Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface
Abstract
There is provided a system, apparatus and methods for providing a laser beam to borehole surface in a predetermined and energy deposition profile. The predetermined energy deposition profiles may be uniform or tailored to specific downhole applications. Optic assemblies for obtaining these predetermined energy deposition profiles are further provided.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Foro Energy Inc. (Littleton, CO)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1083440
- Patent Number(s):
- 8424617
- Application Number:
- 12/544,094
- Assignee:
- Foro Energy Inc. (Littleton, CO)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
-
E - FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS E21 - EARTH DRILLING E21B - EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING
- DOE Contract Number:
- AR0000044
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Faircloth, Brian O, Zediker, Mark S, Rinzler, Charles C, Koblick, Yeshaya, and Moxley, Joel F. Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web.
Faircloth, Brian O, Zediker, Mark S, Rinzler, Charles C, Koblick, Yeshaya, & Moxley, Joel F. Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface. United States.
Faircloth, Brian O, Zediker, Mark S, Rinzler, Charles C, Koblick, Yeshaya, and Moxley, Joel F. Tue .
"Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1083440.
@article{osti_1083440,
title = {Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface},
author = {Faircloth, Brian O and Zediker, Mark S and Rinzler, Charles C and Koblick, Yeshaya and Moxley, Joel F},
abstractNote = {There is provided a system, apparatus and methods for providing a laser beam to borehole surface in a predetermined and energy deposition profile. The predetermined energy deposition profiles may be uniform or tailored to specific downhole applications. Optic assemblies for obtaining these predetermined energy deposition profiles are further provided.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2013},
month = {4}
}
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.
Works referenced in this record:
Numerical simulation with experimental verification of the fracture behavior in granite under confining pressures based on the tension-softening model
journal, February 1993
- Hashida, T.; Oghikubo, H.; Takahashi, H.
- International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 59, Issue 1, p. 227-244
Methane extraction method and apparatus using high-energy diode lasers or diode-pumped solid state lasers
patent-application, November 2007
- Magiawala, Kiran; Sollee, Jeffrey; Wickham, Michael
- US Patent Application 11/493897; 20070267220
System and methods using fiber optics in coiled tubing
patent, November 2009
- Lovell, John R.; Gay, Michael G.; Adnan, Sarmad
- US Patent Document 7,617,873
Thermophysical Properties of Porous Sandstones: Measurements and Comparative Study of Some Representative Thermal Conductivity Models
journal, September 2005
- Maqsood, A.; Kamran, K.
- International Journal of Thermophysics, Vol. 26, Issue 5, p. 1617-1632
Investigation of Smaller-Footprint Drilling System; Ultra-High Rotary Speed Diamond Drilling Has Potential for Reduced Energy Requirements
conference, February 2006
- Judzis, Arnis; Boucher, Marcel L.; McCammon, Jason B.
- IADC/SPE Drilling Conference
Pressure impulse telemetry apparatus and method
patent, May 2002
- Carstensen, Kenneth J.; Skinner, Neal G.; Pool, Charles M.
- US Patent Document 6,384,738
Laser Assisted Drilling
patent-application, April 2010
- Perry, Kent; Salehi, Iraj; Abbasi, Hamid A.
- US Patent Document 12/239876; 20100078414
Apparatus for Providing Energy Communication Between a Moving and a Stationary Terminal
patent, June 1971
- Adams, Dale A.
- US Patent Document 3,586,413
Frictional Heating and Convective Cooling of Polycrystalline Diamond Drag Tools During Rock Cutting
journal, April 1984
- Ortega, Alfonso; Glowka, David A.
- Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, Vol. 24, Issue 02
Downhole Tool Delivery System With Self Activating Perforation Gun
patent-application, June 2011
- Strickland, Dennis A.
- US Patent Document 13/016816; 20110127028
The Constrained Interpolation Profile Method for Multiphase Analysis
journal, May 2001
- Yabe, Takashi; Xiao, Feng; Utsumi, Takayuki
- Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 169, Issue 2, p. 556-593
Assembly and method for determining thermal properties of a formation and forming a liner
patent-application, August 2006
- Smith, Jr., Harry D.
- US Patent Document 11/412459; 20060185843
Nozzle system for laser beam cutting
patent, July 2002
- Bischof, Dietmar
- US Patent Document 6,426,479
Imaging sensor optical system
patent, May 2007
- Hother, John Anthony; Cockshott, Robert Alexander
- US Patent Document 7,212,283
System and technique for monitoring and managing the deployment of subsea equipment
patent-application, December 2002
- Davidson, Kenneth C.; Kerr, John A.; MacKenzie, Roderick
- US Patent Document 10/170520; 20020189806
Fiber optic gyroscope coil lead dressing and method for forming the same
patent, October 1999
- Goldner, Eric Lee; McLean, Thomas; Cordova, Amado
- US Patent Document 5,973,783
Equipment and Method for Reinforcing a Borehole of a Well While Drilling
patent-application, May 2012
- Tverlid, Steina Wasa
- US Patent Document 13/262773; 20120111578
Influence of microfractures and porosity on the physico-mechanical properties and weathering of ornamental granites
journal, February 2005
- Sousa, Luís M. O.; Suárez del Río, Luis M.; Calleja, Lope
- Engineering Geology, Vol. 77, Issue 1-2, p. 153-168
Bitless Drilling System
patent-application, July 2011
- Smolka, Peter Paul
- US Patent Document 12/891120; 20110168443
Concentric tubing having bonded insulation within the annulus
patent, June 1984
- Hutchison, Stanley O.
- US Patent Document 4,453,570
Assembly and Method for Determining Thermal Properties of a Formation and Forming a Liner
patent-application, March 2008
- Smith, Harry
- US Patent Application 11/926906; 20080053702
Methods and Apparatus for Mechanical and Thermal Drilling
patent-application, September 2010
- Wideman, Thomas; Potter, Jared; Dreesen, Donald
- US Patent Application 12/575823; 20100218993
Modeling of Laser Spallation Drilling of Rocks for Gas and Oil Well Drilling
conference, October 2005
- Xu, Zhiyue; Yamashita, Yuichiro; Reed, Claude
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Apparatus for completing a subterranean well and associated methods of using same
patent, November 1998
- Longbottom, James R.; Hilts, Robert L.
- US Patent Document 5,833,003
Apparatus for providing optical radiation
patent-application, September 2006
- Clarkson, William Andrew; Payne, David Neil; Varnham, Malcolm Paul
- US Patent Document 10/544551; 20060204188
The static fatigue of brittle rock under uniaxial compression
journal, February 1974
- Cruden, D. M.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, Vol. 11, Issue 2, p. 67-73
Laboratory Drilling Performance of PDC Bits
journal, June 1988
- Warren, T. M.; Armagost, W. K.
- SPE Drilling Engineering, Vol. 3, Issue 2, p. 125-135
Providing a light cell in a wellbore
patent, December 2005
- Tubel, Paulo; Williams, Glynn; Hickey, Kurt A.
- US Patent Document 6,977,367
Laser Assisted Riser Disconnect and Method of Use
patent-application, August 2012
- Zediker, Mark S.; Bergeron, Henry A.; Clark, Philip V.
- US Patent Document 13/034017; 20120217015
Methods and Systems to Activate Downhole Tools with Light
patent-application, February 2010
- Smith, David R.; Ramos, Rogerio T.; Hartog, Arthur H.
- US Patent Document 12/430486; 20100025032
Coatings with intrinsic stress profile: Refined creep analysis of (Ti,Al)N and cracking due to cyclic laser heating
journal, February 2006
- Klotz, K.; Bahr, U.; Brückner, W.
- Thin Solid Films, Vol. 496, Issue 2, p. 469-474
Method For Removing Oilfield Mineral Scale From Pipes And Tubing
patent-application, January 2008
- Keatch, Richard; Ray, Simon
- US Patent Application 11/828163; 20080023202
High Pressure Jet-Grouting Method
patent, April 1974
- Ichise, Yoshio; Yamakado, Akio; Takano, Shoji
- US Patent Document 3,802,203
Method and apparatus for performing rapid isotopic analysis via laser spectroscopy
patent, November 2005
- Jones, Christopher Michael; Sofer, Zvi; Drozd, Richard J.
- US Patent Document 6,967,322
Off-axis rotary joint
patent-application, November 2006
- McKay, Robert Fisher
- US Patent Document 11/406038; 20060260832
Method for installing cable using an inner duct
patent, January 1986
- Conti, Allen C.; Conti, Armand R.
- US Patent Document 4,565,351
The generalized relationship between the parameters C and m of Paris' law for fatigue crack growth
journal, March 1981
- Tanaka, K.; Masuda, C.; Nishijima, S.
- Scripta Metallurgica, Vol. 15, Issue 3, p. 259-264
Long Distance High Power Optical Laser Fiber Break Detection And Continuity Monitoring Systems And Methods
patent-application, November 2012
- Rinzler, Charles; Gray, William; Faircloth, Brian
- US Patent Application 13/403723; 20120273269
EOR Field Experiences in Carbonate Reservoirs in the United States
journal, December 2007
- Manrique, Eduardo Jose; Muci, Viviana Eugenia; Gurfinkel, Mariano E.
- SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Vol. 10, Issue 6, p. 667-686
Transmission system for telephone communications or data transfer
patent, January 1991
- Myllymaki, Matti
- US Patent Document 4,989,236
High strength-to-weight-ratio slickline and multiline cables
patent, October 2009
- Varkey, Joseph; Singh, Anil; Kim, Byong Jun
- US Patent Document 7,603,011
Fiber optics laser perforation tool
patent-application, December 2004
- Batarseh, Samih
- US Patent Document 10/601750; 20040256103
High-strength optical preforms and fibers with thin, high-compression outer layers
patent, January 1981
- Kao, Charles K.; Maklad, Mokhtar S.
- US Patent Document 4,243,298
Prediction of compressive and tensile strength of limestone via genetic programming
journal, July 2008
- Baykasoğlu, Adil; Güllü, Hamza; Çanakçı, Hanifi
- Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 35, Issue 1-2, p. 111-123
Peak-power limits on fiber amplifiers imposed by self-focusing
journal, January 2006
- Farrow, Roger L.; Kliner, Dahv A. V.; Hadley, G. Ronald
- Optics Letters, Vol. 31, Issue 23, p. 3423-3425
Heat transfer and phase change during picosecond laser ablation of nickel
journal, September 2002
- Willis, David A.; Xu, Xianfan
- International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 45, Issue 19, p. 3911-3918
Truck operator's cab with equipment control station
patent, March 1984
- Elliston, Thomas L.
- US Patent Document 4,436,177
Process and arrangement for superimposing ray bundles
patent-application, March 2006
- Jurca, Marius Christian
- US Patent Document 11/231362; 20060065815
Optical Coiled Tubing Log Assembly
patent-application, April 2010
- Noya, Jose Vidal; Chee, Soon Seong; Adnan, Sarmad
- US Patent Document 12/569341; 20100084132
Isolation assembly for coiled tubing
patent, November 2006
- Tudor, Eric; Gavin, William G.
- US Patent Document 7,134,488
Electrically Non-Conductive Sleeve for Use in Wellbore Instrumentation
patent-application, March 2010
- Homan, Dean M.
- US Patent Document 12/234822; 20100071794
High Power Laser Pipeline Tool and Methods of Use
patent-application, October 2012
- McKay, Ryan P.; Rinzler, Charles C.; Moxley, Joel F.
- US Patent Document 13/366882; 20120255933
Dynamic tensile-failure-induced velocity deficits in rock
journal, February 1991
- Rubin, Allan M.; Ahrens, Thomas J.
- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 18, Issue 2, p. 219-222
Laser wellbore completion apparatus and method
patent-application, October 2004
- Batarseh, Samih
- US Patent Document 10/417003; 20040206505
Fiber Optic Slickline and Tools
patent-application, June 2010
- Ullah, Kalim
- US Patent Application 12/628355; 20100155059
Inert gas cutting of thick-section stainless steel and medium-section aluminum using a high power fiber laser
journal, August 2009
- Wandera, Catherine; Salminen, Antti; Kujanpaa, Veli
- Journal of Laser Applications, Vol. 21, Issue 3, p. 154-161
Multiple sheath cable and method of manufacture
patent, January 1983
- Gray, Stanley
- US Patent Document 4,367,917
Method, Drilling Machine, Drill bit and Bottom Hole Assembly for Drilling by Electrical Discharge by Electrical Discharge Pulses
patent-application, May 2009
- Rodland, Arild
- US Patent Application 10/581022; 20090133929
Specific Ion Binding to Macromolecules: Effects of Hydrophobicity and Ion Pairing
journal, April 2008
- Lund, Mikael; Vácha, Robert; Jungwirth, Pavel
- Langmuir, Vol. 24, Issue 7, p. 3387-3391
Thermophysical and Thermomechanical Properties of Thermal Barrier Coating Systems
book, January 2000
- Zhu, Dongming; Miller, Robert A.; Jessen, Todd
- Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings
Methods and Apparatus for Thermal Drilling
patent-application, April 2010
- Wideman, Thomas; Potter, Jared; Dreesen, Donalds
- US Patent Application 12/575852; 20100089577
Underbalance jet pump drilling method
patent, October 1994
- Mueller, Mark D.; Jacobson, William O.
- US Patent Document 5,355,967
Plasma channel drilling process
patent, September 2007
- MacGregor, Scott John; Turnbull, Steven McCallum
- US Patent Document 7,270,195
Well Perforating Apparatus and Method
patent, August 1969
- Venghiattis, A. A.
- US Patent Document 3,461,964
PDC Bits: All Comes From the Cutter/Rock Interaction
conference, February 2006
- Gerbaud, Laurent; Menand, Stephane; Sellami, Hedi
- IADC/SPE Drilling Conference
Fiber optic well logging cable
patent, May 2000
- Rafie, Saeed; Lopez, Josephine
- US Patent Document 6,060,662
PDC Bit Selection Through Cost Prediction Estimates Using Crossplots and Sonic Log Data
conference, January 1993
- Falcao, J. L.; Maidla, E. E.; Dumans, C. F.
