmitz, Terry L. Timmons, Karly M. Schober, Dane Laitinen, Andrew Medeiros-Nicholson, Paul W. Eiche, Casey A. Ketterhagen, Sara Burch, Guo Qian QIN
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Publication number: 20240247546Abstract: A system and method for achieving a coring process through construction surfaces is desired. The system can have hydraulic lines, a hydraulic motor, a water connection, a drillshaft, a cylindrical bit, a speed selector, a mast, a gearbox, a spacer, a water pump, a plurality of quick-connect ports, a rotating brace, and a water tank. During operation, the drillshaft will typically be parallel with the mast. The rotating brace enables a huge number of multi-directional drilling (coring) options. The system can cut into concrete, but can also cut metal with the right kind of cylindrical bit, and do so at a variety of angles. The system can also bore into metal, steel, most anything used in residential or commercial construction. The system can core (bore) straight up in the air, straight downward, as well as a variety of angles in-between.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Steve Garrett, Gene Nicodemus
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Publication number: 20240247547Abstract: A rotatable cutting element includes a stationary portion defining a cavity with an inner wall, the inner wall extending at an angle radially away from a longitudinal axis of the stationary portion and defining a retaining region. The rotatable cutting element further includes a rotatable portion having one end thereof disposed in the cavity of the stationary portion and structure for engaging a subterranean formation at an opposing end. The rotatable cutting element also includes a retaining element extending between the rotatable portion and the stationary portion, the retaining element extending into the retaining region defined by the inner wall of the stationary portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Jon David Schroder, Gregory L. Ricks
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Publication number: 20240247548Abstract: A drill bit comprises a bit body having a body face and a plurality of blades each extending from the bit body from a root portion adjacent the body face to a tip portion defining a cutting region, each blade having a leading face and a trailing face. The drill bit further comprises at least one outlet port disposed adjacent the leading face of at least one blade at a location between the root and tip portions of said at least one blade, the at least one outlet port for directing drilling fluid towards the cutting region of the at least one blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Vasiliy ZBARASKIY, Benoit BOTTON, Rob TIPPLES
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Publication number: 20240247549Abstract: A temperature plug assembly includes a plug base having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an intermediate portion extending between the first end and the second end; and a temperature indicator disposed along the first end of the plug base.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Devanand Ramchune, David Charles Myerson, Thomas William Chase, William Penaloza, Joseph William Hughes, Matthew David Hays, Kevin Reid, Scott James Stamper, Afshin Babaie Aghdam, Aaron Schen
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Publication number: 20240247550Abstract: A rotary cone rock bit having a forward end and a rearward end, includes a bit body having a plurality of legs extending therefrom. Each of the legs have an outer surface that includes a leading surface, a center panel surface, and a trailing surface and at least one nozzle. A roller cone is rotatably supported on each of the legs. The rotary cone bit further includes at least identification tag for storing product identification information and/or drilling operation information. The at least one identification tag is positioned on the trailing surface of at least one of the legs.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventor: Raul ROLDAN SALDES
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Publication number: 20240247551Abstract: A tunneling system includes a bolter miner, a bolter-integrated transportation machine, a transfer machine, a self-moving tail and a belt conveyor. The bolter miner includes a rack, a cutting device, and a bolt support device. The bolt support device includes a lifting assembly, a work platform, a first drilling frame assembly and a stabilizing assembly. The lifting assembly is arranged between the rack and the work platform. The first drilling frame assembly and the stabilizing assembly are arranged on the work platform. The bolter-integrated transportation machine is arranged behind the bolter miner and configured to transfer coal rock cut and conveyed by the bolter miner. One end of the transfer machine is connected with the bolter-integrated transportation machine, and the other end of the transfer machine is lapped with the self-moving tail. The belt conveyor is arranged behind the self-moving tail.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Bukang Wang, Hong Wang, Kai Ma, Dejun Song, Faquan Li, Dianwu Wang, Qiang Ma, Jianwei Jia, Mingjiang Song, Yanhua Qiao, Ningning Wang, Gehui Xie, Feng Liu, Sen Xu, Qiang Zhang, Dong Song, Qinghe Chen, Xuerui Zhang, Jinbao Yan, Xipeng Wang, Xiaoli Ren, Yuhua Ma, Yuanyuan Zhao, Mingjun Chen, Shengyuan Sang, Weijian Qiu, Wenwu Liu
