| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 166250110 | Holder for coupon or sensor | 11 |
| 20110061862 | INSTRUMENTED SWELLABLE ELEMENT - Apparatus and methods for deploying one or more sensors into a wellbore. The method can include at least partially embedding one or more sensors in one or more swellable elements; conveying the one or more sensors and the one or more swellable elements into the wellbore; at least partially swelling one or more of the swellable elements; and measuring at least one wellbore property with the one or more sensors. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110192596 | THROUGH TUBING INTELLIGENT COMPLETION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH CONNECTION - A technique facilitates use of a through tubing completion system run in a lateral borehole. The through tubing completion may comprise production tubing coupled to a flow control valve and one or more sensors measuring at least one characteristic of the lateral borehole. The through tubing completion also comprises a connection system which facilitates the transfer of signals between the through tubing completion extending into the lateral borehole and a surface location or other location. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20120186809 | Downhole 4D Pressure Measurement Apparatus And Method For Permeability Characterization - A method of installing a sensor system for making pressure measurements in downhole formations surrounding a wellbore includes placing a sensor in direct pressure communication with the formations from a predetermined position in the wellbore; and isolating the sensor with an elastomeric sealing means placed against the formation wall in order to prevent hydraulic pressure communication between the sensor and the inside of the wellbore. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120199344 | Method and Apparatus for Communicating with a Device Located in a Borehole - A method of communication comprising: providing a string of a plurality of connected components ( | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120318501 | Systems and Methods for Placing Markers in a Formation - A marker placement device, such as a modified coring gun, is used to place one or more markers into the formation. The marker placement device uses explosive charges to fire one or more marker assemblies into a borehole wall. A marker assembly includes a driver assembly which is adapted to be fired from the placement device and a marker which is releasably secured to the driver with frangible shear members. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20140238669 | Magnetically Clamping A Downhole Component to A Direction of A Borehole Casing - Systems and methods for magnetically autonomously clamping a downhole component in a select direction of a borehole casing. The systems can include a sensor package that obtains a downhole measurement in a position in a cased borehole. The systems can include an integral magnetic clamp that removably clamps the downhole component (e.g., a downhole seismic shuttle) to the cased borehole. The systems can include a directional detector that outputs a select direction of the cased borehole relative to the downhole component. The systems can include a downhole controller that activates a portion of the integral magnetic clamp of the downhole component closest to the select direction output by the directional detector. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20150068738 | Apparatus, System And Method For Multi Zone Monitoring In Boreholes - A multi-zone monitoring system allowing simultaneous measurement of separate zones of multi-zone wellbore formations comprising a multi-component umbilical containing both electrical lines and a hydraulic fluid lines, an inflatable isolation packer that can traverse through the wellbore and be inflated with hydraulic fluid to seal off a portion of the wellbore wherein the inflatable isolation packer is connected to a hydraulic line of the multi-component umbilical, wherein the inflatable isolation packer further comprises: one or more cable bypass feed throughs for the umbilical's electric and hydraulic fluid lines, wherein the hydraulic line is attached to the inflatable isolation packer with compression fittings. A method of monitoring geologic formations in a wellbore comprising attaching a plurality of inflatable isolation packers at predetermined distance to an umbilical containing a hydraulic line for inflating each packer, monitoring each connection of the hydraulic line to each inflatable isolation packer, attaching monitoring equipment to the umbilical at predetermined distances to the umbilical, lowering the equipment and inflatable isolation packers down a wellbore using the umbilical, and monitoring the equipment and each hydraulic line connection at a surface. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150083408 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING AND TRANSMITTING DOWNHOLE TENSION - A system is disclosed that includes a tool string including one or more perforating guns, a conveyance operably coupled to the tool string at a socket coupling location and configured to help convey the tool string downhole, a load-measuring device arranged on the tool string and including one or more tension sensors configured to measure tensile load on the conveyance, the load-measuring device further including communication equipment capable of transmitting one or more uphole signals, wherein the one or more uphole signals includes measurement signals corresponding to the tensile load, and a computer system locatable at or near the surface location and communicably coupled to the tool string, the computer system being configured to receive and process the one or more uphole signals and further configured to transmit one or more downhole signals to the tool string to operate the one or more perforating guns. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150096746 | WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE, HIGH TEMPERATURE, NEAR INFRARED PHOTODETECTORS FOR DOWNHOLE APPLICATIONS - An apparatus for estimating a property of a downhole fluid includes a carrier configured to be conveyed through a borehole penetrating the earth, a fluid extraction device disposed at the carrier and configured to extract a sample of the downhole fluid, and a probe cell having a window to receive the sample. The apparatus further includes a light source to illuminate the sample through the window with light photons, and a photodetector to receive light photons through the window that have interacted with the downhole fluid and generate a signal indicative of an amount of the received light photons. The generated signal is indicative of the property. The photodetector has an optical cavity having a semiconductor that has a difference between a valence energy band and a conduction energy band for electrons that is greater than the energy of each of the received light photons. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150101802 | REAL-TIME METHODS OF TRACKING FLUIDS - A method of tracking an intelligent fluid in a well bore, comprising: providing an intelligent fluid; introducing the intelligent fluid into the well bore; sensing one or more well bore characteristics with the intelligent fluid; and wirelessly relaying data on the one or more well characteristics to the surface. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150354340 | Rotating Downhole Logging Tool with Reduced Torque - Systems and methods for reducing torque on a rotating downhole logging tool are provided. In one embodiment, a downhole logging tool is provided. The downhole logging tool may include a support element, which may include a hollow cavity. The support element may be configured to rotate about an axis when the support element is inserted in a well, and the hollow cavity may be configured to permit fluid flow through the support element when the support element is in the well. Furthermore, the downhole logging tool may include a first fairing portion, which may include a first sensor to obtain measurements in the well. Additionally, the first fairing portion may be configured to form a revolution surface associated with a portion of the support element to reduce fluidic resistance of the rotating support element. | 12-10-2015 |