- SPE/IADC Drilling Conference
A Drilling Rate Model for Roller Cone Bits and Its Application
conference, January 2010
- Hareland, Geir; Wu, Andrew; Rashidi, Behrad
- International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in China
Effect of temperature and pressure on the thermal conductivity of sandstone
journal, September 2009
- Abdulagatova, Z.; Abdulagatov, I. M.; Emirov, V. N.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 46, Issue 6, p. 1055-1071
The combined influence of mineralogical, hygric and thermal properties on the durability of porous building stones
journal, August 2008
- Benavente, David; Cultrone, Giuseppe; Gómez-Heras, Miguel
- European Journal of Mineralogy, Vol. 20, Issue 4, p. 673-685
Drilling a well gas supply in the drilling liquid
patent, May 1995
- Gray, Benjamin
- US Patent Document 5,411,105
Flexible composite tube
patent, March 1981
- Genini, Maurice; Athe, Christian; Aubert, Jean-Paul
- US Patent Document 4,256,146
Dissolvable Bridge Plug
patent-application, March 2011
- Stafford, Jack; Greeson, Billy; Fleming, John
- US Patent Document 12/855503; 20110048743
Visualization for heat and mass transport phenomena in supercritical artificial air
journal, August 2005
- Nakano, A.; Shiraishi, M.
- Cryogenics, Vol. 45, Issue 8, p. 557-565
Method For Removing Hydrate Plug From A Flowline
patent-application, September 2010
- Collis, Sarah; Lurie, Paul; Narayanasamy, Rajarajan
- US Patent Application 12/734906; 20100236785
Explosion in the Granite Field: Hardening and Softening Behavior in Rocks
conference, January 2002
- Lomov, Ilya N.
- Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 2001: 12th APS Topical Conference, AIP Conference Proceedings
Drilling, perforating and formation analysis
patent, February 2009
- Skinner, Neal G.; Smith, Jr., Harry D.; Jones, Christopher Michael
- US Patent Document 7,490,664
The Äspö Pillar Stability Experiment: Part II—Rock mass response to coupled excavation-induced and thermal-induced stresses
journal, July 2009
- Andersson, J. Christer; Martin, C. Derek; Stille, Håkan
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 46, Issue 5, p. 879-895
Experimental study relating thermal conductivity to thermal piercing of rocks
journal, May 1968
- Mirkovich, V. V.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, Vol. 5, Issue 3, p. 205-218
Rock Drilling in Great Depths by Thermal Fragmentation Using Highly Exothermic Reactions Evolving in the Environment of a Water-Based Drilling Fluid
patent-application, December 2011
- Rudolf Von Rohr, Philipp; Rothenfluh, Tobias; Schuler, Martin
- US Patent Document 13/141349; 20110303460
Specific energy for laser removal of rocks
conference, January 2001
- Xu, Z.; Konercki, G.; Reed, C. B.
- ICALEO® 2001: Proceedings of the Laser Materials Processing Conference and Laser Microfabrication Conference, International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics
Wear characteristics of PDC pin and hybrid core bits in rock drilling
journal, September 1995
- Ersoy, A.; Waller, M. D.
- Wear, Vol. 188, Issue 1-2, p. 150-165
Partial coil-in-coil tubing
patent, March 2004
- Misselbrook, John; Altman, Richard A.; Gavin, William G.
- US Patent Document 6,712,150
Treatment of Solid Materials
patent, November 1970
- Gladstone, Robert A.
- US Patent Document 3,539,221
Method and apparatus for the injection of cable into coiled tubing
patent, April 1996
- Newman, Kenneth R.; Stone, Lyndon; Tong, David
- US Patent Document 5,503,370
Fiber optic cables coupling and methods therefor
patent, May 2012
- Caldwell, William Eric; Temple, Jr., Kenneth D.; Wagman, Richard S.
- US Patent Document 8,175,433
Subterranean well pressure and temperature measurement
patent-application, January 2004
- Skinner, Neal G.; Dennis, John R.; Leblanc, Michel
- US Patent Document 10/618328; 20040016295
Armored cable containing a hermetically sealed tube incorporating an optical fiber
patent, June 1985
- Thompson, Robert E.; Gould, Gordon; Soodak, Charles I.
- US Patent Document 4,522,464
Rock Matrix Properties of the Ratcliffe Interval (Madison Limestone) Flat Lake Field, Montana
conference, April 2013
- White, E. J.; Marchant, L. C.; Roberts, D. K.
- SPE Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting
Method and apparatus for logging a well using a fiber optic line and sensors
patent, March 2011
- Ramos, Rogerio Tadeu; Leggett, Nigel
- US Patent Document 7,900,699
The failure of brittle solids containing small cracks under compressive stress states
journal, March 1986
- Ashby, M. F.; Hallam (Née Cooksley), S. D.
- Acta Metallurgica, Vol. 34, Issue 3, p. 497-510
Experimental measurement of surface temperatures during flame-jet induced thermal spallation
journal, January 1993
- Wilkinson, M. A.; Tester, J. W.
- Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Vol. 26, Issue 1, p. 29-62
Method for preparing and processing a sample for intensive analysis
patent-application, January 2005
- Jones, Christopher M.
- US Patent Document 10/618781; 20050012244
Apparatus for completing a subterranean well and associated methods of using same
patent, September 1998
- Terrell, Jamie B.; Barker, James M.
- US Patent Document 5,813,465
Dynamic Vickers indentation of brittle materials
journal, April 2000
- Anton, Richard J.; Subhash, Ghatu
- Wear, Vol. 239, Issue 1, p. 27-35
Methods and Systems for Using a Laser to Clean Hydrocarbon Transfer Conduits
patent-application, August 2009
- Sarkar, Diptabhas; Norman, Lewis; Abney, Laurence
- US Patent Application 12/032829; 20090205675
Multiple pass optical rotary joint
patent, February 1988
- Spencer, William; Oliver, John
- US Patent Document 4,725,116
Strength of glass from Hertzian line contact
conference, September 2011
- Cai, Wenrui; Cuerden, Brian; Parks, Robert E.
- SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, SPIE Proceedings
Guidance System for a Mining Machine
patent-application, March 2012
- Bowles, Charles Ashenhurst
- US Patent Document 13/236961; 20120068523
Determination of thermal properties of a formation
patent, August 2006
- Smith, Jr., Harry D.
- US Patent Document 7,086,484
Mechanism of brittle fracture of rock: Part I—theory of the fracture process
journal, October 1967
- Bieniawski, Z. T.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, Vol. 4, Issue 4, p. 395-406
Roller-Bit Penetration Rate Response as a Function of Rock Properties and Well Depth
conference, October 1986
- Walker, B. H.; Black, A. D.; Klauber, W. P.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Single shot Dynamic Ellipsometry Measurements of Laser-Driven Shock Waves
conference, January 2008
- Bolme, C. A.; Elert, Mark; Furnish, Michael D.
- SHOCK COMPRESSION OF CONDENSED MATTER - 2007: Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, AIP Conference Proceedings
Laser Drilling: Determination of Energy Required to Remove Rock
conference, October 2001
- Gahan, B. C.; Parker, Richard A.; Batarseh, Samih
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Optical fiber cables and components thereof containing an homogeneous barrier mixture suitable to protect optical fibers from hydrogen, and relative homogeneous barrier mixture
patent, August 1992
- Bosisio, Claudio; Campana, Antonio
- US Patent Document 5,140,664
Composite coiled tubing apparatus and methods
patent, August 1999
- Thomeer, Bart; Sorem, Robert M.
- US Patent Document 5,933,945
Launch monitor
patent, July 2008
- Bissonnette, Laurent; Pelletier, Diane; Toupin, Michael J.
- US Patent Document 7,395,696
Dynamic Rock Mechanics Testing for Optimized Fracture Designs
conference, October 1997
- Lacy, Lewis L.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Use of cesium as a tracer in coring operations
patent, July 2005
- Jones, Christopher Michael; Burger, Jon E.; Jacobs, Patrick
- US Patent Document 6,912,898
Apparatus and method for installing coiled tubing in a well
patent, May 1996
- Boychuk, Randy J.
- US Patent Document 5,515,926
Downhole cutting mill
patent-application, June 2004
- Krueger, Sven; Krueger, Volker; Grimmer, Harald
- US Patent Document 10/653334; 20040112642
Method of High Power Laser-Mechanical Drilling
patent-application, October 2012
- Zediker, Mark S.; Faircloth, Brian O.; Allen, Erik C.
- US Patent Document 13/403132; 20120261188
Downhole lens assembly for use with high power lasers for earth boring
patent, June 2004
- Parker, Richard A.
- US Patent Document 6,755,262
Development of a new direct test method for estimating cutter life, based on the Sievers’ J miniature drill test
journal, January 2007
- Dahl, Filip; Grøv, Eivind; Breivik, Torkjell
- Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Vol. 22, Issue 1, p. 106-116
Insulating tubular conduit apparatus
patent, April 1984
- McStravick, David M.; Chenoweth, David V.
- US Patent Document 4,444,420
Porosity dependence of the elastic modulus of lithophysae-rich tuff: numerical and experimental investigations
journal, September 2003
- Avar, B. B.; Hudyma, N.; Karakouzian, M.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 40, Issue 6, p. 919-928
Method and apparatus for a tunable diode laser spectrometer for analysis of hydrocarbon samples
patent, March 2007
- DiFoggio, Rocco
- US Patent Document 7,196,786
Modular Well Tool System
patent-application, July 2010
- McGregor, Ronald; Dearing, David
- US Patent Application 12/725190; 20100170680
Laser-induced shock wave generation and shock wave enhancement in basalt
journal, September 1999
- Montross, C. S.; Florea, V.; Bolger, J. A.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 36, Issue 6, p. 849-855
Simulation of dynamic response of granite: A numerical approach of shock-induced damage beneath impact craters
journal, December 2006
- Ai, H. A.; Ahrens, T. J.
- International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 33, Issue 1-12, p. 1-10
Standoff laser induced-breakdown spectroscopy penetrometer system
patent, May 1998
- Miles, Brian; Cooper, Stafford S.; Cespedes, Ernesto R.
- US Patent Document 5,757,484
Method and apparatus using coiled-in-coiled tubing
patent, December 2002
- Misselbrook, John; Fried, Spencer
- US Patent Document 6,497,290
Wear mechanisms for polycrystalline-diamond compacts as utilized for drilling in geothermal environments. Final report
report, May 1983
- Hibbs, L. E.; Sogoian, G. C.
- SAND-82-7213
Fluorescence sensing apparatus for determining presence of native hydrocarbons from drilling mud
patent, January 1992
- Gergely, John S.
- US Patent Document 5,084,617
Downhole Cables with Both Fiber and Copper Elements
patent-application, January 2010
- Herbst, Brian
- US Patent Document 12/439412; 20100008631
High-Power Slim-Hole Drilling System
conference, January 1995
- Cohen, John H.; Maurer, William C.; Leitko, Curtis E.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Borehole pressure and temperature measurement system
patent, November 1992
- Perales, Kenneth
- US Patent Document 5,163,321
Methods of using a laser to spall and drill holes in rocks
patent, August 2008
- Reed, Claude B.; Xu, Zhiyue; Parker, Richard A.
- US Patent Document 7,416,258
High-velocity jet digging method
patent, September 1977
- Yahiro, Teruo; Yoshida, Hiroshi
- US Patent Document 4,047,580
A multiaxial stress criterion for short- and long-term strength of isotropic rock media
journal, December 2000
- Aubertin, M.; Li, L.; Simon, R.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 37, Issue 8, p. 1169-1193
Equipment for excavation of deep boreholes in geological formation and the manner of energy and material transport in the boreholes
patent, December 2011
- Kocis, Ivan; Kristofic, Tomás; Kocis, Igor
- US Patent Document 8,082,996
Laser heating of sheet metal and thermal stress development
journal, November 2004
- Khan, Ovais U.; Yilbas, B. S.
- Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 155-156, p. 2045-2050
Continuous drilling of vertical boreholes by thermal processes: including rock spallation and fusion
patent, June 1998
- Potter, Robert M.; Tester, Jefferson W.
- US Patent Document 5,771,984
An algorithm and a modular subroutine for the CAP model
journal, April 1979
- Sandler, I. S.; Rubin, D.
- International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 3, Issue 2, p. 173-186
Characterization of the melt removal rate in laser cutting of thick-section stainless steel
journal, May 2010
- Wandera, Catherine; Kujanpaa, Veli
- Journal of Laser Applications, Vol. 22, Issue 2, p. 62-70
Tool For Reporting The Status And Drill-Down Of A Control Application In An Automated Manufacturing Environment
patent-application, February 2009
- Mock, Michael; Moore, Gary; Wong, Justin
- US Patent Application 11/839749; 20090049345
Downhole sensing with fiber in the formation
patent, December 2005
- Gardner, Wallace R.; Rodney, Paul F.; Skinner, Neal G.
- US Patent Document 6,978,832
Use of nondestructive testing methods in evaluation of thermal damage for ceramics under conditions of nonstationary thermal effects
journal, January 1985
- Gogotsi, G. A.; Negovskii, A. N.
- Strength of Materials, Vol. 17, Issue 1, p. 52-56
Dual wall drill string assembly
patent, December 2006
- Church, Kris L.; Riel, William G.
- US Patent Document 7,152,700
Fiber output coupler with beam shaping optics for laser materials processing system
patent, March 1991
- Ortiz, Jr., Angel L.
- US Patent Document 4,997,250
Curvature loss formula for optical fibers
journal, January 1976
- Marcuse, Dietrich
- Journal of the Optical Society of America, Vol. 66, Issue 3, p. 216-220
Methods And Apparatus For Subsea Well Intervention And Subsea Wellhead Retrieval
patent-application, December 2010
- Redlinger, Thomas; Antoine, Andrew; Le, My
- US Patent Application 12/490508; 20100326665
Sensors For Estimating Properties Of A Core
patent-application, April 2009
- Castillo, Homero; Georgi, Daniel; Patterson, Douglas
- US Patent Application 12/236206; 20090105955
Concentric insulated tubing string
patent, October 1984
- Hutchison, S. O.
- US Patent Document 4,477,106
Well perforating for increased production
patent-application, June 2006
- Schultz, Roger L.; Fripp, Michael L.; Burleson, John D.
- US Patent Document 11/005234; 20060118303
Radiation monitoring apparatus, systems, and methods
patent-application, March 2006
- Rao, M. Vikram; Rodney, Paul F.
- US Patent Document 10/937176; 20060049345
Apparatus for completing a subterranean well and associated methods of using same
patent, January 1999
- Terrell, Jamie B.