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Publication number: 20240247552Abstract: A downhole tool and method of assembly. A sleeve is moved along a longitudinal axis of a first sub to radially surround an inner mandrel of the first sub that extends along the longitudinal axis. A gap sub is moved along the longitudinal axis to be disposed around an extended section of the inner mandrel, wherein the gap sub includes nonconductive material. The gap sub is configured to electrically separate the first sub from a second sub of the downhole tool. A lock nut is fixedly connected to the inner mandrel to secure the gap sub against the sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Volker Peters, Christian Fulda
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Publication number: 20240247553Abstract: The invention relates to a threaded bushing on an elongated body for a threaded connection with a threaded plug, wherein the threaded bushing has a conical internal thread, in which adjacent flanks of the internal thread are designed as sections of two identical ellipses offset from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Frank GÖCKE, Tobias KLEIN, Dieter WURM
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Publication number: 20240247554Abstract: Techniques for controlling lost circulation while drilling include while drilling a wellbore, encountering a high-loss circulation zone by a bottomhole assembly; responsive to encountering the high-loss circulation zone, releasing a first lost circulation media retained within the bottomhole assembly; and receiving a second lost circulation media, by the bottomhole assembly, from circulation fluid circulated from a topside facility.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventor: Abdulrahman K. Aleid
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Publication number: 20240247555Abstract: A system for separating drill cuttings from a drilling fluid and transporting the drill cuttings from a wellbore includes a multi-chambered collection bin defining a first chamber and a second chamber therein separated by a screen partition. An unloading bulk conveyor is operably coupled to the first chamber for unloading drill cuttings from the first chamber and a suction pump is operably coupled to the second chamber for drawing drilling fluid from the second chamber. Drill cuttings may be unloaded from the first chamber onto a transport vehicle for delivery to a disposal site. The drilling fluid may be pumped from the second chamber and recirculated through the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventor: Bakr Abdulrahim AL-GHAMDI
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Publication number: 20240247556Abstract: An electric driven hydraulic fracking system is disclosed. A pump configuration includes the single VFD, the single shaft electric motor, and the single hydraulic pump mounted on the single pump trailer. A controller associated with the single VFD and is mounted on the single pump trailer. The controller monitors operation parameters associated with an operation of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system as each component of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system operates to determine whether the operation parameters deviate beyond a corresponding operation parameter threshold. Each of the operation parameters provides an indicator as to an operation status of a corresponding component of the electric driven hydraulic fracking system. The controller initiates corrected actions when each operation parameter deviates beyond the corresponding operation threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: John Fischer, John J. Crosetto, David Kubricht, Richard Cheatham, Jeffrey Pollack, Chad Lawman, David Todd, Tyler Nolen
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Publication number: 20240247557Abstract: In one instance, a dual-booster power charge is disclosed for use in a downhole setting tool, wherein the dual-booster power charge has at least a first and a second booster charge disposed within a sleeve and embedded in a main power charge. Each booster charge has one end face that is exposed at the end of the dual-booster power charge. Each booster charge may have a first dimension near the end face that is smaller than a second dimension near the end of the booster charge that is not exposed. In some instances, the booster charges have a charge retention portion and a primary body portion, and a cross sectional diameter of the charge retention portion is larger than a cross sectional dimension of the primary body portion. Other dual-booster power charges and booster charges are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Derrek D. Drury, Robert C. Andres
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Publication number: 20240247558Abstract: An annular pressure activated downhole tool has a housing including an outer surface, an inner surface defining a passage, an annular projection projecting into the passage from the inner surface, and an opening. A mandrel extends into the passage. The mandrel has a first end and a second end. A power spring support is detachably connected to the second end of the mandrel in the passage. A power spring is arranged about the mandrel and extends between the power spring support and the annular projection. A trigger housing is arranged in one of the mandrel and the power spring support. A trigger arranged in the trigger housing selectively engages with the inner surface. The trigger is operable to disengage from the inner surface of the housing, releasing the power spring, and shifting the mandrel along the passage when exposed to a selected annular pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Gregory L. Hern, Tuan Nguyen, Philip M. Gregurek
