公开(公告)号：US11649717B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US16133225

申请日：2018-09-17

Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Inventor： Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne ,  Bodong Li ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick

IPC: E21B47/005 ,  E21B47/06 ,  E21B49/00 ,  E21B47/13

CPC classification number: E21B47/005 ,  E21B47/06 ,  E21B47/13 ,  E21B49/006

Abstract: Wireless mobile devices are injected into a wellbore with a cement slurry, during the cementing of casing, to monitor and evaluate cement sheath parameters. Passive, wireless sensors are utilized to not only measure the elastic constitutive properties of the cement sheath such as compressive strength, but also parameters of the cement sheath environment, such as temperature, pressure, humidity, pH and gases present, to identify potential issues about the structural integrity of the cement sheath, and provide timely warnings to perform remedial actions.

公开(公告)号：US11557985B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US16944775

申请日：2020-07-31

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY ,  Macquarie University

Inventor： Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne ,  Subhas Mukhopadhyay ,  Bodong Li ,  Guodong Zhan ,  Arturo Magana-Mora ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick

IPC: H02N2/18 ,  E21B17/00 ,  E21B17/02

Abstract: An apparatus includes an outer structure body having an inner surface defining a cavity and an inner structure body rotatably supported within the cavity. The inner structure body has an outer surface in opposing relation to the inner surface and a central bore. Movable elements are positioned along the inner surface and movably coupled to the outer structure body. Ball elements are positioned along the outer surface and coupled to the inner structure body for movement with the inner structure body. The ball elements releasably contact the movable elements and impart motion to the movable elements in response to relative motion between the inner structure body and the outer structure body. Energy harvesters are positioned to generate electrical charges based on piezoelectric effect or magnetostrictive effect when motion is imparted to the movable elements by the ball elements.

公开(公告)号：US11480018B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US16944455

申请日：2020-07-31

Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company ,  Macquarie University

Inventor： Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne ,  Subhas Mukhopadhyay ,  Bodong Li ,  Guodong Zhan ,  Arturo Magana-Mora ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick

IPC: E21B47/01 ,  E21B17/10 ,  E21B47/017 ,  E21B47/13 ,  E21B47/26 ,  E21B7/24 ,  E21B41/00

Abstract: Self-powered active sensing systems (SASS) for use in downhole drilling environments are disclosed. Sensor devices of the SASS can include a self-powered rotational speed sensor including a ring structure attached around a drill string. The ring rotates within a groove formed in an outer housing. Bearings on the ring are arranged to contact moveable members extending from the housing into the groove thereby causing the moveable member to generate an electrical signal representing rotational speed. The SASS can include a vibration sensor having a ring spring mounted within a housing. Spherical bearings on the outer surface of the ring are configured to contact screens that are mounted to the housing and that generate a signal representing movement of the bearing/ring from vibration. Multiple SASS units configured to wirelessly transmit sensor data can be placed along a drill string providing a distributed self-powered system for measuring downhole parameters.

公开(公告)号：US11414984B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US16886462

申请日：2020-05-28

Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Inventor： Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne ,  Bandar S. Al-Malki ,  Bodong Li ,  Guodong Zhan ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick

IPC: E21B47/08 ,  E21B47/12

Abstract: Tools and methods are described to measure dimensions of wellbores. Downhole caliper tools include: a downhole collar; an uphole collar; and a caliper sensor assembly disposed between the downhole collar and the uphole collar. The caliper sensor assembly include: an annular sensor module defining a plurality of radially extending tracks; and a caliper including: a plurality of linear slide arms, each linear slide arm at least partially disposed in the annular sensor module in one of the plurality of radially extending tracks and radially moveable relative to the annular sensor module, each linear slide arm extending from a first end within the annular sensor module to a second end outside the annular sensor module, and a cover extending from the downhole collar to the uphole collar. The annular sensor module can measure the radial position of the plurality of linear slide arms relative to the annular sensor module.

公开(公告)号：US20220135863A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17088799

申请日：2020-11-04

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Md Amanullah ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick

IPC: C09K8/035 ,  C09K8/516 ,  C09K8/512 ,  E21B21/00

Abstract: Modified Drilling fluid compositions, lost circulation material compositions and methods for using drilling fluid compositions are provided with enhanced loss control properties where the modified drilling fluid may include a carrier fluid, one or more drilling fluid additives, and a lost circulation shape-adaptable material. The loss lost circulation shape-adaptable material may include a plurality of oval shaped composite particles, wherein the plurality of oval shaped composite particles comprise a first component, a second component, and a high temperature, high pressure (HTHP) binding adhesive. Methods to control lost circulation in a lost circulation zone in a wellbore may include introducing a modified drilling fluid into the wellbore such that the modified drilling fluid contacts the lost circulation zone.