- US Patent Document 5,862,862
Dynamics of ultrasonic percussive drilling of hard rocks
journal, February 2005
- Wiercigroch, M.; Wojewoda, J.; Krivtsov, A. M.
- Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 280, Issue 3-5, p. 739-757
Fluid Laser Jets, Cutting Heads, Tools and Methods of Use
patent-application, March 2012
- Zediker, Mark S.; Grubb, Daryl L.; Kolachalam, Sharath K.
- US Patent Document 13/222931; 20120074110
In-Pipe Work Device
patent-application, August 2011
- Okada, Satoshi; Tamura, Masataka; Kobayashi, Taiji
- US Patent Document 13/026589; 20110198075
Inverted motor for drilling rocks, soils and man-made materials and for re-entry and cleanout of existing wellbores and pipes
patent-application, September 2005
- Oglesby, Kenneth D.
- US Patent Document 11/120614; 20050189146
A criterion for the time dependence of dynamic fracture
journal, December 1968
- Tuler, Floyd R.; Butcher, Barry M.
- International Journal of Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 4, Issue 4, p. 431-437
Porosity-permeability relationships in interlayered limestone-dolostone reservoirs
journal, January 2006
- Ehrenberg, S. N.; Eberli, G. P.; Keramati, M.
- AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 90, Issue 1, p. 91-114
Comparison of Specific Energy Between Drilling With High Power Lasers and Other Drilling Methods
conference, October 2002
- Graves, Ramona M.; Araya, Anibal; Gahan, Brian C.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Improved Bit Stability Reduces Downhole Harmonics (Vibrations)
conference, April 2013
- Ortiz, Blas; Casallas, Cesar; Parra, Hector
- SPE/IADC Asia Pacific Drilling Technology
Coiled tubing system used for the evaluation of stimulation candidate wells
patent, October 1994
- Macadam, James M.; Bailey, Donald E.; Savage, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document 5,351,533
Methods of well stimulation during drilling operations
patent, March 2009
- McDaniel, Billy W.; Surjaatmadja, Jim B.
- US Patent Document 7,503,404
Modeling Laser-Spallation Rock Drilling
journal, February 2006
- Bybee, Karen
- Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol. 58, Issue 02
On the relationship between the parameters of Paris' law for fatigue crack growth in aluminium alloys
journal, December 1977
- Baflon, Jean-Paul; Masounave, Jacques; Bathias, Claude
- Scripta Metallurgica, Vol. 11, Issue 12, p. 1101-1106
Failure mechanisms of polycrystalline diamond compact drill bits in geothermal environments
report, September 1981
- Hoover, E. R.; Pope, L. E.
- SAND-81-1404
Specific energy for pulsed laser rock drilling
journal, February 2003
- Xu, Z.; Reed, C. B.; Konercki, G.
- Journal of Laser Applications, Vol. 15, Issue 1, p. 25-30
Sensing System Using Optical Fiber Suited to High Temperatures
patent-application, November 2008
- Parker, Tom; Farhadiroushan, Mahmoud; Mondanos, Michail
- US Patent Application 12/094647; 20080273852
Anisotropic distributed feedback fiber laser sensor
patent, April 2005
- Bohnert, Klaus
- US Patent Document 6,885,784
Effect of Sampling Geometry on Elemental Emissions in Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
journal, December 1996
- Multari, Rosalie A.; Foster, Leeann E.; Cremers, David A.
- Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 50, Issue 12, p. 1483-1499
A fatigue crack driving force parameter with load ratio effects
journal, January 2001
- Kujawski, Daniel
- International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 23, p. 239-246
Thermal lensing compensation objective for high power lasers
conference, January 2010
- Scaggs, Michael; Haas, Gil
- ICALEO® 2010: 29th International Congress on Laser Materials Processing, Laser Microprocessing and Nanomanufacturing, International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics
Detection of Metals in the Environment Using a Portable Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Instrument
journal, February 1996
- Yamamoto, Karen Y.; Cremers, David A.; Ferris, Monty J.
- Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 50, Issue 2, p. 222-233
Methods useful for controlling fluid loss in subterranean formations
patent, January 2012
- Dusterhoft, Ronald G.; Todd, Bradley L.; Ritter, David W.
- US Patent Document 8,091,638
Theoretical study of heat transfer with moving phase-change interface in thawing of frozen food
journal, January 2005
- Leung, M.; Ching, W. H.; Leung, D. Y. C.
- Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 38, Issue 3, p. 477-482
Process for Extracting Oil from Oil Shale
patent, March 1972
- Yant, Milfred R.
- US Patent Document 3,652,447
Dynamically positioned, concentric riser, drilling method and apparatus
patent, August 2001
- Hermann, Rolf; Scott, Robert J.; Shaughnessy, John M.
- US Patent Document 6,273,193
Pulsed electric rock drilling apparatus
patent, August 2008
- Moeny, William M.; Hill, Gilman A.
- US Patent Document 7,416,032
A dynamic damage growth model for uniaxial compressive response of rock aggregates
journal, May 2002
- Huang, Chengyi; Subhash, Ghatu; Vitton, Stanley J.
- Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 34, Issue 5, p. 267-277
Experiments with rock: Remarks on strength and stability issues
journal, June 2007
- Labuz, J. F.; Biolzi, L.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 44, Issue 4, p. 525-537
Crack propagation at a constant crack tip stress intensity factor
journal, August 1980
- Smith, E.
- International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 16, Issue 4, p. R215-R218
EOR Field Experiences in Carbonate Reservoirs in the United States
conference, April 2013
- Manrique, Eduardo Jose; Muci, Viviana Eugenia; Gurfinkel, Mariano E.
- SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery
Device for drilling holes in the crust of the earth, especially for drilling oil wells
patent, June 1996
- Vestavik, Ola M.
- US Patent Document 5,526,887
Dominant rock properties affecting the penetration rate of percussive drills
journal, July 2003
- Kahraman, S.; Bilgin, N.; Feridunoglu, C.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 40, Issue 5, p. 711-723
Apparatus for completing a subterranean well and associated methods of using same
patent, September 2000
- Longbottom, James R.; Blizzard, Jr., William A.; Halford, Gene
- US Patent Document 6,116,344
Fiber optic sensing systems and methods
patent-application, December 2004
- Gleitman, Daniel D.
- US Patent Document 10/461977; 20040252748
Laser heating of semi-infinite solid with consecutive pulses: Influence of materaial properties on temperature field
journal, April 2008
- Shuja, S. Z.; Yilbas, B. S.; Khan, Shafique M. A.
- Optics & Laser Technology, Vol. 40, Issue 3, p. 472-480
GEODYN: A Geological Formation/Drillstring Dynamics Computer Program
conference, April 2013
- Baird, J. A.; Caskey, B. C.; Tinianow, M. A.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
The influence of residual stresses on rock hardness
journal, May 1974
- Habib, P.; Duc, Nguyen Minh
- Rock Mechanics, Vol. 6, Issue 1, p. 15-24
Method For Monitoring Fluid Properties
patent-application, June 2007
- Dria, Dennis; Rambow, Frederick; Wicks, Moye
- US Patent Application 11/561806; 20070125163
A Review and Evaluation of Specific Heat Capacities of Rocks, Minerals, and Subsurface Fluids. Part 2: Fluids and Porous Rocks
journal, June 2004
- Waples, Douglas W.; Waples, Jacob S.
- Natural Resources Research, Vol. 13, Issue 2, p. 123-130
Limitations on lightwave communications imposed by optical-fiber nonlinearities
journal, January 1990
- Chraplyvy, A. R.
- Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 8, Issue 10, p. 1548-1557
Sensor and method for detecting trace underground energetic materials
patent, June 1998
- Sausa, Rosario C.
- US Patent Document 5,759,859
Cutting Efficiency of a Single PDC Cutter on Hard Rock
journal, June 2009
- Hareland, G.; Nygaard, R.; Yan, W.
- Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, Vol. 48, Issue 6, p. 60-65
Downhole high resolution NMR spectroscopy with polarization enhancement
patent-application, June 2004
- Blanz, Martin; Kruspe, Thomas
- US Patent Document 10/696995; 20040119471
Method Of And System For Hydrocarbon Recovery
patent-application, July 2010
- Schwoebel, Jeffrey; Brunner, Daniel; Sakashita, Bruce
- US Patent Application 12/501911; 20100170672
High-Power ZBLAN Glass Fiber Lasers: Review and Prospect
journal, January 2010
- Zhu, Xiushan; Peyghambarian, N.
- Advances in OptoElectronics, Vol. 2010, p. 1-23
High power optical apparatus employing large-mode-area, multimode, gain-producing optical fibers
patent-application, July 2008
- DiGiovanni, David John; Headley, Clifford Everill
- US Patent Document 11/698541; 20080180787
Spoolable flexible hydraulic controlled annular control valve
patent, November 1995
- Pringle, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document 5,465,793
Undersea telecommunications cable having optical fibers in a tube
patent, June 1992
- Marlier, Gery; Libert, Jean-Francois
- US Patent Document 5,125,061
Lightweight optical fiber cable
patent, June 1992
- Panuska, Andrew J.; Patel, Parbhubhai D.
- US Patent Document 5,125,063
Method for laser drilling subterranean earth formations
patent, August 1976
- Shuck, Lowell Z.
- US Patent Document 3,977,478
Method of cutting an object and of further processing the cut material, and carrier for holding the object and the cut material
patent, January 2007
- Richerzhagen, Bernold
- US Patent Document 7,163,875
Laboratory Measurement and Correction of Thermal Properties for Application to the Rock Mass
journal, November 2005
- Gunn, D. A.; Jones, L. D.; Raines, M. G.
- Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, Vol. 23, Issue 6, p. 773-791
Faraday Rotators With Short Magneto-Optical Elements for 50-kW Laser Power
journal, June 2007
- Zheleznov, Dmitry S.; Mukhin, Ivan B.; Palashov, Oleg V.
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 43, Issue 6, p. 451-457
Fluorescent dye penetrants applied to rock fractures
journal, March 1968
- Gardner, R. D.; Pincus, H. J.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, Vol. 5, Issue 2, p. 155-156
Downhole sensing with fiber in exterior annulus
patent, January 2005
- Shah, Vimal V.; Gardner, Wallace R.; Rodney, Paul F.
- US Patent Document 6,847,034
Apparatus and Method for Electrocrushing Rock
patent-application, January 2010
- Moeny, William M.
- US Patent Document 12/502977; 20100000790
Dry geothermal drilling and recovery system
patent, September 2003
- Rosa, Robert
- US Patent Document 6,626,249
Application of high powered lasers to perforated completions
conference, January 2003
- Xu, Zhiyue; Reed, Claude B.; Leong, Keng H.
- ICALEO® 2003: 22nd International Congress on Laser Materials Processing and Laser Microfabrication, International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics
Process for cutting a material by means of a laser beam
patent, August 1990
- Wrobel, Walter G.
- US Patent Document 4,952,771
Method and device for excavating submerged stratum
patent, September 2010
- Kobayashi, Toshio; Takayama, Kazuyoshi; Ueda, Ken
- US Patent Document 7,802,384
Investigation of thermal fatigue behavior of thermal barrier coating systems
journal, October 1997
- Zhu, Dongming; Miller, Robert A.
- Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 94-95, p. 94-101
Fiber optic well logging means and method
patent, July 1979
- Pitts, Jr., Robert W.
- US Patent Document 4,162,400
Apparatus for the injection of cable into coiled tubing
patent, February 1997
- Newman, Kenneth R.; Stone, Lyndon; Tong, David
- US Patent Document 5,599,004
Slimbore subsea completion system and method
patent, May 2001
- Cunningham, Christopher E.; Bartlett, Christopher D.
- US Patent Document 6,227,300
Apparatus for completing a subterranean well and associated methods of using same
patent, October 2000
- Gano, John C.; Barker, James M.
- US Patent Document 6,135,206
Downhole power source
patent-application, June 2008
- Gold, Randy
- US Patent Application 11/607678; 20080128123
Characterization of the Austin Chalk Producing Trend
conference, January 1986
- Chen, H. Y.; Poston, S. W.; Wu, C. H.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Digital Simulation in Electrochemistry
book, January 2005
- Britz, Dieter
- Lecture Notes in Physics, 338 p.
Intrinsic Length Scales in Tool-Rock Interaction
journal, January 2008
- Huang, Haiying; Detournay, Emmanuel
- International Journal of Geomechanics, Vol. 8, Issue 1, p. 39-44
Dynamics of laser-induced cavitation bubbles near an elastic boundary
journal, April 2001
- Brujan, Emil-Alexandru; Nahen, Kester; Schmidt, Peter
- Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 433, p. 251-281
Method for protecting optical fibers embedded in the armor of a tow cable
patent, July 2003
- Stottlemyer, Thomas R.
- US Patent Document 6,591,046
Methods useful for controlling fluid loss during sand control operations
patent-application, November 2006
- Eoff, Larry S.; Brown, David L.; Dalrymple, Eldon D.
- US Patent Document 11/501595; 20060266522
Glass fibers for stimulated Brillouin scattering and phase conjugation
journal, February 2007
- Meister, Stefan; Riesbeck, Thomas; Eichler, Hans J.
- Laser and Particle Beams, Vol. 25, Issue 1, p. 15-21
Method and apparatus for installing electrical logging cable inside coiled tubing
patent, June 1992
- Legget, Henry H.
- US Patent Document 5,121,872
Shear Laser Module and Method of Retrofitting and Use
patent-application, August 2012
- Zediker, Mark S.; Bergeron, Henry A.; Clark, Philip V.
- US Patent Document 13/034183; 20120217019
Composite coiled tubing apparatus and methods
patent, October 1998
- Thomeer, Bart; Sorem, Robert M.
- US Patent Document 5,828,003
Spoolable flexible hydraulic controlled coiled tubing safety valve
patent, September 2000
- Pringle, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document RE36,880
High Power Laser Photo-Conversion Assemblies, Apparatuses and Methods of Use
patent-application, October 2012
- Zediker, Mark S.; Jones-Albertus, Rebecca; Faircloth, Brian O.
- US Patent Document 13/347445; 20120266803
Moving boundary problems in phase change models current research questions
journal, April 1985
- Solomon, A. D.; Alexiades, V.; Wilson, D. G.