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Publication number: 20240247559Abstract: A system for oilfield equipment includes a wellhead adapter to be associated with a wellhead of the oilfield equipment and to include a tapered spool having thereon a tapered sleeve that is secured on the tapered spool by a retention mechanism, where the tapered sleeve is loaded between the tapered spool and the wellhead adapter, and where the tapered spool is to enable coupling of a tubing thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Kevin G. Buckle, Darren J. Fletcher
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Publication number: 20240247560Abstract: A metal-to-metal seal for sealing an annular space between a well casing and a wellbore. The seal includes an inner portion and an outer portion, each portion including a central seal portion. The central seal portion has a concave shape in a de-energized state which curves towards the centerline of the seal and is capable of flexing radially outward towards surface of the annular space when energized. The central seal portion further includes at least one outer ridge extending outward away from the centerline of the seal and sealingly engages with the outer annular surface when energized.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Laura Walker, Keith Adams, Brian Munk, Lauren Valera, Guy Mitelman, Samuel Cheng
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Publication number: 20240247561Abstract: A blowout preventer includes a main body having a through bore and defining a passage transverse to the through bore. At least one seal is configured for positioning with an opening on the seal coincident with the through bore. The at least one seal being disposed to engage an element disposed in the transverse passage. The at least one seal being configured to receive a fluid under pressure to energize the seal to restrict fluid flow between the through bore and the transverse passage when the element is disposed proximate the through bore. A method for operating a blowout preventer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Kinetic Pressure Control Ltd.Inventors: Steven Angstmann, Bobby Gallagher, Billy Gallagher, Sean Laird
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Publication number: 20240247562Abstract: A plug used in the hydraulic fracking of hydrocarbon wells. The plug, known as a frac or bridge plug, contains one or more containers housing a chemical substance such as a solid, liquid, or gel composition. The composition may constitute or include a cleaning agent, friction reducer, suspending agent, or other wellbore additive. For example, the composition may constitute or include epoxy components, resins, thermoplastics, dry add friction reducers, dry add gel, dry add pipe on pipe, similar agents, or any combination thereof. The containers can include the same chemical substance or a variety of chemical substances. During drill out of the plug, the containers rupture and release the chemical substance into the wellbore. The released chemical substance, if a cleaning agent, assists in the cleaning of the milled-plug pieces from the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Workover Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Kyle Craker, Logen Kanngiesser
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Publication number: 20240247563Abstract: A well system includes a well extending from a surface into a formation, a Y-tool provided at an end of a tubing string extending through the well, a concentric coiled tubing string extending through the tubing string and through a bypass line of the Y-tool, and a plurality of treatment solutions provided at the surface of the well. The plurality of treatment solutions includes at least one component of a dissolvable gel, a gel dissolving solution, and at least one component of a non-dissolvable gel. A method for plugging a water zone in a hydrocarbon bearing formation and a method for reducing a concentration of produced water from a hydrocarbon bearing formation are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Haitham Aljuaydi, Faisal Mohammed Alissa, Rashed Altowairqi, Yazeed Alamro
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Publication number: 20240247564Abstract: A method of sealing a partly or entirely annulus-cemented casing portion of a first casing in a second casing in a petroleum well, includes running a drill pipe string-conveyed perforating gun with a cement shattering device into said well; positioning said perforating gun at said cemented casing portion and activating first, shallow-perforating charges to make first, shallow perforations through said casing portion into thus making a perforated, cement-filled annulus portion and leaving said second casing intact; activating said cement shattering device to disintegrate all or part of said cement within said first perforated annulus portion; running a washing tool along said perforated casing portion, washing out said shattered cement from said perforated annulus portion. The washed-out casing portion may then be cut using a cutter tool and pulled out of hole, or cemented using a cementing tool, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Archer Oiltools ASInventors: Jarle VARHAUG, Andreas FLISS, Bjørn Tore TORVESTAD
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Publication number: 20240247565Abstract: A downhole tool, such an interval control valve, for use in a well has multiple motors and two drive assemblies to displace a yoke. A member, such as a sliding sleeve, of the downhole tool is connected to the yoke and can be actuated in response to the displacement of the yoke. The drive assemblies include first and second rotatable screws, and the yoke is disposed on the screws. Each motor can produce drive to rotate a respective screw. A respective gear is rotatable in association with at least the rotation of its associated screw. An intermediate gear is engaged between these two gears. The intermediate gear interconnects the rotation of the two screws forcing them to rotate at the same speed. Likewise, the intermediate gear balances the drive of the motors forcing the two screws to rotate at the same speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLCInventors: Nauman H. Mhaskar, Don A. Hopmann, Sebastiaan J. Wolters