公开(公告)号：US20220034173A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US16944662

申请日：2020-07-31

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY ,  Macquarie University

Inventor： Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne ,  Subhas Mukhopadhyay ,  Bodong Li ,  Guodong Zhan ,  Arturo Magana-Mora ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick

IPC: E21B17/10 ,  E21B47/022 ,  E21B47/002 ,  E21B47/085

Abstract: A self-powered sensor array (SPSA) for sensing environmental parameters along a drillstring includes an outer collar having moveable member retainers with moveable members movably located in the moveable member retainers. An inner ring is rotatably supported within the outer collar with bearing elements on an outer surface of the inner ring positioned to displace the moveable members relative to the moveable member retainers in response to relative rotation between the inner ring and the outer collar. Shape memory material elements are arranged in a respective moveable member retainer. Distance sensors are configured to sense a gap responsive to a shape change of the respective shape memory material element and a displacement of the respective moveable member. Power generation components are configured such that, in response to the relative rotation, the bearing elements displace a particular moveable member into a particular moveable member retainer, generating an electric charge.

公开(公告)号：US20200378194A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16885427

申请日：2020-05-28

Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Inventor： Simone Musso ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick ,  Guodong Zhan

IPC: E21B17/042 ,  F16L58/04

Abstract: A casing for a drilling operation has a body portion having a length, a first end and a second end, an outer diameter, an inner diameter, and a central axis that is common to the outer diameter and the inner diameter, and an external thread formed on the outer diameter of the body portion, wherein the external thread starts at a first predetermined distance from the first end and ends at a second predetermined distance from the second end. The external thread includes a spiral groove or a helical thread formed on the outer diameter of the body portion. The casing includes a coating at least partially encapsulating the external thread, wherein the coating includes at least one material selected from the group consisting of polycrystalline diamond particles, diamond like carbon (DLC), tungsten carbide, boron nitride, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and combinations thereof.

公开(公告)号：US20240191615A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-13

申请号：US18065361

申请日：2022-12-13

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Bodong Li ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick ,  Chinthaka P. Gooneratne ,  Abdulaziz Almusa ,  Guodong Zhan

IPC: E21B47/047 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/13

CPC classification number: E21B47/047 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/13

Abstract: A drilling system measures a fluid level in a wellbore. The drilling system may include a drill pipe and a sensor sleeve attached to the drill pipe. The sensor sleeve may include a transmitter that transmits a sensing signal in a direction of a fluid in the wellbore, a receiver that receives the sensing signal after the sensing signal is reflected on a surface of the fluid, and a repeater that determines a distance between the sensor sleeve and the fluid level from the transmitted and received sensing signal. The fluid level in the wellbore may be calculated using the distance determined by the repeater and a distance between the sensor sleeve and a surface of the wellbore.

公开(公告)号：US20230417122A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US17852094

申请日：2022-06-28

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Amjad Shaarawi ,  Mohammad Aljubran ,  Mohammed Alsheikh ,  Abdulwahab Aljohar ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick ,  Ossama Sehsah

IPC: E21B33/14 ,  E21B3/04

CPC classification number: E21B33/14 ,  E21B3/04

Abstract: A rig site may include a rotary table within a rig floor above a wellbore. A fabric sheet rolled into two symmetrical rolls is disposed on the rig floor. A pre-cut center hole of the fabric sheet is coaxial with the rotary table. A casing string, to be lowered in the wellbore, includes a first casing joint at a bottom of the casing string is a modified float joint. The pre-cut center hole of the fabric sheet is attached to a sleeve of the modified float joint. Union units are provided above the rotary table. The union units close the fabric sheet around the casing string to form a fabric-nested casing string within the wellbore. A cement slurry is pumped down the casing string and into a space between the fabric sheet and the casing string to cement the fabric-nested casing string to the wellbore.

公开(公告)号：US11840904B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17652798

申请日：2022-02-28

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Adrian Cesar Cavazos Sepulveda ,  Abdulwahab S. Al-Johar ,  Amjad Shaarawi ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick

IPC: E21B33/138 ,  E21B10/26 ,  E21B47/08

CPC classification number: E21B33/138 ,  E21B47/08 ,  E21B10/265

Abstract: A method includes introducing a drill string including a bottom hole assembly into a wellbore, wherein the bottom hole assembly includes a mounted 3D printing sub-assembly. A wellbore is drilled with the bottom hole assembly, and at least a portion of a casing is printed with the 3D printing sub-assembly while drilling the wellbore. A related system includes a drill string having a length of drill pipe and a bottom hole assembly disposed at a distal end of the length of drill pipe. A 3D printing sub-assembly is mounted on the bottom hole assembly, wherein the printing sub-assembly includes a printer housing and a 3D printing head mounted at the printer housing. A control guides the 3D printing head to print at least a portion of a casing at a location radially away from the central longitudinal axis of the drill string.