Koby B Carlson

20070235184, Oct 11, 2007

Mar 31, 2006

11/394186

M. Thompson - Los Alamos NM, US
Koby Carlson - Hobbs NM, US
Don Coates - Santa Fe NM, US
Manuel Gonzalez - Kingwood TX, US

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. - San Ramon CA

E21B 43/00

166250010, 166066000

An apparatus and method are disclosed for sensing a characteristic of a borehole. An exemplary apparatus includes a conductive pipe; an inlet, connected to the conductive pipe, for applying pulse to the conductive pipe; a resonant network device connected with the conductive pipe; and a transducer which is in operative communication with the resonant network device to measure a borehole characteristic, the transducer being configured to sense a modulated vibration frequency induced in the resonant network device when a pulse is applied to the inlet.

20110118882, May 19, 2011

Nov 10, 2010

12/943148

Koby B. Carlson - Midland TX, US
Coy R. Lawrence - White Oak TX, US
David D. Walls - Katy TX, US
Kenneth P. Kountz - Grand Junction CO, US
Cynthia G. Thane - Austin TX, US
Nick J. Moschetti - Loma CO, US

G05D 7/00

700282

Systems and methods are provided for supervising the control of wells in a grouping of wells, or “well pads,” in a subterranean hydrocarbon reservoir so as to coordinate operation of the well pad. By coordinating operation of the well pad, hydrocarbon production for the well pad can be optimized. An exemplary method includes the steps of generating a plurality of requests to control individual wells of the well grouping, queuing the requests, and authorizing the requests based on one or more criteria associated with the well grouping so as to coordinate operation of the well grouping.