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Publication number: 20240247566Abstract: A technique facilitates temporary plugging of a well string via a ball seat assembly which may be actuated on demand. The ball seat assembly includes a ball seat mechanism which works in cooperation with an on-demand assembly actuated via a pattern of pressure changes applied within the ball seat assembly. The on-demand assembly is constructed such that the pattern of pressure changes enables shifting of the ball seat mechanism to a ball release position. However, the ball seat mechanism is not able to function until the desired pattern of pressure changes is completed. Additionally, the on-demand assembly may be structured such that the ball seat mechanism is transitioned to the ball release position at a low pressure point of the pattern of pressure changes to avoid pressure surges within the well string.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: George Telfer, Stephen Lewis, Alasdair Tait
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Publication number: 20240247567Abstract: The invention relates to an earth boring device for introducing in a rotating, pushing and/or pulling manner a boring string into the ground, with a operating part, in particular a remote control, for controlling functions of the earth boring device, and a monitoring device for monitoring a presence and/or a movement, in particular of a person, in a region between an entry of the boring string into the ground and an exit of the boring string from the earth boring device, wherein the monitoring device has sensors, the signal of which is used to send a signal to a display and thus trigger an adjustment of the display in case of the presence and/or a movement, in particular of a person.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Thomas SCHAUERTE
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Publication number: 20240247568Abstract: A multi-bore junction assembly to be positioned in a multilateral well having a main wellbore and a lateral wellbore, wherein the multilateral well has an up-hole end and a downhole end, the multi-bore junction assembly comprises a deflector subassembly to be positioned at a junction between the main wellbore and the lateral wellbore. The deflector subassembly comprises a deflector sub that comprises, a first deflector bore at an up-hole end of the deflector sub, a second deflector bore at a downhole end of the deflector sub, wherein the second deflector bore is radially offset from the first deflector bore, a seal stinger to project from the second deflector bore, and a slot sub. Additionally, the multi-bore junction assembly comprises an outer sleeve positioned around the deflector subassembly, the outer sleeve having at least one pin, wherein the slot sub is to interact with the at least one pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventor: Christopher A. Grace
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Publication number: 20240247569Abstract: Techniques for carbon sequestration and storage site selection are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Jun Tao MA, Mengyu HAN, Jing WANG, Vincenzo DE GENNARO, Shao Yong SU, Bingtao LI, Pei YAN, Ye JI
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Publication number: 20240247570Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and systems for injecting and/or sequestering carbon-containing materials in underground wells, and, in some examples, for using the carbon-containing materials for enhanced oil recovery and well abandonment. An example method includes: obtaining a mixture including biochar particles and a liquid; and providing the mixture for injection into an underground well.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Edward Young, Lina Zhu, Subodh Adhikari, Michael Tyler St Germaine, Peter Reinhardt
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Publication number: 20240247571Abstract: A method of calibrating gas lift injection for a gas lift well includes incrementally adjusting an operational position of a gas lift choke arranged within a gas lift injection line, the gas lift injection line being in fluid communication with an annulus defined between production tubing and an inner wall of a wellbore, and the gas lift choke being operable to control a flowrate of a lift gas injected into the annulus, monitoring changes in a real-time downhole pressure within the gas lift well as the operational position of the gas lift choke is adjusted, determining an optimized operational position of the gas lift choke based on a lowest downhole pressure and a corresponding operational position of the gas lift choke when the lowest downhole pressure is observed, and adjusting the operational position of the gas lift choke to the optimized operational position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Hazza G. AL-OTAIBI, Marcelo A. RAMOS FLORES
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Publication number: 20240247572Abstract: A sliding sleeve design for downhole components is provided. The sliding sleeve can be used in gas lift systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Jason Bigelow, Shivam Kumar Singh, Arinta Fadly, Jason Michael Kamphaus, Mark Anderson, Robert Krush