- ACM SIGNUM Newsletter, Vol. 20, Issue 2, p. 8-12
Waterjet-assisted rock cutting systems — the present state of the art
journal, July 1985
- Hood, Michael
- International Journal of Mining Engineering, Vol. 3, Issue 2, p. 91-111
Air-entrainment characteristics in a plunging water jet system using rectangular nozzles with rounded ends
January 2003
- Bagatur, Tamer; Sekerdag, Nusret
- Water SA, Vol. 29, Issue 1, p. 35-38
Method of and apparatus for subsurface exploration
patent, August 2001
- Vereecken, Harry; Holtkemeier, Jurgen
- US Patent Document 6,275,645
Program plan for the development of advanced synthetic-diamond drill bits for hard-rock drilling
report, September 1993
- Glowka, D.A.; Schafer, D.M.
- SAND--93-1953
Correlation between Schmidt hardness, uniaxial compressive strength and Young’s modulus for andesites, basalts and tuffs
journal, April 2004
- Dinçer, Ismail; Acar, Altay; Çobanoğlu, Ibrahim
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Vol. 63, Issue 2, p. 141-148
Method and Apparatus for Performing Laser Operations Downhole
patent-application, July 2008
- Lynde, Gerald; DeGeare, Joseph
- US Patent Application 11/621878; 20080166132
Intervention rod
patent, August 2010
- Hansen, Henning; Farhadiroushan, Mahmoud; Kluth, Richard
- US Patent Document 7,769,260
Laser welding of aluminium alloy 5083
conference, January 2002
- Okon, P.; Dearden, G.; Watkins, K.
- ICALEO® 2002: 21st International Congress on Laser Materials Processing and Laser Microfabrication, International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics
Solid-state spectrally-pure linearly-polarized pulsed fiber amplifier laser system useful for ultraviolet radiation generation
patent, June 1999
- Goldberg, Lew; Kliner, Dahv A. V.; Koplow, Jeffrey P.
- US Patent Document 5,909,306
Composite spoolable tube
patent, January 2010
- Quigley, Peter A.; Nolet, Stephen C.; Williams, Jerry G.
- US Patent Document 7,647,948
Subsea intervention
patent, September 2007
- Rytlewski, Gary L.; Zimmerman, Thomas H.; Goode, Peter A.
- US Patent Document 7,264,057
Drilling a Hole in Granite Submerged in Water By Use of CO<sub>2</sub> Laser
journal, February 2010
- Bybee, Karen
- Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol. 62, Issue 02
Thermal expansion behavior of igneous rocks
journal, October 1974
- Richter, Dorothy; Simmons, Gene
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, Vol. 11, Issue 10, p. 403-411
Correlating schmidt hardness with compressive strength and young’s modulus of carbonate rocks
journal, October 1990
- Sachpazis, C. I.
- Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology, Vol. 42, Issue 1, p. 75-83
Single-mode Optical Fiber
patent-application, December 2007
- de Montmorillon, Louis-Anne; Molin, Denis; Matthijsse, Pieter
- US Patent Application 11/697994; 20070280615
Method and apparatus for performing rapid isotopic analysis via laser spectroscopy
patent-application, August 2003
- Jones, Christopher; Sofer, Zvi; Drozd, Richard J.
- US Patent Document 10/083282; 20030160164
Study on rock-drilling using PDC bits for the prediction of torque and rate of penetration
journal, January 2009
- Jadoun, R. S.
- International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol. 17, Issue 4, Article No. 408
Single-Mode Optical Fiber Having Reduced Bending Losses
patent-application, November 2009
- de Montmorillon, Louis-Anne; Richard, Simon; Molin, Denis
- US Patent Application 12/436423; 20090279835
Method and Apparatus for the Production of Sonic or Ultrasonic Waves on a Surface
patent, March 1970
- Schneider, H.
- US Patent Document 3,503,804
Growth and structures of surface disturbances of a round liquid jet in a coaxial airflow
journal, April 2004
- Morozumi, Yoshio; Fukai, Jun
- Fluid Dynamics Research, Vol. 34, Issue 4, p. 217-231
Insulated casing assembly
patent, June 1982
- Stephenson, Edgar O.; Kohl, John M.; Cunningham, Charles R.
- US Patent Document 4,332,401
Method useful for controlling fluid loss in subterranean formations
patent-application, December 2006
- Sierra, Leopolodo; Eoff, Larry S.
- US Patent Document 11/485199; 20060283592
The Design And Use Of Polycrystalline Diamond Compact Drag Bits In The Geothermal Environment
conference, September 1979
- Varnado, S. G.; Huff, C. F.; Yarrington, P.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Wellbore Laser Operations
patent-application, December 2010
- Schultz, Roger; East, Loyd; Walters, Harold
- US Patent Application 12/825906; 20100326659
The porosity and engineering properties of vesicular basalt in Saudi Arabia
journal, October 1999
- Al-Harthi, A. A.; Al-Amri, R. M.; Shehata, W. M.
- Engineering Geology, Vol. 54, Issue 3-4, p. 313-320
Optical Fiber Configurations for Transmission of Laser Energy Over Great Distances
patent-application, January 2012
- Rinzler, Charles C.; Zediker, Mark S.
- US Patent Document 12/840978; 20120020631
Formation Evaluation From Logging on Cuttings
journal, June 1998
- Santarelli, F. J.; Marsala, A. F.; Brignoli, M.
- SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Vol. 1, Issue 3, p. 238-244
Dry Fiber Optic Cables and Assemblies
patent-application, December 2009
- Bringuier, Anne G.; Greenwood, Jody L.; Seddon, David Alan
- US Patent Document 12/553426; 20090324183
Wellbore cleanout apparatus and method
patent, May 1988
- Patterson, John C.; Hearn, David D.
- US Patent Document 4,744,420
Dynamic failure analysis on granite under uniaxial impact compressive load
journal, July 2008
- Zhai, Yue; Ma, Guowei; Zhao, Junhai
- Frontiers of Architecture and Civil Engineering in China, Vol. 2, Issue 3, p. 253-260
Well Perforation Using High-Power Lasers
conference, October 2003
- Batarseh, S.; Gahan, B. C.; Graves, R. M.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Linear displacement measurement method and apparatus
patent, February 2006
- Robison, Clark E.
- US Patent Document 6,994,162
Flow Visualization and Characteristics of a Coaxial Jet with a Tabbed Annular Nozzle
journal, January 2006
- Kiwata, Takahiro; Ishii, Takashi; Kimura, Shigeo
- JSME International Journal Series B, Vol. 49, Issue 4, p. 906-913
Thermal fatigue of particle reinforced metal–matrix composite induced by laser heating and mechanical load
journal, July 2005
- Long, S. G.; Zhou, Y. C.
- Composites Science and Technology, Vol. 65, Issue 9, p. 1391-1400
Laser diode/lens assembly
patent, March 1996
- Doggett, David F.; McCaul, Bruce W.
- US Patent Document 5,500,768
Analysis of Efficient High-Power Fiber Lasers for Well Perforation
conference, January 2004
- Gahan, Brian C.; Batarseh, Samih; Sharma, Bhargav
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Method and apparatus for a tunable diode laser spectrometer for analysis of hydrocarbon samples
patent-application, January 2005
- DiFoggio, Rocco
- US Patent Document 10/836675; 20050007583
Method and system for monitoring smart structures utilizing distributed optical sensors
patent-application, May 2003
- Tubel, Paulo S.
- US Patent Document 10/312235; 20030094281
High power optical isolator
patent, May 2010
- Shou, Yuanxin; Guo, Qingdon; Zhao, Jing
- US Patent Document 7,715,664
Device and installation for the cleaning of drains, particularly in a petroleum production well
patent, February 1992
- Cholet, Henri
- US Patent Document 5,086,842
System and Method for Drilling Borehole
patent-application, May 2012
- Jeffryes, Benjamin Peter
- US Patent Document 13/344535; 20120103693
Development of underwater laser cutting technique for steel and zircaloy for nuclear applications
journal, December 2010
- Jain, R. K.; Agrawal, D. K.; Vishwakarma, S. C.
- Pramana, Vol. 75, Issue 6, p. 1253-1258
Laser drilling method and system of fossil fuel recovery
patent, September 1978
- Stout, Daniel
- US Patent Document 4,113,036
Rock failure mechanisms of flame-jet thermal spallation drilling—theory and experimental testing
journal, September 1989
- Rauenzahn, R. M.; Tester, J. W.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, Vol. 26, Issue 5, p. 381-399
Insulated prestressed conduit string for heated fluids
patent, July 1982
- Stalder, John L.
- US Patent Document 4,340,245
Combined Bragg grating wavelength interrogator and Brillouin backscattering measuring instrument
patent, April 2007
- MacDougall, Trevor
- US Patent Document 7,199,869
Pulsed Electric Rock Drilling Apparatus with Non-Rotating Bit and Directional Control
patent-application, February 2009
- Moeny, William
- US Patent Application 12/198868; 20090050371
Laser heating of multilayer assembly and stress levels: elasto-plastic consideration
journal, December 2003
- Naqavi, I. Z.; Yilbas, B. S.; Khan, Ovaisullah
- Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 40, Issue 1-2, p. 25-32
Electrohydraulic pressure wave projectors
patent, April 2001
- Moeny, William M.; Winsor, Niels K.
- US Patent Document 6,215,734
Rock albedo and monitoring of thermal conditions in respect of weathering: some expected and some unexpected results
journal, June 2005
- Hall, Kevin; Lindgren, B. Staffan; Jackson, Peter
- Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 30, Issue 7, p. 801-811
Fiber optic tomographic imaging of borehole fluids
patent, March 2002
- Skinner, Neal G.; Gardner, Gerald; Waid, Margaret C.
- US Patent Document 6,355,928
System And Method For Deploying Optical Fiber
patent-application, October 2009
- Greenaway, Robert
- US Patent Application 12/136567; 20090266562
Method Of Protecting High Power Laser Drilling, Workover And Completion Systems From Carbon Gettering Deposits
patent-application, November 2012
- Zediker, Mark; Faircloth, Brian
- US Patent Application 13/403741; 20120273470
Waveform Cross-Correlation-Based Differential Travel-Time Measurements at the Northern California Seismic Network
journal, December 2005
- Schaff, D. P.; Waldhauser, Felix
- Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 95, Issue 6, p. 2446-2461
Spall damage modelling and dynamic fracture specificities of ceramics
journal, July 1992
- Belyaev, V. V.
- Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 32, Issue 1-2, p. 135-144
Energy from Abandoned Oil and Gas Reservoirs
conference, January 2008
- Zhang, Lingyu; Yuan, Jianguo; Liang, Hongbin
- SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition
Fiber optic cable for use in harsh environments
patent, September 2008
- Dowd, Edward M.; Ives, Jr., Milton E.
- US Patent Document 7,424,190
Well Servicing Methods And Systems
patent-application, October 2007
- Lovell, John; Adnan, Sarmad; Ayoub, Joseph
- US Patent Application 11/278512; 20070227741
Particle modeling simulation of thermal effects on ore breakage
journal, October 2008
- Wang, Ge; Radziszewski, Peter; Ouellet, Jacques
- Computational Materials Science, Vol. 43, Issue 4, p. 892-901
Profile melting-drill process and device
patent, December 1992
- Foppe, Werner
- US Patent Document 5,168,940
Implosion shaped charge perforator
patent, August 1989
- Chawla, Manmohan S.
- US Patent Document 4,860,655
Implosion shaped charge perforator
patent, August 1989
- Chawla, Manmohan S.; McPhee, William A.
- US Patent Document 4,860,654
Producing hydrocarbons from well with underground reservoir
patent, June 2001
- Proudfoot, Glenn C.
- US Patent Document 6,250,391
Method and System for Forming a Non-Circular Borehole
patent-application, April 2008
- Potter, Jared; Potter, Robert; Basler, James
- US Patent Application 11/691445; 20080093125
Methods and Apparatus for Thermal Drilling
patent-application, April 2010
- Wideman, Thomas; Potter, Jared; Dreesen, Donald
- US Patent Application 12/575839; 20100089576
System and Methods Using Fiber Optics in Coiled Tubing
patent-application, January 2010
- Lovell, John R.; Gay, Michael G.; Adnan, Sarmad
- US Patent Document 12/575024; 20100018703
Apparatus for employing destructive resonance
patent, April 1991
- Sellar, John G.
- US Patent Document 5,004,166
Process for recovering viscous, combustible material
patent, October 1980
- Reale, Lucio V.
- US Patent Document 4,228,856
Coil tubing supported electrical submersible pump
patent, December 1993
- Martin, Fred S.
- US Patent Document 5,269,377
Apparatus and method for detection and concentration measurement of trace metals using laser induced breakdown spectroscopy
patent, December 1998
- Alexander, Dennis R.
- US Patent Document 5,847,825
Unique characteristic features of stimulated Brillouin scattering in small-core photonic crystal fibers
journal, January 2008
- McElhenny, John E.; Pattnaik, Radha K.; Toulouse, Jean
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B, Vol. 25, Issue 4, p. 582-593
Laser short pulse heating: Influence of pulse intensity on temperature and stress fields
journal, October 2006
- Yilbas, B. S.; Arif, A. F. M.
- Applied Surface Science, Vol. 252, Issue 24, p. 8428-8437
Nano-second laser pulse heating and assisting gas jet considerations
journal, May 2000
- Yilbas, B. S.; Shuja, S. Z.; Budair, M. O.
- International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Vol. 40, Issue 7, p. 1023-1038
Characterization of Diagenetically Altered Carbonate Reservoirs, South Cowden Grayburg Reservoir, West Texas
conference, October 1996
- Lucia, F. J.; Ruppel, S. C.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Methods and Apparatus for Wellbore Enhancement
patent-application, April 2010
- Wideman, Thomas; Potter, Jared; Dreesen, Donald
- US Patent Application 12/575857; 20100089574
Spectral signatures and optic coefficients of surface and reservoir shales and limestones at COIL, CO 2 , and Nd:YAG laser wavelengths
conference, October 2004
- Bailo, El Tahir; Graves, Ramona M.
- Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, SPIE Proceedings
Subterranean well pressure and temperature measurement
patent, October 2005
- Skinner, Neal G.; Dennis, John; LeBlanc, Michel Joseph
- US Patent Document 6,957,576
Downhole Telemetry System Using an Optically Transmissive Fluid Media and Method for Use of Same
patent-application, January 2010
- Cavender, Travis; Fink, Kevin; Zeller, Vince
- US Patent Document 12/173851; 20100013663
Flexible heat-insulated pipe-line for in particular cryogenic fluids
patent, November 1983
- Argy, Gilles
- US Patent Document 4,417,603
Submarine cable having a centrally located tube containing optical fibers
patent, October 1995
- Chu, Tek-Che
- US Patent Document 5,463,711
Method and apparatus for an advanced optical analyzer
patent-application, November 2004
- Shammal, Michael; Gordon, Robert; DiFoggio, Rocco
- US Patent Document 10/837475; 20040218176
The dynamic strength and fracture properties of dresser basalt
journal, May 1974
- Lindholm, U. S.; Yeakley, L. M.; Nagy, A.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, Vol. 11, Issue 5, p. 181-191
Optical fiber grating package
patent, March 2002
- Hu, Chieh; Yang, Shu-Mei
- US Patent Document 6,356,683
Thermal expansion of silicon carbide materials
journal, June 1994
- Palchaev, D. K.; Murlieva, Zh. Kh.; Palchaeva, Kh. S.
- Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics, Vol. 66, Issue 6, p. 660-662
A noninvasive method for measuring the velocity of diffuse hydrothermal flow by tracking moving refractive index anomalies
journal, October 2010
- Mittelstaedt, Eric; Davaille, Anne; van Keken, Peter E.
- Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 11, Issue 10, 18 p.
Optics Assembly For High Power Laser Tools
patent-application, November 2012
- Fraze, Jason; Faircloth, Brian; Zediker, Mark
- US Patent Application 13/403509; 20120275159
Laser Assisted System for Controlling Deep Water Drilling Emergency Situations
patent-application, August 2012
- Zediker, Mark S.
- US Patent Document 13/034037; 20120217017
Insulated and/or concentric coiled tubing
patent, January 2000
- Luft, H. Bernie; Wilde, Graham; Pelensky, Peter J.
- US Patent Document 6,015,015
Demonstration of the Power of Inter-Disciplinary Integration to Beat Field Development Challenges in a Complex Brown Field - South Oman
conference, January 2010
- Al-Belushi, Farah Ali; Lukmanov, Rinat B.; Al-Busaidi, Rashid Said
- Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference
Case History of the University Block 9 (Wolfcamp) FieldA Gas-Water Injection Secondary Recovery Project
journal, December 1970
- Cone, Clifford
- Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol. 22, Issue 12, p. 1485-1491
Investigation of thermal properties of some basalt samples in Egypt
journal, January 2004
- Mostafa, M. S.; Afify, N.; Gaber, A.
- Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol. 75, Issue 1, p. 179-188
Portable and directional electrocrushing drill
patent, July 2009
- Moeny, William M.
- US Patent Document 7,559,378
Inverted motor for drilling rocks, soils and man-made materials and for re-entry and cleanout of existing wellbores and pipes
patent-application, March 2003
- Oglesby, Kenneth D.
- US Patent Document 10/227985; 20030056990
Two-channel, dual-mode, fiber optic rotary joint
patent-application, September 2007
- Zhang, Boying; Zhang, Hong
- US Patent Application 11/410939; 20070217736
Development of PDC Bits for Downhole Motors
report, January 1995
- Karasawa, H.; Ohno, T.
- GEO-PROC-95-02
Prediction of thermal conductivity of rock through physico-mechanical properties
journal, January 2007
- Singh, T. N.; Sinha, S.; Singh, V. K.
- Building and Environment, Vol. 42, Issue 1, p. 146-155
Monitoring of downhole parameters and tools utilizing fiber optics
patent, August 2001
- Tubel, Paulo; Williams, Glynn; Johnson, Michael H.
- US Patent Document 6,281,489
Coiled Tubing Deployed ESPs Utilizing Internally Installed Power Cable - A Project Update
conference, January 1997
- Cooper, R.; Head, P.
- SPE/ICoTA North American Coiled Tubing Roundtable
Cavitation inception in quiescent and co-flow nozzle jets
journal, October 2010
- Straka, William A.; Meyer, Richard S.; Fontaine, Arnold A.
- Journal of Hydrodynamics, Ser. B, Vol. 22, Issue 5, p. 813-819
NETL Extreme Drilling Laboratory Studies High Pressure High Temperature Drilling Phenomena
conference, May 2009
- Lyons, K. David; Honeygan, Simone; Mroz, Thomas
- ASME 2007 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Volume 2: Structures, Safety and Reliability; Petroleum Technology Symposium
Composite coiled tubing apparatus and methods
patent, May 2000
- Thomeer, Bart; Sorem, Robert M.
- US Patent Document 6,065,540
Assembly and method for determining thermal properties of a formation and forming a liner
patent, February 2008
- Smith, Jr., Harry D.
- US Patent Document 7,334,637
Effective Medium Theory of the Porosity Dependence of Bulk Moduli
journal, May 2001
- Munro, Ronald G.
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 84, Issue 5, p. 1190-1192
Apparatus for acoustic detection of particles in a flow using a fiber optic interferometer
patent, July 2006
- Kringlebotn, Jon Thomas; Rønnekleiv, Erlend; Knudsen, Sverre
- US Patent Document 7,072,044
Composition and Texture on Compressive Strength Variations in the Travis Peak Formation
conference, April 2013
- Plumb, R. A.; Herron, S. L.; Olsen, M. P.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Raman spectroscopy crystallization analysis method
patent, March 2005
- Owen, Harry; Welch, Mark; Pelletier, Michael J.
- US Patent Document 6,867,858
Underwater Laser Welding by 4 kW CW YAG Laser
journal, October 2001
- Yamashita, Yoshihiro; Kawano, Toru; Mann, Kurt
- Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, Vol. 38, Issue 10, p. 891-895
Means for placing cable within coiled tubing
patent, November 1996
- Boyle, Bruce W.; Muller, Laurent E.
- US Patent Document 5,573,225
Spoolable coiled tubing completion system
patent, June 1995
- Pringle, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document 5,425,420
High impact waterjet nozzle
patent-application, April 2004
- McGuire, Dennis
- US Patent Document 10/272116; 20040074979
Determination of thermal properties of a formation
patent-application, December 2004
- Smith, Jr., Harry D.
- US Patent Document 10/457645; 20040244970
Inverted motor for drilling rocks, soils and man-made materials and for re-entry and cleanout of existing wellbores and pipes
patent, July 2005
- Oglesby, Kenneth Doyle
- US Patent Document 6,920,946
Heat insulating tube
patent, December 1988
- Gyory, Gyula; Florian, Zoltan
- US Patent Document 4,793,383
Modularized fiber optic laser system and associated optical amplification modules
patent, April 2002
- Hollister, Jack H.; Zediker, Mark S.
- US Patent Document 6,377,591
SBS threshold for single mode and multimode GRIN fibers in an all fiber configuration
journal, January 2005
- Mocofanescu, A.; Wang, L.; Jain, R.
- Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 6, p. 2019-2024
Deepwater Drilling Riser System
journal, August 1986
- Chastain, T.; Stone, D.
- SPE Drilling Engineering, Vol. 1, Issue 4, p. 325-328
Imaging sensor optical system
patent-application, October 2004
- Hother, John Anthony; Cockshott, Robert Alexander
- US Patent Document 10/763735; 20040211894
The Schmidt hammer in rock material characterization
journal, September 2005
- Aydin, A.; Basu, A.
- Engineering Geology, Vol. 81, Issue 1, p. 1-14
Bottomhole assembly and methods of use
patent, May 2003
- Portman, Lance; Ravensbergen, John
- US Patent Document 6,561,289
Laser machining of a workpiece
patent-application, August 2007
- Richerzhagen, Bernold; Spiegel, Akos
- US Patent Application 11/596680; 20070193990
Experiments in Thermal Spallation of Various Rocks
journal, January 1996
- Williams, R. E.; Potter, R. M.; Miska, S.
- Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol. 118, Issue 1, p. 2-8
Methods and Apparatus for Delivering High Power Laser Energy to a Surface
patent-application, February 2010
- Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 12/544094; 20100044105
Improved Optimisation of Bit Selection Using Mathematically Modelled Bit Performance Indices
conference, January 2006
- Clegg, John Martin; Barton, Steven Paul
- IADC/SPE Asia Pacific Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition
Thermal stress cracking and the enhancement of heat extraction from fractured geothermal reservoirs
report, April 1978
- Murphy, H. D.
- LA-7235-MS
Simultaneous Velocity and Concentration Measurements of a Turbulent Jet Mixing Flow
journal, October 2002
- Hu, Hui; Saga, Tetsuo; Kobayashi, Toshio
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 972, Issue 1, p. 254-259
In-situ laser retorting of oil shale
patent, December 1977
- Bloomfield, Harvey S.
- US Patent Document 4,061,190
Method and System for Advancement of a Borehole Using a High Power Laser
patent-application, February 2010
- Moxley, Joel F.; Land, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 12/543986; 20100044103
Thermal Insulating Tubing
patent, April 1971
- Alexandru, Cassius; Mihailescu, Petre; Stanescu, Alexandru
- US Patent Document 3,574,357
Analysis of compressive fracture in rock using statistical techniques: Part I. A non-linear rule-based model
journal, October 1998
- Blair, S. C.; Cook, N. G. W.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 35, Issue 7, p. 837-848
Dual wall drill string assembly
patent, November 2006
- Riel, Bill; Church, Kris L.
- US Patent Document 7,134,514
Apparatus for completing a subterranean well and associated methods of using same
patent, May 2000
- Longbottom, James R.; Wilson, Tom P.; Pleasants, Charles W.
- US Patent Document 6,059,037
Fiber-optic spectroscopic probe with reduced background luminescence
patent, March 2000
- Slater, Joseph B.; Pelletier, Michael J.
- US Patent Document 6,038,363
Laser wellbore completion apparatus and method
patent, April 2005
- Batarseh, Samih
- US Patent Document 6,880,646
Spoolable flexible hydraulically set, straight pull release well packer
patent, May 1995
- Moore, Brian K.; Pringle, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document 5,411,081
Spoolable coiled tubing completion system
patent, May 1995
- Moore, Brian K.; Pringle, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document 5,411,085
Assembly for determining thermal properties of a formation while drilling or perforating
patent-application, August 2006
- Smith, Jr., Harry D.
- US Patent Document 11/412398; 20060191684
Method and apparatus for performing rapid isotopic analysis via laser spectroscopy
patent, May 2005
- Jones, Christopher Michael; Sofer, Zvi; Drozd, Richard J.
- US Patent Document 6,888,127
Synchronous spectral line imaging methods and apparatus
patent, July 1999
- Slater, Joseph B.; Pelletier, Michael J.
- US Patent Document 5,929,986
Modified formation testing apparatus and method
patent, December 2000
- Berger, Per-Erik; Macune, Don T.
- US Patent Document 6,157,893
Rock removal using high-power lasers for petroleum exploitation purposes
conference, September 2002
- Figueroa, Humberto G.; LaGreca, A.; Gahan, Brian C.
- International Symposium on High-Power Laser Ablation 2002
Apparatus for completing a subterranean well and associated methods of using same
patent, June 2000
- Gano, John C.; Durst, Douglas Glenn; Longbottom, James R.
- US Patent Document 6,076,602
Compression-induced nonplanar crack extension with application to splitting, exfoliation, and rockburst
journal, August 1982
- Nemat-Nasser, S.; Horii, H.
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 87, Issue B8, p. 6805-6821
PDC Bit Selection Method Through the Analysis of Past Bit Performances
conference, October 1990
- Dumans, Carlos Fernando Fontenelle; Maidla, Eric Edgar
- SPE Latin America Petroleum Engineering Conference
Apparatus and Methods For Continuous Coring
patent-application, March 2009
- Castillo, Homero
- US Patent Application 12/235859; 20090078467
Combined Bragg grating wavelength interrogator and brillouin backscattering measuring instrument
patent-application, May 2005
- MacDougall, Trevor
- US Patent Document 10/696766; 20050094129
A study of progressive failure of rock under cyclic loading by ultrasonic and AE monitoring techniques
journal, January 1992
- Rao, M. V. M. S.; Ramana, Y. V.
- Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Vol. 25, Issue 4, p. 237-251
Drag - Bit Model Including Wear
conference, April 1994
- Hareland, G.; Rampersad, P. R.
- SPE Latin America/Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference
A new thermal-shock-resistance model for ceramics: Establishment and validation
journal, September 2005
- Zhou, Zehua; Ding, Peidao; Tan, Shouhong
- Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 405, Issue 1-2, p. 272-276
SBS threshold of a fiber with a Brillouin frequency shift distribution
journal, January 1996
- Shiraki, K.; Ohashi, M.; Tateda, M.
- Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 14, Issue 1, p. 50-57
Launch monitor
patent-application, December 2005
- Bissonnette, Laurent; Pelletier, Diane I.; Toupin, Michael J.
- US Patent Document 10/861448; 20050272513
The influence of steam pressure on thermal spalling of sedimentary rock: Theory and experiments
journal, January 1998
- Hettema, M. H. H.; Wolf, K-H. A. A.; De Pater, C. J.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 35, Issue 1, p. 3-15
System and method for drilling a borehole
patent, February 2012
- Jeffryes, Benjamin Peter
- US Patent Document 8,109,345
Apparatus and Methods for Continuous Tomography of Cores
patent-application, June 2009
- Castillo, Homero
- US Patent Application 12/236295; 20090139768
Microcrack statistics, Weibull distribution and micromechanical modeling of compressive failure in rock
journal, July 2006
- Wong, Teng-fong; Wong, Robina H.C.; Chau, K. T.
- Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 38, Issue 7, p. 664-681
Method and apparatus for perforating oil and gas wells
patent, April 1980
- Salisbury, Winfield W.; Stiles, Walter J.
- US Patent Document 4,199,034
Method and apparatus for a downhole spectrometer based on electronically tunable optical filters
patent-application, May 2005
- DiFoggio, Rocco; Bergren, Paul
- US Patent Document 10/985715; 20050099618
Studies of the frictional heating of polycrystalline diamond compact drag tools during rock cutting
report, June 1982
- Ortega, A.; Glowka, D. A.
