公开(公告)号：US11753921B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-12

申请号：US17878623

申请日：2022-08-01

申请人： Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.

发明人： Austin Groover ,  Scott Coffey ,  Drew Curran ,  Adam Lacroix

IPC分类号： E21B44/00 ,  E21B44/06 ,  E21B21/08 ,  E21B47/06 ,  E21B47/095

CPC分类号： E21B44/00 ,  E21B21/08 ,  E21B44/06 ,  E21B47/06 ,  E21B47/095

摘要： An apparatus for, and method of identifying a potential problem with a bottom hole assembly (“BHA”) combination that is used in a drilling operation. The method includes monitoring, using a sensor, an actual drilling parameter; comparing the actual drilling parameter to a target drilling parameter to determine a deviation; creating, in response to the deviation and by a feedback control loop system that references an electronic database, instructions thereby omitting variability associated with human input in creating the instructions; monitoring, using the controller, a change in the deviation; determining that the change in the deviation is below a threshold; and determining, based on the change in the deviation being below the threshold, that there is a potential problem with the BHA combination. The BHA combination comprises a mud motor and a drill bit.

公开(公告)号：US11719080B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17232830

申请日：2021-04-16

申请人： Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

发明人： Henry Clifford Bland ,  Mikko K. Jaaskelainen

IPC分类号： E21B43/26 ,  E21B47/0224 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B43/1185 ,  E21B47/0232 ,  E21B47/135

CPC分类号： E21B43/11857 ,  E21B43/2607 ,  E21B47/0224 ,  E21B47/0232 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/135

摘要： The way in which a fiber optic cable is wrapped around a casing string in a wellbore can be modeled using information from downhole sensor devices. For example, a system can include a fiber optic cable located along a length of a wellbore. The system can also include sensor devices located near the fiber optic cable at various depths to transmit acoustic signals indicating depths and orientations of segments of the fiber optic cable. The system can build a model describing how the fiber optic cable is positioned around the casing string based on the acoustic signals transmitted from the sensor devices. The system can also determine a target position for a perforating gun to perform a perforation operation through the casing string that avoids damaging the fiber optic cable. The system can output the target position for the perforating gun to an electronic device to facilitate the perforation operation.

公开(公告)号：US20230220944A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-13

申请号：US17916463

申请日：2020-12-18

申请人： Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

发明人： Stephen Christopher Newman ,  Graham Peter Jack

IPC分类号： F16L55/48 ,  G01S11/14 ,  F16L55/38 ,  E21B47/095

CPC分类号： F16L55/48 ,  G01S11/14 ,  F16L55/38 ,  E21B47/095 ,  F16L2101/30

摘要： Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to non-intrusive tracking of objects in a conduit from a single location. A system comprises a component positioned to control flow into or out of the conduit to induce pressure waves in the conduit; a pressure transducer in fluid communication with the conduit, the pressure transducer positioned to measure pressure responses in the conduit due to contact of the pressure waves with the object; and a system controller operable to: receive pressure data from the pressure transducer, wherein the pressure data includes the pressure responses to the pressure waves; and determine a distance of the object in the conduit, relative to the component or the pressure transducer, based on the pressure responses.

公开(公告)号：US20230184094A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-15

申请号：US17551913

申请日：2021-12-15

申请人： Saudi Arabian Oil Company

发明人： Harold WK Merry

IPC分类号： E21B47/135 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/107 ,  E21B47/14

CPC分类号： E21B47/135 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/107 ,  E21B47/14

摘要： A downhole tool system includes a downhole tool that includes a tool body configured to move within a wellbore, a depth detection sub-assembly and configured to generate a signal based on a known depth location of the tool body in the wellbore, an acoustic transmitter sub-assembly including an acoustic pinger configured to generate acoustic pulses, and a measurement and control sub-assembly configured to receive the signal from the depth detection sub-assembly and, based on the signal, activate the acoustic transmitter sub-assembly to initiate the acoustic pulses from the acoustic pinger. The system further includes a control system that includes a fiber optic interrogator communicably coupled to a fiber strand installed in the wellbore and configured to determine a travel time of the tool body along the fiber strand or a particular distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) channel of a plurality of DAS channels based on a detection of at least one disturbance in the fiber strand caused by the acoustic pulses.

公开(公告)号：US11650346B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US16876265

申请日：2020-05-18

申请人： Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

发明人： Chung Chang ,  Qingtao Sun ,  Andrew Clair Colbert

IPC分类号： G01V1/50 ,  G01V1/46 ,  E21B47/005 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/12

CPC分类号： G01V1/50 ,  E21B47/005 ,  E21B47/095 ,  G01V1/46 ,  E21B47/12 ,  G01V2210/1212 ,  G01V2210/1299 ,  G01V2210/1429 ,  G01V2210/62

摘要： A method comprises positioning a receiver in a borehole and determining an offset acoustic waveform at a target point. The method includes generating a reverse time sequence waveform of the determined offset acoustic waveform and generating, by a transmitter, an acoustic pulse based on the reverse time sequence waveform. The method includes detecting, by the receiver, an acoustic response to the acoustic pulse.

