Kenneth Lar Matthews

US Patent:

20130048623, Feb 28, 2013

Filed:

Aug 31, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/222291

Inventors:

Dale E. Jamison - Humble TX, US
Kenneth Heidt Matthews - Kingwood TX, US
Ketan Chimanlal Bhaidasna - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

F27B 17/02
F27D 19/00
F27D 21/00
F27B 7/00

US Classification:

219389, 219392, 219494, 432112

Abstract:

A housing may generally include a test cell being enclosed and having at least one test cell wall and one sealable opening and has a cell central axis defined along the center line of the length of the test cell, a thermal element in thermal communication with the test cell, and an insulation, at least a portion of the insulation being disposed about the test cell and the thermal element. An apparatus may generally include a housing, a drive connection, and a shaft operably connected to the test cell and extending parallel to the cell central axis from the test cell through the insulation to the drive connection to which the shaft is operably connected. A modular system may include at least one apparatus and a frame that houses at least a portion of the housing, and a driving mechanism operably connected to the drive connection.

US Patent:

20130053284, Feb 28, 2013

Filed:

Aug 31, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/222374

Inventors:

Dale E. Jamison - Humble TX, US
Kenneth Heidt Matthews - Kingwood TX, US
Ketan Chimanlal Bhaidasna - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

E21B 47/10
C09K 8/42
G01N 33/38
C09K 8/00

US Classification:

507200, 106638, 7315218, 73866

Abstract:

A housing may include a test cell being enclosed and having at least one test cell wall and one sealable opening and has a cell central axis defined along the center line of the length of the test cell, a thermal element in thermal communication with the test cell, and an insulation, at least a portion of the insulation being disposed about the test cell and the thermal element. An apparatus may generally include a housing, a drive connection, and a shaft operably connected to the test cell and extending parallel to the cell central axis from the test cell through the insulation to the drive connection to which the shaft is operably connected. Testing a sample in the test cell of an apparatus operably connected to a driving mechanism may generally include at least manipulating the test cell and analyzing the sample.

US Patent:

20130193142, Aug 1, 2013

Filed:

Jan 26, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/358693

Inventors:

Dale Eugene Jamison - Humble TX, US
Kenneth Heidt Matthews - Kingwood TX, US

Assignee:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Houston TX

International Classification:

F16J 13/24
F17C 13/06
F16J 13/02
B65D 51/16

US Classification:

2202031, 22020322, 137 1509, 137 1516

Abstract:

A cell cap including a base, a top, a connector, one or more wings between the base and the top, and a lock. The top may engage the base and be moveable relative to the base. The connector may be moveable relative to only one of the base and the top. Each wing may have a first portion engaging the connector and a second portion engaging the cell. When pressure within the cell exceeds pressure outside the cell, the lock may lie in a first position, preventing relative movement between the base and the top. When pressure within the cell does not exceed pressure outside the cell, the lock may lie in a second position, allowing relative movement between the base and the top to cause the connector to move the first portion of the wing, thereby causing the second portion of the wing to move.

US Patent:

20130276554, Oct 24, 2013

Filed:

Apr 24, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/454402

Inventors:

Kenneth Heidt MATTHEWS - Kingwood TX, US
Christopher Ray BELL - Humble TX, US

Assignee:

HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC. - Houston TX

International Classification:

G01N 1/22
B23Q 3/00

US Classification:

73864, 269287

Abstract:

A core holder comprises a plurality of fluid flow lines, a housing, a core sleeve disposed within the housing, an end cap coupled to a first end of the core sleeve and a first end of the housing, and an injector assembly disposed within the housing and coupled to a second end of the core sleeve. The injector assembly comprises a plurality of fluid passages coupled to the plurality of fluid flow lines, and a chamber in fluid communication with the plurality of fluid passages and an interior of the sleeve.

US Patent:

20180223658, Aug 9, 2018

Filed:

Sep 16, 2015

Appl. No.:

15/748148

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Kenneth Heidt Matthews - Kingwood TX, US
Andrew D. Vos - Spring TX, US
Sandeep D. Kulkarni - Kingwood TX, US

Assignee:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 49/08
G01N 9/26
G01N 9/36

Abstract:

Disclosed are methods in which measurements are obtained from a plurality of sensors secured in spaced relation to one another across at least a portion of the depth of reservoir of some form in order to identify one or more characteristics of the fluids within the reservoir. The sensors are used to monitor ambient forces exerted by fluids within the tank proximate each sensor. An example mechanism for obtaining the measurements includes a plurality of sensors, such as strain gauges, supported on a structure that supports the sensors in fixed relation to one another, and can, in some examples, support the sensors in a known relation relative to boundaries of the reservoir.

US Patent:

20170176310, Jun 22, 2017

Filed:

Jul 31, 2014

Appl. No.:

15/322812

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Kenneth Heidt Matthews - Kingwood TX, US
Andrew David Vos - Spring TX, US

International Classification:

G01N 11/14

Abstract:

Some examples of a variable diameter viscometer for evaluating well fluids can be implemented to perform a method. A well fluid including solid well particles is received in a gap formed between a first portion and a second portion of the viscometer. A width of the gap is adjustable during operation of the viscometer. Rheological properties of the fluid are evaluated by applying a shear to the well fluid in the gap by moving the first portion and the second portion relative to each other, and adjusting the width of the gap between the first portion and the second portion based, at least in part, on a size distribution of the solid well particles in the well fluid.

US Patent:

20150354300, Dec 10, 2015

Filed:

Oct 14, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/763553

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Kenneth Heidt Matthews - Kingwood TX, US
Andrew David Vos - Spring TX, US

Assignee:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 21/08
E21B 49/10

Abstract:

A disclosed dynamic receiver includes a housing defining a receiver chamber and having a first end cap at one end of the housing and a second end cap at an opposing end of the housing, a flexure membrane arranged within the receiver chamber and providing a membrane wall having a first end that is closed and arranged adjacent a fluid inlet into the receiver chamber and a second end that is open and secured to an inner wall of the receiver chamber, and a piston assembly movably arranged in the receiver chamber and including a piston head and a piston rod extending axially from the piston head, wherein, as filtrate from a test fluid enters the fluid inlet, the filtrate acts on the flexure membrane such that hydraulic fluid disposed within the membrane cavity is displaced and thereby moves the piston assembly axially within the receiver chamber.