ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,249, issued on June 3, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Autonomous stop of pump-down operation" was invented by Yuan Qi (Houston), Sudhir Gupta (Houston), Ritesh Dharmendra Panchal (Houston) and Neil Alan Ostermann (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods for automating a pump-down stop operation and, more particularly, example embodiments may include an automated pump-down stop system that adjusts a fluid rate and a winch speed before the target depth based on the remaining depth and line speed. An example method for automating a pump-down stop operation of a downhol...