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Publication number: 20240247573Abstract: A method and system for enhancing petroleum production are provided, in which a fracturing operation can be conducted in a formation through a string and then petroleum is displaced from the fractured formation by selectively injecting fluid into selected fractures in the formation while other non-selected fractures remain without fluid injection. The injected fluid flows out into the fractured formation and enhances recovery from the non-selected fractures. Petroleum is selectively collected from the non-selected fractures.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: WARREN FOSTER PETER MacPHAIL, WOLFGANG FRIEDRICH JOHANN DEEG
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Publication number: 20240247574Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing pulse fracturing of a wellbore using a combination of timing and/or explosive properties to provide a pressure pulse, resulting in the necessary pressure to open artificial fractures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Hunting Titan, Inc.Inventor: Christopher Sokolove
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Publication number: 20240247575Abstract: A modular fracturing system including a fracturing fluid manifold and a skid apparatus coupled in fluid communication with the fracturing fluid manifold and only one fracturing tree. The skid apparatus can include an inlet coupled to the fracturing fluid manifold, a single outlet coupled to the one fracturing tree via a fluid conduit, and a valve between the inlet and the single outlet to control flow of fracturing fluid from the fracturing fluid manifold through the skid apparatus to the one fracturing tree.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Gregory A. Conrad, James W. Lovin
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Publication number: 20240247576Abstract: A separator assembly having multiple separation devices for use in a wellbore. The first separator device is a spiral separator, which ingests gas and liquid from the wellbore and separates them using centrifugal force caused by the stroke of a pump. Liquid is ingested at a pump inlet and gas is vented back to the annulus. The second separator device, just uphold from the first separator device, is a multi-stage separator. This separator decreases the velocity through and past the separator, allowing liquid to fall out in each isolated stage, where it is ingested to a central tube at a port.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventor: Brian Ellithorp
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Publication number: 20240247577Abstract: A method of performing a drilling operation includes acquiring sensor data during a drilling operation performed in a subterranean region, estimating a first probability PA of a drilling scenario manifesting if a first action is performed, and estimating a second probability PNA of the drilling scenario manifesting if the first action is not performed or a second action is performed. The method includes calculating a break even threshold based on the first probability and the second probability, the break even threshold calculated based on a set of costs including a first cost CA of performing the first action to mitigate the drilling scenario and a second cost CNA associated with the drilling scenario if the first action is not performed or the second action is performed, and based on the acquired sensor data and the break even threshold, performing the first action.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventor: Andreas Hohl
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Publication number: 20240247578Abstract: A system and method that include receiving a well plan and determining a plurality of sections of the well plan and receiving data from surface and downhole to determine a current location of a drill bit. The system and method also include analyzing the well plan to automatically derive trajectory constraints that are associated with each of the plurality of sections of the well plan. The system and method additionally include determining a plurality of trajectory candidates that pertain to respective paths from the current location of a drill bit to respective targets included within each of the plurality of sections of the well plan based on a consideration of the trajectory constraints. The system and method further include determining a working plan that includes an optimal path from the current location of the drill bit to reach a final target based on the plurality of trajectory candidates.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Samba Holger White Ba, Lu Jiang, Adrien Chassard, Magnus Hedlund, Maja Ignova, Katharine Mantle, Jinsoo Kim, Tao Yu, Farid Toghi, Hendrik Suryadi, Qing Liu, Diego Medina
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Publication number: 20240247579Abstract: The invention relates to a method for introducing a boring channel in the ground by means of an earth boring device, wherein the earth boring device has a boring head which is moved to introduce the boring channel in the ground, and the method comprises the steps: a) detecting obstacles in front of and/or next to the boring head; b) displaying the position of a detected obstacle relative to the boring head; c) issuing a shutdown warning if the distance between the detected obstacle and the boring head is less than a first, in particular selectable, distance; d) stopping boring of the boring channel when a shutdown warning is issued; e) verifying an acknowledgment for continued introduction of the boring channel when a shutdown warning has been issued and boring stopped; and f) continuing the introduction of the boring channel upon successful verification of the acknowledgment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ferdinand FUNKE, Andreas HANSES, Tobias KLEIN, Elmar KOCH, Thomas SCHAUERTE
