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Autonomous Burner
18 Nov 20
Methods of autonomously controlling hydrocarbon burners described herein include capturing an image, for example from a video feed, of an operating burner; processing the image to form an image data set; capturing sensor data of the operating burner; forming a data set comprising the sensor data and the image data set; providing the data set to a machine learning model system; outputting, from the machine learning model system, an air control parameter of the burner; and applying the air control parameter to the burner.
Hugues Trifol, Hakim Arabi
Filed: 4 Sep 19
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Drilling Rig System Operation with Automatic Pipe Doping
18 Nov 20
A method for operating a drilling rig system includes moving a first tubular stand from a fingerboard to a stand handoff position, applying dope to a lower connection of the first tubular stand in the stand handoff position, moving the first tubular stand from the stand handoff position to well center, conducting one or more well-center activities using the first tubular stand, and applying the dope to a lower connection of a second tubular stand while conducting the one or more well-center activities using the first tubular stand.
Joe Rodney Berry
Filed: 15 May 19
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System and Methodology for Providing Bypass Through a Swellable Packer
18 Nov 20
A swellable packer comprises an elastomeric element and a mandrel extending through the elastomeric element.
Saikumar Mani, Nabil Batita, Nikhil Nair, Joao Mendonca, Oloruntoba Ogunsanwo
Filed: 15 May 19
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Automated Cementing Method and System
18 Nov 20
A method may include obtaining, by a computer processor, a request to initiate a cementing procedure.
Carlos Urdaneta, Rajnarayanan Balsamy, Quy Nguyen
Filed: 16 May 19
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Machine Learning Drill Out System
18 Nov 20
A machine learning drill out system includes a method of receiving data, associated with a drill out, by a trained machine learning model.
Arifin Puwanto, Vishal Saheta, Erik Eriksen
Filed: 14 May 20
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Ultrasonic Transducers for Measuring Formation Velocities
18 Nov 20
Example ultrasonic transducers for measuring formation velocities are disclosed herein.
Hiroshi Nakajima, Tatsuaki Kamoi, Hiroshi Hori, Evgeniya Deger
Filed: 7 Feb 19
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Antenna for a logging-while-drilling tool
16 Nov 20
A downhole tool includes a chassis having a bore formed axially-therethrough.
Alexander Trushin, Tianxia Zhao
Filed: 30 Aug 16
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Methods for measurement of ultra-low permeability and porosity
16 Nov 20
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for measuring the permeability and/or porosity of ultra-low permeable rock samples.
Terizhandur S. Ramakrishnan, Michael Supp
Filed: 28 Apr 19
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Borehole size determination downhole
16 Nov 20
Methods and apparatus pertaining to determining shape and size of a borehole at a depth within a subterranean formation using ultrasonic measurements obtained by a downhole tool at four different azimuthal locations corresponding to four mutually orthogonal directions extending radially from a central axis of the downhole tool.
Hadrien Dollfus, Henri-Pierre Valero, Jean-Christophe Auchere
Filed: 3 May 18
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Non-explosive Downhole Perforating and Cutting Tools
11 Nov 20
A non-explosive downhole tool for creating openings in tubulars and or earthen formations includes a carrier holding a non-explosive material, such as thermate, a head connected with the carrier and having a port to eject a product of the ignited material from the head and a communication path extending from the material to the port and a moveable member in a closed position blocking the communication path and in an open position opening the communication path.
Hongfa Huang, Delbert Taylor
Filed: 26 Jul 20
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System and Methodology for Determining Phase Transition Properties of Native Reservoir Fluids
11 Nov 20
A technique facilitates fluid analysis in situ at a downhole location.
Sophie Mansour, Shu Pan, Younes Jalali
Filed: 15 Nov 18
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Automated Offset Well Analysis
11 Nov 20
A method, computing system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium, of which the method includes receiving offset well data collected while drilling one or more offset wells, generating a machine learning model configured to predict drilling risks from drilling measurements or inferences, based on the offset well data, receiving drilling parameters for a new well, determining that the drilling parameters are within an engineering design window, generating a drilling risk profile for the new well using the machine learning model, and adjusting one or more of the drilling parameters for the new well, after determining the drilling parameters are within the engineering design window, and after determining the drilling risk profile, based on the drilling risk profile.
Cheolkyun Jeong, Francisco Jose Gomez, Maurice Ringer, Paul Bolchover, Paul Muller
Filed: 8 May 19
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Methods and Systems for Provisioning and Commissioning an Industrial Gateway
11 Nov 20
A method of commissioning and provisioning an Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) gateway that includes sending gateway information to a bootstrapping system and generating a commissioning token using the bootstrapping system.
Felipe Klein, Vincent Rondot, Muhammad Moeen Yaqoob, Mathieu Dautriche
Filed: 7 May 20
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Automated Material Classification by Structural Features
11 Nov 20
A method, apparatus, and program product perform microstructure analysis of a digital image of rock using a trained convolutional neural network model to generate a plurality of rock features.
Alexander Starostin, Alexander Nadeev
Filed: 5 May 19
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Steering pads with shaped front faces
9 Nov 20
A rotary steerable device includes a steering pad disposed with a drilling tool and radially moveable relative to a centerline of the drilling tool to apply a steering force to a borehole wall.
Kjell Haugvaldstad
Filed: 18 May 16
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Continuous mud circulation during drilling operations
9 Nov 20
Systems and methods for continuous mud circulation during a drilling operation.
Jacques Orban
Filed: 28 Dec 15
Utility
Compact electrically actuated chemical energy heat source for downhole devices
9 Nov 20
A downhole tool includes a compact heat source including an inner housing having thermal insulation.
Manuel Marya
Filed: 16 May 17
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Shaped charge system having multi-composition liner
9 Nov 20
A technique facilitates perforation, including the perforation of a casing and formation.
Wenbo Yang, James Guilkey, Lawrence A. Behrmann
Filed: 29 Apr 18
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Changing set points in a resonant system
9 Nov 20
A method for changing a set point of a system where period of a dominant resonance of the system is determined, a change profile for the set point change is processed; a time period for the set point change based on the period of the dominant resonance in order to minimize excitation of the dominant resonance is also processed; and the set point change is actioned according to the processed change profile and the time period.
Benjamin Peter Jeffryes, John Cook, Steven Antony Gahlings
Filed: 8 Sep 19
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Dynamic Field Operations System
4 Nov 20
A method includes acquiring data associated with a field operation of equipment in a geologic environment; filtering the data using a filter where the filter includes, along a dimension, a single maximum positive value that decreases to a single minimum negative value that increases to approximately zero; and, based on the filtering, issuing a control signal to the equipment in the geologic environment.
Yingwei Yu
Filed: 14 Jun 18