404 patents
Utility
Method of performing a perforation using selective stress logging
4 Jan 21
A method of performing a perforation operation is disclosed.
Philippe Enkababian, David Sobernheim, Priyavrat Shukla
Filed: 18 Dec 16
Utility
Automated sliding drilling
4 Jan 21
Automated control of a drillstring in a borehole, which is not in continuous rotation, the drillstring comprising an angled component (a bent sub or the like) and a downhole means of rotating the bit, such as a motor or turbine, which rotates the bit independently of drillstring rotation.
Benjamin P. Jeffryes, Rustam Isangulov, Ginger Hildebrand
Filed: 16 Apr 15
Utility
Unitary thick diamond composite downhole tool components
4 Jan 21
An electric submersible pump system can include a shaft; at least one impeller operatively coupled to the shaft; and a bearing assembly that rotatably supports the shaft, where at least one component of the electric submersible pump includes a volumetric composite material that includes polycrystalline diamond material and at least one metallic material.
David Milton Eslinger, Spyridon Joseph Kotsonis, David Hoyle, Alejandro Camacho Cardenas, Arthur Watson
Filed: 9 May 17
Utility
Pipe defect assessment system and method
4 Jan 21
A technique facilitates examination of a tubing string which may comprise coiled tubing or other types of pipe.
Shunfeng Zheng, Zhanke Liu
Filed: 3 Jun 15
Utility
Seismic sensor orientation
4 Jan 21
A method can include receiving information associated with an interface between a first medium and a second medium where the information includes sensor data; based on at least a portion of the information, estimating wave properties that include elastic properties, depth-dependent properties and horizontal slowness; and, based on the estimated wave properties, calculating an orientation of a sensor utilized to acquire at least a portion of the sensor data.
Claudio Bagaini, Daniele Boiero
Filed: 3 Oct 16
Utility
Ultrasonic cutting detection
4 Jan 21
Apparatus and methods for identifying drilling cuttings downhole by extracting an echo from a pulse-echo waveform acquired utilizing a downhole ultrasonic tool having an acoustic device.
Adam Pedrycz, Hiroshi Hori, Jean-Christophe Auchere
Filed: 21 Jan 18
Utility
Dynamic scada
4 Jan 21
A supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) unit and technique for managing communications over a network of defined capacity.
Marcos Suguru Kajita, Clinton D. Chapman, Hasanain Jwair, Brian Dale Chancey, Nan Mu, Miguel Angel Lopez, William Grasham
Filed: 7 Mar 16
Utility
In situ formed inorganic solids in fracture networks
28 Dec 20
Methods of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore may include injecting a multistage fracturing treatment into the wellbore comprising one or more stages of geopolymer precursor composition containing a geopolymer precursor and an activator, and one or more stages of a spacer fluid; and curing the one or more stages of geopolymer precursor composition.
Meng Qu, Francois M. Auzerais, Sandeep Verma, Agathe Robisson, Sharath Chandra Mahavadi, Yucun Lou, Shitong S. Zhu
Filed: 14 Jun 17
Utility
Cross-well seismic monitoring of carbon dioxide injection
28 Dec 20
Methods are provided for tracking carbon dioxide (CO2) migration in a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir located under a cap rock in a formation.
Yusuf Bilgin Altundas, Jiyao Li, Nikita Chugunov, Terizhandur S. Ramakrishnan
Filed: 29 Mar 16
Utility
Guidance system for land rig assembly
28 Dec 20
Systems and methods for determining a position of an object relative to another object are disclosed.
Jacques Orban, Vishwanathan Parmeshwar
Filed: 10 May 18
Utility
Fatigue life assessment
28 Dec 20
A technique facilitates prediction of run life.
Zhanke Liu, Michael Hayes Kenison, Gregory Campbell
Filed: 7 Dec 16
Utility
Flow control device for a well
21 Dec 20
An apparatus that is usable with a well includes a housing and a body.
Gocha Chochua, Aleksandar Rudic, Ke Ken Li, Terje Moen, Carlos Alberto Araque, Barbara J. A. Zielinska
Filed: 27 Jun 16
Utility
Property enhancement of surfaces by electrolytic micro arc oxidation
21 Dec 20
Embodiments of the present technology may include a tubular product for oilfield applications.
You Lu, Manuel P. Marya, Virendra Singh, Tatiana Reyes Ayers
Filed: 26 Jul 15
Utility
System and methods for removing noise from acoustic impedance logs
21 Dec 20
Embodiments of the disclosure can include systems and methods for removing in-situ noise from well logging data.
Thomas Barrou, Gaelle Jannin
Filed: 16 Dec 15
Utility
High trip rate drilling rig
14 Dec 20
A drilling rig system for obtaining high trip rates separates the transport of tubular stands in and out of their setback position into a first function, delivery and retrieval of tubular stands in well center position as a second function; and the functions intersect at a stand hand-off position where tubular stands are set down for exchange between tubular handling equipment.
Melvin Alan Orr, Mark W. Trevithick, Joe Rodeny Berry, Robert W. Metz
Filed: 19 Dec 19
Utility
Instrument line for insertion in a drill string of a drilling system
14 Dec 20
An apparatus for delivering tools within a drill string may include an instrument line including a mechanically resistant external structure with an internal cavity.
Jacques Orban
Filed: 12 Apr 16
Utility
Fiber optic measurements to evaluate fluid flow
14 Dec 20
A method includes varying a temperature of a treatment fluid.
Colin Allan Wilson, Joel Herve Le Calvez, Brian D. Clark
Filed: 9 Oct 17
Utility
Mid-infrared sensor
14 Dec 20
A sensor for monitoring a species which is a component of a fluid.
Timothy Jones, Nathan Lawrence, Go Fujisawa, Sheng Chao, Rolf Rustad
Filed: 25 Nov 19
Utility
Formation clay typing from electromagnetic measurements
14 Dec 20
An array electromagnetic tool is run in a borehole, and resulting signals are processed to provide at least one of real and imaginary conductivity components, σR* and σI*.
Ping Zhang, Wael Abdallah, Shouxiang Ma, Chengbing Liu
Filed: 19 Jul 18
Utility
Formation imaging using neutron activation
14 Dec 20
A method for determining azimuthal formation information using neutron activation, wherein the formation is activated by a neutron source and the activation signal is measured by at least one detector trailing the neutron source during the logging operation.
Christian Stoller
Filed: 16 Feb 20