- SAND-80-2677
Servo technique for concurrent wavelength locking and stimulated brillouin scattering suppression
patent, December 2003
- Kozlovsky, William J.; Daiber, Andrew; Sprock, Doug
- US Patent Document 6,661,815
Method and Apparatus for Wellbore Perforation
patent-application, May 2012
- Kleefisch, Mark; Hawthorn, Colin; Reynolds, Henry David
- US Patent Document 12/944010; 20120118568
Disconnect check valve mechanism for coiled tubing
patent, October 2004
- Smith, Peter V.; Leising, Lawrence J.; Ramsey, Robert Michael
- US Patent Document 6,808,023
Well perforating apparatus and method
patent, October 1980
- Price, Ernest H.
- US Patent Document 4,227,582
Method and device for excavating submerged stratum
patent-application, May 2009
- Kobayashi, Toshio; Takayama, Kazuyoshi; Ueda, Ken-ichi
- US Patent Application 11/659730; 20090126235
Prevention of Nozzle Wear in Abrasive Water Suspension Jets (AWSJ) Using Porous Lubricated Nozzles
journal, January 2003
- Anand, Umang; Katz, Joseph
- Journal of Tribology, Vol. 125, Issue 1, p. 168-180
Comparative Economics Of Deep Drilling In Anadarko Basin
conference, April 2013
- Rietman, N. D.; Rumph, K. D.
- SPE Deep Drilling and Production Symposium
System And Method For Long Term Power In Well Applications
patent-application, February 2009
- Huang, Songming; MacDougall, Thomas; Jeffryes, Benjamin
- US Patent Application 11/830504; 20090033176
A new approach to quantification of metamorphism using ultra-small and small angle neutron scattering
journal, December 2009
- Anovitz, Lawrence M.; Lynn, Gary W.; Cole, David R.
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 73, Issue 24, p. 7303-7324
Assembly and method for determining thermal properties of a formation and forming a liner
patent, April 2009
- Smith, Jr., Harry D.
- US Patent Document 7,516,802
Linear aperture pseudospark switch
patent, August 2000
- Young, Christopher M.; Cravey, William Ray
- US Patent Document 6,104,022
Spectroscopic probe with leak detection
patent, November 1999
- Slater, Joseph B.; Pelletier, Michael J.
- US Patent Document 5,986,756
Method and Device for Fusion Drilling
patent-application, September 2011
- Foppe, Werner
- US Patent Document 13/122500; 20110220409
Experimental investigation on the breakage of hard rock by the PDC cutters with combined action modes
journal, April 2001
- Li, X. B.; Summers, D. A.; Rupert, G.
- Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, Vol. 16, Issue 2, p. 107-114
Method and apparatus for drilling with high-pressure, reduced solid content liquid
patent, December 1996
- Schuh, Frank J.
- US Patent Document 5,586,609
Raman Amplifier, Optical Repeater, And Raman Amplification Method
patent-application, October 2007
- Akasaka, Youichi; Emori, Yoshihiro; Namiki, Shu
- US Patent Application 11/689352; 20070247701
Design concept for optical fibers with enhanced SBS threshold
journal, January 2005
- Kobyakov, Andrey; Kumar, Shiva; Chowdhury, Dipak Q.
- Optics Express, Vol. 13, Issue 14, p. 5338-5346
Method and apparatus for machining material with a liquid-guided laser beam
patent, May 1999
- Richerzhagen, Bernold
- US Patent Document 5,902,499
Spoolable coiled tubing mandrel and gas lift valves
patent, January 1996
- Pringle, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document 5,483,988
Fiber optic sensors
patent, May 1990
- Wlodarczyk, Marek T.; Coletta, Luciano; Campbell, James
- US Patent Document 4,924,870
Dependence of ceramic fracture properties on porosity
journal, January 1993
- Wagh, A. S.; Singh, J. P.; Poeppel, R. B.
- Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 28, Issue 13, p. 3589-3593
Process And Apparatus For Subterranean Drilling
patent-application, July 2010
- Abbasi, Hamid; Salehi, Iraj; Perry, Kent
- US Patent Application 12/361182; 20100187010
Method for preparing and processing a sample for intensive analysis
patent, March 2007
- Jones, Christopher Michael
- US Patent Document 7,195,731
System And Method For Cutting A Web To Provide A Covering
patent-application, February 2009
- O'Connor, Lawrence
- US Patent Application 12/181498; 20090031870
Method of storage of sequestered greenhouse gasses in deep underground reservoirs
patent-application, May 2008
- Curlett, Haryy B.
- US Patent Application 11/897861; 20080112760
Laser liner creation apparatus and method
patent-application, October 2004
- Batarseh, Samih
- US Patent Document 10/407408; 20040195003
Fracture Mechanics Applications To Drilling And Blasting
journal, November 1997
- Rossmanith, H. P.; Daehnke, A.; Nasmillner, R. E. K.
- Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, Vol. 20, Issue 11, p. 1617-1636
Hydraulic fracturing in a sedimentary geothermal reservoir: Results and implications
journal, October 2005
- Legarth, B.; Huenges, E.; Zimmermann, G.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 42, Issue 7-8, p. 1028-1041
Optical fiber having temperature independent optical characteristics
patent-application, March 2003
- Shirasaki, Masataka
- US Patent Document 09/954732; 20030053783
High throughput reconfigurable data analysis system
patent, December 2008
- Bearman, Greg; Pelletier, Michael J.; Seshadri, Suresh
- US Patent Document 7,471,831
Measuring the weight on a drill bit during drilling operations using coherent radiation
patent, July 2008
- Marsh, Laban M.
- US Patent Document 7,394,064
Aluminum riser apparatus, system and method
patent, September 2003
- Deul, Hans Herman Jacques; Campsie, Peter Mackinnon Keith; Gelfgat, Mikhail Yakovlevich
- US Patent Document 6,615,922
Inverted S-shaped model for nonlinear fatigue damage of rock
journal, April 2009
- Xiao, Jian-Qing; Ding, De-Xin; Xu, Gen
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 46, Issue 3, p. 643-648
Internally profiled stator tube
patent, October 2001
- Bottos, Richard D.; Underwood, Lance D.
- US Patent Document 6,309,195
Adjustable Testing Tool and Method of Use
patent-application, June 2011
- Vasques, Ricardo; Ribeiro, Gustavo Andreolli; Ayan, Cosan
- US Patent Document 13/030529; 20110139450
Microporosity in micritic limestones: a review
journal, July 1989
- Moshier, Stephen O.
- Sedimentary Geology, Vol. 63, Issue 3-4, p. 191-213
Tensile fracture propagation and acoustic emission activity in sandstone: The effect of loading rate
journal, October 2005
- Backers, T.; Stanchits, S.; Dresen, G.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 42, Issue 7-8, p. 1094-1101
Determinants of House Prices: A Quantile Regression Approach
journal, July 2007
- Zietz, Joachim; Zietz, Emily Norman; Sirmans, G. Stacy
- The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol. 37, Issue 4
Optical Isolator for Unpolarized Laser Radiation at Multi-Kilowatt Average Power
conference, January 2006
- Nicklaus, K.; Daniels, M.; Hohn, R.
- Advanced Solid-State Photonics
Blowout Preventer Monitoring System and Method of Using Same
patent-application, January 2012
- Liotta, Joseph James; Ensley, Eric Trevor; Johnson, Christopher Dale
- US Patent Document 13/168594; 20120000646
Low profile and lightweight high pressure blowout preventer
patent, August 1997
- Morrill, Charles D.
- US Patent Document 5,655,745
Method of severing a downhole pipe in a well borehole
patent, July 1999
- Hatcher, Wayne B.
- US Patent Document 5,924,489
System and Method for Drilling Lateral Boreholes
patent-application, November 2011
- Hopkins, Christopher; Nobuyoshi, Niina; Bonner, Stephen
- US Patent Document 12/745633; 20110278070
Coil tubing string and downhole generator
patent, February 1994
- Sas-Jaworsky, Alex
- US Patent Document 5,285,204
Temperature Profile in Semi-infinite Body With Exponential Source and Convective Boundary Condition
journal, January 1990
- Blackwell, B. F.
- Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 112, Issue 3, p. 567-571
Device for Performing Deep Drillings and Method of Performing Deep Drillings
patent-application, December 2011
- Kocis, Igor; Kocis, Ivan; Kristofic, Tomas
- US Patent Document 13/148032; 20110290563
Device for excellently coupling a laser beam to a transmission medium through a lens
patent, August 1981
- Shinohara, Tsuneo; Yonezu, Hiroo
- US Patent Document 4,281,891
Release tool for coiled tubing
patent, July 2007
- Ravensbergen, John; Naumann, Andre; Vacik, Lubos
- US Patent Document 7,249,633
Experimental Study of Kilowatt-Average-Power Faraday Isolators
conference, January 2007
- Mukhin, I. B.; Khazanov, E. A.; Palashov, O. V.
- Advanced Solid-State Photonics
Effects of microstructures on dynamic compression of Barre granite
journal, September 2008
- Xia, K.; Nasseri, M. H. B.; Mohanty, B.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 45, Issue 6, p. 879-887
Spectral signatures and optic coefficients of surface and reservoir rocks at COIL, CO 2 , and Nd:YAG laser wavelengths
conference, June 2004
- Graves, Ramona M.; Bailo, El Tahir
- XXXV Annual Symposium on Optical Materials for High Power Lasers: Boulder Damage Symposium, SPIE Proceedings
Pore Geometry in High- and Low-Permeability Sandstones, Travis Peak Formation, East Texas
journal, December 1990
- Soeder, D. J.; Chowdiah, Prasan
- SPE Formation Evaluation, Vol. 5, Issue 4, p. 421-430
Purging Of Fiber Optic Conduits In Subterranean Wells
patent-application, July 2009
- Skinner, Neal
- US Patent Application 12/337689; 20090166042
Coupled analysis of flow, stress and damage (FSD) in rock failure
journal, June 2002
- Tang, C. A.; Tham, L. G.; Lee, P. K. K.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 39, Issue 4, p. 477-489
High throughput reconfigurable data analysis system
patent-application, October 2004
- Bearman, Greg; Pelletier, Michael J.; Seshadri, Suresh
- US Patent Document 10/759808; 20040207731
Riser Lifecycle Management System, Program Product, and Related Methods
patent-application, March 2012
- Radi, Amin
- US Patent Document 13/300155; 20120061091
Drilling, perforating and formation analysis
patent-application, May 2006
- Skinner, Neal G.; Smith, Jr., Harry D.; Jones, Christopher M.
- US Patent Document 10/987923; 20060102343
Brillouin gain spectrum characterization in single-mode optical fibers
journal, January 1997
- Nikles, M.; Thevenaz, L.; Robert, P. A.
- Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 15, Issue 10, p. 1842-1851
Laser Drilling: Effects of Beam Application Methods on Improving Rock Removal
conference, October 2003
- Parker, Richard A.; Gahan, Brian C.; Graves, Ramona M.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Analysis of stimulated Brillouin scattering in multi-mode fiber by numerical solution
journal, May 2003
- Zhou, Tao; Chen, Jun
- Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A, Vol. 4, Issue 3, p. 254-257
Monitoring fluid flow through a filter
patent, September 2002
- Douglas, Neil
- US Patent Document 6,450,257
Method for determining the relative clay content of well core
patent, December 2000
- Scheihing, Mark H.; White, Gary L.; Klein, James D.
- US Patent Document 6,166,546
A bonded-particle model for rock
journal, December 2004
- Potyondy, D. O.; Cundall, P. A.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 41, Issue 8, p. 1329-1364
Well system
patent-application, June 2005
- Terry, James B.; Wilson, Thomas Platt; Eppink, Jay M.
- US Patent Document 10/988930; 20050115741
Borehole Imaging
patent-application, October 2007
- Vessereau, Patrick; Cheung, Philip
- US Patent Application 11/530609; 20070242265
Laser Beam Device and Method for Subterranean Recovery of Fluids
patent, September 1972
- Stout, Daniel W.
- US Patent Document 3,693,718
Method of maintaining mobile terminal synchronization during idle communication periods
patent, May 2003
- Chateau, Alain
- US Patent Document 6,564,046
Inverted motor for drilling rocks, soils and man-made materials and for re-entry and cleanout of existing wellbores and pipes
patent, June 2006
- Oglesby, Kenneth Doyle
- US Patent Document 7,055,629
Device for carrying out measuring and servicing operations in a well bore, comprising tubing having a rod centered therein, process for assembling the device and use of the device in an oil well
patent, September 1994
- Giannesini, Jean-Francois; Fay, Jean-Baptiste
- US Patent Document 5,348,097
Rock Cutting By Laser
conference, April 2013
- Carstens, Jeffrey P.; Brown, Clyde O.
- Fall Meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME
Advanced Cutting Structure Improves PDC Bit Performance in Hard and Abrasive Drilling Environments
conference, April 2013
- Mensa-Wilmot, Graham; Penrose, Bill
- SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference
Apparatus to allow a coiled tubing tractor to traverse a horizontal wellbore
patent, September 2007
- Misselbrook, John
- US Patent Document 7,273,108
High temperature insulated casing
patent, November 1983
- Stephenson, Edgar O.; Brown, Victor R.
- US Patent Document 4,415,184
Porosity dependence of ultrasonic velocity and elastic modulus in sintered uranium dioxide — a discussion
journal, April 1986
- Phani, K. K.; Niyogi, S. K.
- Journal of Materials Science Letters, Vol. 5, Issue 4, p. 427-430
Heat and radiation resistant optical fiber
patent, September 1988
- Ara, Kuniaki; Rindo, Hiroshi; Nakamoto, Koichiro
- US Patent Document 4,770,493
Mixed Mode Cracking in Layered Materials
book, January 1991
- Hutchinson, J. W.; Suo, Z.
- Advances in Applied Mechanics, Vol. 29, p. 63-191
Measuring The Weight On A Drill Bit During Drilling Operations Using Coherent Radiation
patent-application, January 2009
- Marsh, Laban
- US Patent Application 12/127663; 20090020333
Launch monitor
patent-application, December 2005
- Bissonnette, Laurent; Pelletier, Diane; Toupin, Michael
- US Patent Application 10/861466; 20050282645
Laser pile cutter
patent, April 1979
- Fenneman, David B.; Geres, Robert J.