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL INVERSION OF MULTI-COMPONENT ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS USING A FAST PROXY MODEL
Publication number: 20240247580Abstract: Described herein are systems and techniques for monitoring for monitoring and evaluating conditions associated with a wellbore and wellbore operations that use neural operators instead of computationally intensive iterative differential equations. Such systems and techniques allow for determinations to be made as operations associated with a wellbore are performed. Instead of having to wait for computationally intensive tasks to be performed or take risks of proceeding with a wellbore operation without real-time evaluations being performed, these wellbore operations may be continued while determinations are timely made, thus improving operation of computing systems that perform evaluations and that make decisions regarding safely and efficiently performing wellbore operations such as drilling a wellbore, cementing wellbore casings in place, or injecting fluids into formations of the Earth.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Xusong WANG, Ahmed Elsayed FOUDA, Xiang WU, Christopher Michael JONES, Wei ZHANG, Junwen DAI -
Publication number: 20240247581Abstract: A tracer tool for tracking a state of a dissolvable downhole tool includes a medium dissolvable under downhole conditions, and at least one tracer material embedded in the medium, and releasable from the medium during dissolution of the medium. The tracer tool is mechanically separate from the dissolvable downhole tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2023Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Kureha America, Inc.Inventors: Shunsuke Abe, Mayu Komatsu, Shinya Takahashi
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Publication number: 20240247582Abstract: A method of manufacturing a transducer includes forming a support structure from a transparent material, the support structure configured to support a sensing element and deform in response to an environmental parameter. Forming the support structure includes modifying a first portion of the transparent material by exposing the first portion to laser radiation, and removing the first portion by an etching process. The method also includes disposing the sensing element at a fixed position relative to the support structure, the sensing element configured to generate a signal indicative of deformation of the support structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Sebastian Jung, Thomas Kruspe, Andreas Herbel
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Publication number: 20240247583Abstract: Stratigraphic analysis includes determining misfit values between stratigraphic vertical depth of an offset wellbore, SVDow and measured depth of a subject wellbore. A likelihood that the target measured depth is equal to or within a tolerance of stratigraphic vertical depth of the subject wellbore, SVDsw, for sequences of stratigraphic vertical depth is calculated. A probability weighted average and an uncertainty that the target measured depth for the subject wellbore, TMDsw, is equal to or within a tolerance of stratigraphic vertical depth of the subject wellbore, is calculated. A continuous probability function over a range of measured depth that the target measured depth for the subject wellbore, TMDsw, is equal to or within a tolerance of stratigraphic vertical depth of the subject wellbore, SVDsw, is calculated.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: MAGNETIC VARIATION SERVICES, LLCInventors: Stefan Maus, Alexander Michael Mitkus, Timothy William Gee
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Publication number: 20240247584Abstract: An intelligent completion module includes a flowmeter that uses one or more electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) sensors and a flow control valve. The flow rate and the speed of sound in the production fluid from a production zone is measured and used to make reservoir management decisions. The flowmeter includes at least two EMAT rings, including one or more EMAT sensors in a circular distribution which can be used in propagation or pulse-echo modes. In a segregated flow regime, a single EMAT sensor in pulse-echo mode is used to measure holdups of fluid components.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Harold Pfutzner, Mohammed Badri
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Publication number: 20240247585Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling a downhole tool by encoding a tool control signal in a fluid flow and obtaining a temperature response downhole. In an example, a system for controlling a downhole tool includes a signal transmitter, a signal receiver, and a controller. The signal transmitter is uphole of the tool to be controlled (e.g., at surface) and encodes the tool control signal by varying one or more fluid flow parameters of a fluid flow down a well. The signal receiver is positionable in the well in fluid communication with the fluid flow. The signal receiver detects a temperature response in the fluid flow resulting from varying the one or more fluid flow parameters. A controller controls the downhole tool according to the temperature response.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Gabriel Yun Chong Chang, Timothy Simmonds, Gavin Munro, Peter Reid Maher