公开(公告)号：US12055036B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US18167492

申请日：2023-02-10

申请人： Saudi Arabian Oil Company

发明人： Max Deffenbaugh ,  Gregory D. Ham ,  Jose Oliverio Alvarez ,  Gregory Bernero ,  Sunder Ramachandran ,  Miguel Gonzalez ,  Sebastian Csutak ,  Christopher Powell ,  Huseyin Seren

IPC分类号： E21B47/12 ,  E21B23/10 ,  E21B47/04 ,  E21B47/06 ,  E21B47/07 ,  E21B47/09 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/10 ,  E21B47/113 ,  E21B47/13 ,  E21B47/135 ,  E21B47/26

CPC分类号： E21B47/138 ,  E21B23/10 ,  E21B47/04 ,  E21B47/06 ,  E21B47/09 ,  E21B47/12 ,  E21B47/26 ,  E21B47/07 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/10 ,  E21B47/113 ,  E21B47/114 ,  E21B47/13 ,  E21B47/135

摘要： Embodiments of the invention provide an untethered apparatus for measuring properties along a subterranean well. According to at least one embodiment, the untethered apparatus includes a housing, and one or more sensors configured to measure data along the subterranean well. The data includes one or more physical, chemical, geological or structural properties in the subterranean well. The untethered apparatus further includes a processor configured to control the one or more sensors measuring the data and to store the measured data, and a transmitter configured to transmit the measured data to a receiver arranged external to the subterranean well. Further, the untethered apparatus includes a controller configured to control the buoyancy or the drag of the untethered apparatus to control a position of the untethered apparatus in the subterranean well. The processor includes instructions defining measurement parameters for the one or more sensors of the untethered apparatus within the subterranean well.

公开(公告)号：US20240232623A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18558952

申请日：2022-04-28

申请人： Schlumberger Technology Corporation

发明人： Pontus Loviken ,  James Matthews ,  Onur Ozen ,  Yong Wee Lee ,  Haw Keat Lim ,  Josselin Kherroubi

IPC分类号： G06N3/08 ,  E21B47/095 ,  G01S15/08

CPC分类号： G06N3/08 ,  E21B47/095 ,  G01S15/08 ,  E21B2200/22

摘要： A method can include acquiring acoustic signals responsive to emissions into equipment: and generating an output signal by inputting the acoustic signal into a machine learning model, where the output signal is indicative of a positional arrangement of two pieces of the equipment.

公开(公告)号：US20240229584A9

公开(公告)日：2024-07-11

申请号：US18048323

申请日：2022-10-20

申请人： SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

发明人： Mohamed Larbi Zeghlache

IPC分类号： E21B23/00 ,  E21B23/10 ,  E21B47/022 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/10 ,  E21B49/00

CPC分类号： E21B23/001 ,  E21B23/10 ,  E21B47/022 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/10 ,  E21B49/00

摘要： A method for logging in a well is disclosed. The method includes securing a passive logging while levitating (PLWL) assembly to a bottomhole assembly (BHA) to form a logging assembly and running the logging assembly into a wellbore of the well. The method further includes detecting a deviation in the wellbore, detecting a fluid flow direction around the logging assembly in the wellbore, activating the PLWL assembly based, at least in part, on the deviation in the wellbore and the fluid flow direction, and levitating the logging assembly in a center of the wellbore. The method also includes determining whether the logging assembly has reached a target depth and performing logging in the well while the logging assembly is levitating in the center of the wellbore.

公开(公告)号：US20240175349A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18072197

申请日：2022-11-30

申请人： Saudi Arabian Oil Company

发明人： Huseyin Rahmi Seren ,  Max Deffenbaugh ,  Ahmed Y. Bukhamseen ,  Harold WK Merry ,  Farhan Naseer

IPC分类号： E21B47/085 ,  E21B47/07 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/12

CPC分类号： E21B47/085 ,  E21B47/07 ,  E21B47/095 ,  E21B47/138

摘要： This disclosure discusses methods and apparatus for generating vertical seismic profiles of a subsurface formation though deploying an untethered downhole tool into a wellbore, the untethered tool including at least one seismic sensor, a ballast, and a first electromagnet in the untethered downhole tool to attach the untethered downhole tool to a casing of the wellbore at a predetermined depth. The method further includes transmitting a seismic signal into the subsurface formation from a source located above the subsurface formation, receiving the seismic signal with the at least one seismic sensor, deactivating the first electromagnet to release the untethered downhole tool from the casing of the wellbore, releasing the ballast from the untethered downhole tool such that buoyancy effects move the tool uphole, and retrieving the untethered downhole tool from the wellbore.

公开(公告)号：US11965411B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-23

申请号：US17080763

申请日：2020-10-26

申请人： Pipelines 2 Data (P2D) Limited ,  ConocoPhillips Company

发明人： Geoff Steel ,  Mark Walsh ,  Stephen John Mayo

IPC分类号： E21B47/005 ,  E21B47/085 ,  E21B47/095 ,  G01V1/28 ,  G01V1/30 ,  G01V1/40 ,  G01V1/48 ,  G01V1/50

CPC分类号： E21B47/005 ,  E21B47/085 ,  E21B47/095 ,  G01V1/284 ,  G01V1/306 ,  G01V1/40 ,  E21B2200/22

摘要： Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for isolation detection. In one implementation, an axial acoustic signal is obtained. The axial acoustic signal is captured using an axial sensor deployed in a structure in a subterranean surface. The axial acoustic signal is separated into a first wave region and a second wave region by applying velocity filtering. An axial symmetry of a portion of the structure is determined based on at least one of the first wave region or the second wave region.