- US Patent Document 4,151,393
Spoolable composite tubular member with energy conductors
patent, June 1999
- Williams, Jerry G.; Sas-Jaworsky, Alex
- US Patent Document 5,913,337
Two-Phase Isolation Methods and Systems for Controlled Drilling
patent-application, March 2012
- DeWitt, Ron A.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 13/211729; 20120067643
High-temperature downhole devices
patent, May 2010
- Yamate, Tsutomu; Chee, Soon Seong; Vannuffelen, Stephane
- US Patent Document 7,720,323
The effect of temperature on the strength at high confining pressure of granodiorite containing free and chemically-bound water
journal, January 1976
- Murrell, S. A. F.; Ismail, I. A. H.
- Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 55, Issue 3, p. 317-330
Method of Processing Rock with Laser and Apparatus for the Same
patent-application, January 2010
- Kobayashi, Toshio; Takayama, Kazuyoshi; Ohtani, Kiyonobu
- US Patent Document 12/312719; 20100001179
Systems and Conveyance Structures for High Power Long Distance Laser Transmission
patent-application, March 2012
- DeWitt, Ronald A.; Zediker, Mark S.; Faircloth, Brian O.
- US Patent Document 13/210581; 20120068086
Conduit of well cleaning and pumping device and method of use thereof
patent, July 1991
- Sudol, Tad
- US Patent Document 5,033,545
Method for reducing strain on bragg gratings
patent, October 2001
- Olson, Grieg A.
- US Patent Document 6,301,423
Multi-channel, multi-spectrum imaging spectrometer
patent-application, February 2006
- Julian, Jason P.; Didona, Kevin M.; Milner, Darrin P.
- US Patent Document 11/208443; 20060038997
Portable electrohydraulic mining drill
patent, April 1999
- Moeny, William M.; Barrett, David M.
- US Patent Document 5,896,938
Distributed flow properties wellbore measurement system
patent, April 2005
- Meltz, Gerald; Skinner, Neal G.
- US Patent Document 6,874,361
Method and apparatus for aligning rotor in stator of a rod driven well pump
patent, April 2007
- Kanady, Edward C.; Proctor, Bruce
- US Patent Document 7,201,222
Bend loss in large core multimode optical fiber beam delivery systems
journal, January 1991
- Boechat, Alvaro A. P.; Su, Daoning; Hall, D. R.
- Applied Optics, Vol. 30, Issue 3, p. 321-327
Downhole flame spray welding tool system and method
patent, December 2002
- Surjaatmadja, Jim B.
- US Patent Document 6,494,259
PDC Drill Bit Design and Field Application Evolution
journal, March 1988
- Kerr, Callin Joe
- Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol. 40, Issue 3, p. 327-332
Method for in situ gasification of a subterranean coal bed
patent, May 1977
- Shuck, Lowell Z.
- US Patent Document 4,026,356
Method and apparatus for testing wells using dual coiled tubing
patent, April 1996
- Griffith, Michael J.
- US Patent Document 5,503,014
In Situ Recovery of Earth Minerals and Derivative Compounds by Laser
patent, February 1970
- Van Dyk, J. C.
- US Patent Document 3,493,060
A model for non-linear rock deformation under compression due to sub-critical crack growth
journal, November 1991
- Kemeny, J. M.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, Vol. 28, Issue 6, p. 459-467
Seventeenth Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium: The effect of cohesion loss and stress path on brittle rock strength
journal, October 1997
- Martin, C. D.
- Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 34, Issue 5, p. 698-725
Small Core Generation and Analysis At-Bit as LWD Tool
patent-application, January 2012
- Kumar, Sunil
- US Patent Document 13/096484; 20120012393
Numerical studies of the influence of microstructure on rock failure in uniaxial compression — Part I: effect of heterogeneity
journal, June 2000
- Tang, C. A.; Liu, H.; Lee, P. K. K.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 37, Issue 4, p. 555-569
Coiled tubing concentric gas lift valve assembly
patent, November 1995
- Pringle, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document 5,469,878
Optical Contacting Enhanced By Hydroxide Ions In A Non-Aqueous Solution
patent-application, December 2009
- Traggis, Nick; Myatt, Christopher
- US Patent Application 12/233911; 20090294050
Laser liner creation apparatus and method
patent, February 2005
- Batarseh, Samih
- US Patent Document 6,851,488
Reeled tubing support for downhole equipment module
patent, May 1995
- Rademaker, Robert A.; Goiffon, John J.
- US Patent Document 5,419,188
Laser spectroscopy/chromatography drill bit and methods
patent-application, December 2005
- Batarseh, Samih; Perry, Kent; Gahan, Brian C.
- US Patent Document 10/843535; 20050269132
Roller Bit Model With Rock Ductility and Cone Offset
conference, September 1987
- Winters, W. J.; Warren, T. M.; Onyia, E. C.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Thermal Stress Distribution in Thick Wall Cylinder Under Thermal Shock
journal, January 2009
- Yun, Yingwei; Jang, Il-Young; Tang, Liqiang
- Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Vol. 131, Issue 2, Article No. 021212
Electrically stimulated well production system with flexible tubing conductor
patent, May 1987
- Renfro, Jimmie Josh
- US Patent Document 4,662,437
Earth boring method employing high powered laser and alternate fluid pulses
patent, December 1976
- Salisbury, Winfield W.; Stiles, Walter J.
- US Patent Document 3,998,281
An evaluation of the microcrack density of rocks by ultrasonic velocimetric method
journal, July 1985
- Yamshchikov, V. S.; Shkuratnik, V. L.; Bobrov, A. V.
- Soviet Mining Science, Vol. 21, Issue 4, p. 363-366
Cantilever Drilling - Ushering a New Genre of Drilling
conference, October 2003
- Sinha, Diwakar
- SPE/IADC Middle East Drilling Technology Conference and Exhibition
Rock excavation with laser assistance
journal, July 1976
- Jurewicz, B. R.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, Vol. 13, Issue 7, p. 207-219
Methods of perforating and testing wells using coiled tubing
patent, October 1994
- Schultz, Roger L.; Harkins, Gary O.
- US Patent Document 5,353,875
Multi-parameter interferometric fiber optic sensor
patent, June 2004
- Skinner, Neal G.; Dennis, John; LeBlanc, Michel Joseph
- US Patent Document 6,747,743
Brillouin amplification in phase coherent transfer of optical frequencies over 480 km fiber
journal, January 2010
- Terra, O.; Grosche, G.; Schnatz, H.
- Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 15
Dry geothermal drilling and recovery system
patent-application, January 2003
- Rosa, Robert
- US Patent Application 09/841856; 20030000741
Laser boring method and system
patent, March 2005
- Kobayashi, Toshio; Kogure, Eiji; Yamamoto, Hiromitsu
- US Patent Document 6,870,128
Some mechanisms of microcrack growth and interaction in compressive rock failure
journal, June 1981
- Dey, T. N.; Wang, Chi-Yuen
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, Vol. 18, Issue 3, p. 199-209
Shaped-charge with simultaneous multi-point initiation of explosives
patent, January 1996
- Ellis, James
- US Patent Document 5,479,860
Measuring the weight on a drill bit during drilling operations using coherent radiation
patent, December 2009
- Marsh, Laban M.
- US Patent Document 7,628,227
Thermal fatigue life prediction of flip chip solder joints by fracture mechanics method
journal, July 1993
- Lau, John H.
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 45, Issue 5, p. 643-654
Control System For High Power Laser Drilling Workover And Completion Unit
patent-application, October 2012
- Zediker, Mark; Makki, Siamak; Faircloth, Brian
- US Patent Application 13/403692; 20120248078
Determination of the thermal conductivity from physico-mechanical properties
journal, February 2008
- Yaşar, E.; Erdoğan, Y.; Güneyli, H.
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Vol. 67, Issue 2, p. 219-225
Force sensor and sensing method using crystal rods and light signals
patent, March 1995
- Surjaatmadja, Jim B.
- US Patent Document 5,396,805
The ALL Electric BHA: Recent Developments toward an Intelligent Coiled-Tubing Drilling System
conference, January 1999
- Turner, Daniel R.; Head, Philip F.; Yuratich, Micheal A.
- SPE/ICoTA Coiled Tubing Roundtable
Laser-enhanced oil correlation system
patent, September 1991
- Gergely, John S.; McLimans, Roger K.
- US Patent Document 5,049,738
Measuring the weight on a drill bit during drilling operations using coherent radiation
patent-application, April 2006
- Marsh, Laban
- US Patent Document 10/958571; 20060070770
Drilling, Perforating And Formation Analysis
patent-application, May 2009
- Skinner, Neal; Smith, Harry; Jones, Christopher
- US Patent Application 12/359968; 20090133871
Successful Drilling of Basalt in a West of Shetland Deepwater Discovery
conference, September 2005
- Seale, Rocky Allen; Close, Frank; Greig, Angus
- Offshore Europe
On the stability of dilatant hardening for saturated rock masses
journal, April 1975
- Rice, James R.
- Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 80, Issue 11, p. 1531-1536
Method and apparatus for obtaining a micro sample downhole
patent, May 2007
- Shammai, Michael; Gordon, Robby; Sanchez, Francisco G.
- US Patent Document 7,210,343
Laser boring method and system
patent-application, December 2003
- Kobayashi, Toshio; Kogure, Eiji; Yamamoto, Hiromitsu
- US Patent Document 10/165966; 20030226826
Formation of Fractures Within Horizontal Well
patent-application, March 2011
- Abass, Hazim H.; Tahini, Ashraf M.; Soliman, Mohamed Y.
- US Patent Document 12/558747; 20110061869
Device for measuring reflectance and fluorescence of in-situ soil
patent, July 1992
- Cooper, Stafford S.; Malone, Philip G.
- US Patent Document 5,128,882
Effect of Downhole Pressure Conditions on High-Power Laser Perforation
conference, October 2005
- Gahan, Brian C.; Batarseh, Samih Issa; Watson, Roger Charles
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
StarWars Laser Technology Applied to Drilling and Completing Gas Wells
conference, January 1998
- Graves, R. M.; O'Brien, D. G.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Wave propagation, damage evolution, and dynamic fracture extension. Part I. Percussion drilling
journal, May 1996
- Rossmanith, H. P.; Knasmillner, R. E.; Daehnke, A.
- Materials Science, Vol. 32, Issue 3, p. 350-358
Carbon Capture And Storage
patent-application, February 2011
- Constantz, Brent; Self, Kyle; Seeker, William R.
- US Patent Application 12/852053; 20110030957
Method and apparatus for a downhole spectrometer based on electronically tunable optical filters
patent, April 2008
- DiFoggio, Rocco; Bergren, Paul
- US Patent Document 7,362,422
Pipeline monitoring systems
patent, November 2003
- Clayton, Hugh R.; Milanovic, Raiko
- US Patent Document 6,644,848
Method and apparatus for a downhole excavation in a wellbore
patent-application, February 2007
- Dale, Bruce; Mohr, John
- US Patent Application 10/547439; 20070034409
Laser-Based Material Processing Methods And Systems
patent-application, August 2010
- Shah, Lawrence; Cho, Gyu Cheon; Xu, Jingzhou
- US Patent Application 12/641256; 20100197116
Modeling inelastic deformation: viscolelasticity, plasticity, fracture
journal, August 1988
- Terzopoulos, Demetri; Fleischer, Kurt
- ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics, Vol. 22, Issue 4, p. 269-278
Thermal analysis of laser drilling processes
journal, February 1972
- Paek, Un-Chul; Gagliano, F.
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Vol. 8, Issue 2, p. 112-119
CO2 laser–plume interaction in materials processing
journal, January 2001
- Kim, K. R.; Farson, D. F.
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 89, Issue 1, p. 681-688
Two-channel, dual-mode, fiber optic rotary joint
patent, April 2009
- Zhang, Boying B.; Zhang, Hong
- US Patent Document 7,515,782
Method and apparatus for determining flow rates
patent, July 2005
- Brown, George A.
- US Patent Document 6,920,395
Methods useful for controlling fluid loss in subterranean formations
patent-application, June 2006
- Dusterhoft, Ronald G.; Todd, Bradley L.; Ritter, David W.
- US Patent Document 11/360215; 20060137875
System and technique for monitoring and managing the deployment of subsea equipment
patent, April 2004
- Davidson, Kenneth C.; Kerr, John A.; MacKenzie, Roderick
- US Patent Document 6,725,924
Laser treatment of aluminum surface: Analysis of thermal stress field in the irradiated region
journal, January 2009
- Yilbas, B. S.; Arif, A. F. M.; Karatas, C.
- Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 209, Issue 1, p. 77-88
Predicting the Uniaxial Compressive Strength and Static Young’s Modulus of Intact Sedimentary Rocks Using the Ultrasonic Test
journal, January 2009
- Moradian, Z. A.; Behnia, M.
- International Journal of Geomechanics, Vol. 9, Issue 1, p. 14-19
Method and apparatus for laser treatment of geological formations
patent, May 1978
- Welch, Albert B.
- US Patent Document 4,090,572
Universal downhole tool control apparatus and methods
patent-application, February 2004
- Thomeer, Hubertus V.; Xu, Zheng Rong; Adnan, Sarmad
- US Patent Document 10/208462; 20040020643
Sub-critical crack growth in anisotropic rock
journal, April 2006
- Nara, Y.; Kaneko, K.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 43, Issue 3, p. 437-453
Coiled Tubing Tractor Assembly
patent-application, March 2008
- Tunc, Gokturk; Prieto, Cecilia
- US Patent Application 11/923895; 20080073077
Downhole high resolution NMR spectroscopy with polarization enhancement
patent, October 2006
- Blanz, Martin; Kruspe, Thomas
- US Patent Document 7,126,332
Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) Well Construction Technology Evaluation Report
report, December 2008
- Polsky, Yarom; Capuano, Louis; Finger, John
- SAND2008--7866
Method and system for reservoir characterization in connection with drilling operations
patent, March 2008
- Ibrahim, Emad B.; Elrod, Louis W.; Jones, Christopher Michael
- US Patent Document 7,337,660
Travis Peak Core Permeability and Porosity Relationships at Reservoir Stress
journal, September 1991
- Luffel, D. L.; Howard, W. E.; Hunt, E. R.
- SPE Formation Evaluation, Vol. 6, Issue 3, p. 310-318
Dual property hydraulic configuration
patent-application, June 2005
- Larsen, James L.; Terracina, Dwayne P.; Hossain, Syed
- US Patent Document 10/728650; 20050121235
Casingless down-hole for sealing an ablation volume and obtaining a sample for analysis
patent, October 1996
- Noble, Donald T.; Braymen, Steven D.; Anderson, Marvin S.
- US Patent Document 5,561,516
Apparatus, Method, and Computer Program Product for Testing Waveguided Display System and Components
patent-application, September 2005
- Ellwood, Jr., Sutherland
- US Patent Document 10/906256; 20050201652
Methods of using a laser to spall and drill holes in rocks
patent-application, October 2006
- Reed, Claude B.; Xu, Zhiyue; Parker, Richard A.
- US Patent Document 11/404698; 20060237233
Integrating Sphere Photovoltaic Receiver (Powersphere) For Laser Light To Electric Power Conversion
patent-application, November 2009
- Ortabasi, Ugur
- US Patent Application 10/722738; 20090272424
Multiplexed distribution of optical power
patent-application, April 2002
- Skinner, Neal G.
- US Patent Document 09/932639; 20020039465
Laser spectroscopy/chromatography drill bit and methods
patent, December 2006
- Batarseh, Samih; Perry, Kent; Gahan, Brian
- US Patent Document 7,147,064
Rock Properties of Berea Sandstone, Baker Dolomite, and Indiana Limestone
conference, January 1991
- Churcher, P. L.; French, P. R.; Shaw, J. C.
- SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry
Utilizing Salts For Carbon Capture And Storage
patent-application, February 2011
- Kendall, Treavor; Self, Kyle; Seeker, William R.
- US Patent Application 12/852160; 20110035154
Rock Types, Depositional History, and Diagenetic Effects, Ivishak Reservoir, Prudhoe Bay Field
journal, February 1997
- Sneider, R. M.; Erickson, J. W.
- SPE Reservoir Engineering, Vol. 12, Issue 1, p. 23-30
Fiber laser system
patent, December 2010
- Gapontsev, Valentin; Fomin, Valentin; Platonov, Nicholai
- US Patent Document 7,848,368
Method and Apparatus for Regulating the Resistance of Film Resistors
patent, October 1972
- McWilliams, Donald A.
- US Patent Document 3,699,649
Method of manufacturing an optical fiber
patent, February 1981
- Kawashima, Masao; Okada, Hisanao; Kikuchi, Bun
- US Patent Document 4,249,925
Microstructured Optical Fiber
patent-application, June 2008
- Tassone, Francesco
- US Patent Application 11/579165; 20080138022
Wellbore tractor and method of moving an item through a wellbore
patent, August 1998
- Newman, Kenneth R.; Haver, Nelson A.; Speller, David J.
- US Patent Document 5,794,703
A damage model for concrete beams in compression
journal, March 2007
- Cimetière, A.; Halm, D.; Molines, E.
- Mechanics Research Communications, Vol. 34, Issue 2, p. 91-96
Inner tube assembly for dual conduit drill pipe
patent, July 1981
- Willis, Clyde A.
- US Patent Document 4,280,535
Subsea well pressure monitor
patent, December 1992
- Jennings, Charles E.
- US Patent Document 5,172,112
Composite coiled tubing with embedded fiber optic sensors
patent-application, January 2002
- Neuroth, David; Hodges, Steven B.; Dalrymple, Larry V.
- US Patent Document 09/827673; 20020007945
Measurement of the refractive index of liquids at 1.3 and 1.5 micron using a fibre optic Fresnel ratio meter
journal, July 2004
- Kim, Chang-Bong; Su, Chin B.
- Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 15, Issue 9, p. 1683-1686
Equipment For Excavation Of Deep Boreholes In Geological Formation And The Manner Of Energy And Material Transport In The Boreholes
patent-application, September 2010
- Kocis, Ivan; Kristofic, Tomas; Kocis, Igor
- US Patent Application 12/666224; 20100224408
Apparatus and Method for Thermally Insulating an Oil Well
patent, June 1974
- Barber, Patrick A.
- US Patent Document 3,820,605
Apparatus and methods for continuous tomography of cores
patent, September 2011
- Castillo, Homero C.
- US Patent Document 8,011,454
The Impact of Fracture–Matrix Interaction on Thermal–Hydrological Conditions in Heated Fractured Rock
journal, January 2006
- Birkholzer, Jens T.; Zhang, Yingqi
- Vadose Zone Journal, Vol. 5, Issue 2
Apparatus for perforating oil and gas wells
patent, August 1981
- Salisbury, Winfield W.; Stiles, Walter J.
- US Patent Document 4,282,940
Apparatus and method for estimating filtrate contamination in a formation fluid
patent-application, April 2007
- Csutak, Sebastian; DiFoggio, Rocco
- US Patent Application 11/592887; 20070081157
Apparatus and process for employing synergistic destructive powers of a water stream and a laser beam
patent, October 1994
- Sellar, John G.
- US Patent Document 5,356,081
Deep ocean riser positioning system and method of running casing
patent, March 2002
- Toalson, David C.; Hunter, William A.; Mowell, Roger W.
- US Patent Document 6,352,114
Well system
patent, August 2005
- Terry, James B.; Wilson, Thomas; Eppink, Jay M.
- US Patent Document 6,923,273
Method and system for reservoir characterization in connection with drilling operations
patent-application, November 2005
- Ibrahim, Emad B.; Elrod, Louis W.; Jones, Christopher M.
- US Patent Document 10/844725; 20050252286
Apparatus for Advancing a Wellbore Using High Power Laser Energy
patent-application, February 2010
- Zediker, Mark S.; Land, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 12/544038; 20100044104
The influence of temperature dependent properties of thermal rock fragmentation
journal, August 1975
- Lehnhoff, T. F.; Scheller, J. D.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts, Vol. 12, Issue 8, p. 255-260
New PDC Bit Technology, Improved Drillability Analysis, and Operational Practices Improve Drilling Performance in Hard and Highly Heterogeneous Applications
conference, April 2013
- Mensa-Wilmot, Graham; Douglas, Charles; Schell, Eddie
- SPE Eastern Regional Meeting
Method and apparatus for determining flow rates
patent-application, January 2004
- Brown, George Albert
- US Patent Document 10/621899; 20040006429
Method of extracting liquid and gaseous fuel from oil shale and tar sand
patent, May 1981
- Rom, Josef; Alterman, Israel; Shwartz, Josef
- US Patent Document 4,266,609
On the Analysis of Short-Pulse Laser Heating of Metals Using the Dual Phase Lag Heat Conduction Model
journal, January 2009
- Ramadan, K.; Tyfour, W. R.; Al-Nimr, M. A.
- Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 131, Issue 11, Article No. 111301
Methods of using a laser to perforate composite structures of steel casing, cement and rocks
patent, February 2009
- Reed, Claude B.; Xu, Zhiyue
- US Patent Document 7,487,834
Linear thermal expansion of granitic rocks: influence of apparent porosity, grain size and quartz content
journal, May 2004
- Janio de Castro Lima, José; Paraguassú, Antenor Braga
- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, Vol. 63, Issue 3, p. 215-220
Mounts for blowout preventer bonnets
patent-application, May 2003
- Hemphill, Edward; Berckenhoff, Michael; Carbaugh, William
- US Patent Document 10/322038; 20030085040
High power laser welding in hyperbaric gas and water environments
journal, June 1997
- Shannon, G. J.; McNaught, W.; Deans, W. F.
- Journal of Laser Applications, Vol. 9, Issue 3, p. 129-136
Tutorial on maximum likelihood estimation
journal, February 2003
- Myung, In Jae
- Journal of Mathematical Psychology, Vol. 47, Issue 1, p. 90-100
Flat bottom drilling bit with polycrystalline cutters
patent, October 1989
- Nelson, Jack R.
- US Patent Document 4,872,520
Rock Breakage Mechanisms With a PDC Cutter
conference, January 1985
- Zeuch, D. H.; Finger, J. T.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Spoolable flexible hydraulically set, straight pull release well packer
patent, January 2000
- Pringle, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document RE36,525
Spoolable flexible sliding sleeve
patent, February 1996
- Pringle, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document 5,488,992
Well system
patent, February 2007
- Terry, James B.; Wilson, Thomas; Eppink, Jay M.
- US Patent Document 7,172,038
Stimulated Brillouin scattering in multimode fibers for optical phase conjugation
journal, July 2002
- Eichler, H. J.; Mocofanescu, A.; Riesbeck, Th.
- Optics Communications, Vol. 208, Issue 4-6, p. 427-431
Use of Distributed Temperature Sensors During Wellbore Treatments
patent-application, July 2004
- Jee, Virginia; Flamant, Nicolas; Thomeer, Hubertus
- US Patent Document 10/604515; 20040129418
Leaky Modes in Weakly Guiding Fiber Acoustic Waveguides
journal, November 1986
- Chen Kuei Jen, ; Safaai-Jazi, A.; Farnell, G. W.
- IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Vol. 33, Issue 6
Optical fiber deployment system and cable
patent, May 2003
- Pruett, Rick Ray; White, Craig W.
- US Patent Document 6,557,249
Optical fiber conveyance, telemetry, and/or actuation
patent, November 2006
- Defretin, Harmel; Duncan, Gordon B.; Pacault, Nicolas
- US Patent Document 7,140,435
An experimental investigation of factors influencing compressional‐ and shear‐wave velocities and attenuations in tight gas sandstones
journal, January 1994
- Tutuncu, Azra N.; Podio, Augusto L.; Sharma, Mukul M.
- Geophysics, Vol. 59, Issue 1, p. 77-86
Drilling tool for drilling web of channels for hydrocarbon recovery
patent-application, September 2006
- Yu, Andrew Dingan
- US Patent Document 11/441303; 20060207799
The effects of thermal softening and heat conduction on the dynamic growth of voids
journal, August 2003
- Wu, X. Y.; Ramesh, K. T.; Wright, T. W.
- International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 40, Issue 17, p. 4461-4478
Microcrack interaction brittle rock subjected to uniaxial tensile loads
journal, February 2007
- Zhou, X. P.
- Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 47, Issue 1, p. 68-76
Upgoing Drainholes for Reducing Liquid-Loading in Gas Wells
patent-application, March 2012
- Li, Baoyan; Grimmer, Harald; Krueger, Volker
- US Patent Document 13/218094; 20120048568
Earth boring apparatus employing high powered laser
patent, January 1978
- Salisbury, Winfield W.; Stiles, Walter J.
- US Patent Document 4,066,138
Pressure impulse telemetry apparatus and method
patent, March 2004
- Carstensen, Kenneth J.; Skinner, Neal G.; Pool, Charles M.
- US Patent Document 6,710,720
Hand-Held Laser Instrumentation Device
patent, June 1974
- Muncheryan, Hrand M.
- US Patent Document 3,821,510
Simulating stress corrosion with a bonded-particle model for rock
journal, July 2007
- Potyondy, David O.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 44, Issue 5, p. 677-691
Apparatus to allow a coiled tubing tractor to traverse a horizontal wellbore
patent, February 2007
- Misselbrook, John
- US Patent Document 7,172,026
Method of drilling using pulsed electric drilling
patent, May 2009
- Moeny, William M.; Hill, Gilman A.
- US Patent Document 7,530,406
Acousto-ultrasonic study of thermal shock damage in castable refractory
journal, February 1991
- Das, A. C.; Niyogi, S. K.; Mukherjee, S.
- Journal of Materials Science Letters, Vol. 10, Issue 3, p. 173-175
Fluid-actuated wellbore tool system
patent, November 1996
- Coronado, Martin P.; Loughlin, Michael J.; Mendez, Luis E.
- US Patent Document 5,577,560
Inkjet ink having yellow dye mixture
patent, May 2006
- McCain, Sandra; Medley, John; Zimmer, Agnes Kam
- US Patent Document 7,040,746
The effect of interaction time and saturation of rock on specific energy in ND:YAG laser perforating
journal, February 2011
- Ahmadi, M.; Erfan, M. R.; Torkamany, M. J.
- Optics & Laser Technology, Vol. 43, Issue 1, p. 226-231
Spoolable coiled tubing completion system
patent, May 1995
- Moore, Brian K.
- US Patent Document 5,413,170
Methods of well stimulation during drilling operations
patent-application, October 2005
- McDaniel, Billy W.; Surjaatmadja, Jim B.
- US Patent Document 10/824024; 20050230107
Small Core Generation and Analysis At-Bit as LWD Tool
patent-application, January 2012
- Kumar, Sunil
- US Patent Document 13/096452; 20120012392
Drilling, perforating and formation analysis
patent, May 2011
- Skinner, Neal G.; Smith, Jr., Harry D.; Jones, Christopher Michael
- US Patent Document 7,938,175
Laser Diode Array Downhole Spectrometer
patent-application, July 2008
- DiFoggio, Rocco; Csutak, Sebastian
- US Patent Application 11/837753; 20080165356
Testing study of subcritical crack growth rate and fracture toughness in different rocks
journal, June 2006
- Cao, Ping; Li, Jiang-teng; Yuan, Hai-ping
- Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, Vol. 16, Issue 3, p. 709-713
Safeguarded method and apparatus for fluid communiction using coiled tubing, with application to drill stem testing
patent, June 1997
- Misselbrook, John; Sask, David
- US Patent Document 5,638,904
Fiber optic laser system and associated lasing method
patent, December 1997
- Bott, Eric; Rice, Robert R.; Zediker, Mark S.
- US Patent Document 5,694,408
Method and System for Forming a Non-Circular Borehole
patent-application, July 2011
- Potter, Jared Michael; Potter, Robert Marshall; Basler, James Robert
- US Patent Document 13/048405; 20110174537
An extended model for void growth and coalescence
journal, December 2000
- Pardoen, T.; Hutchinson, J. W.
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 48, Issue 12, p. 2467-2512
Apparatus for completing a subterranean well and associated methods of using same
patent, July 2000
- Gano, John C.; Durst, Douglas Glenn; Carter, Thurman
- US Patent Document 6,092,601
Transmission of Light Through Light Absorbing Medium
patent-application, August 2011
- Abbasi, Hamid Ali; Hawthorn, Colin John; Kleefisch, Mark
- US Patent Document 12/711384; 20110205652
The microstructures of perthitic alkali feldspars revealed by hydrofluoric acid etching
journal, April 1994
- Waldron, K.; Lee, M. R.; Parsons, I.
- Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Vol. 116, Issue 3, p. 360-364
Hermetically sealed optical fiber
patent, March 1985
- Gould, Gordon; Soodak, Charles I.; Thompson, Robert E.
- US Patent Document 4,504,112
Optical fiber cable for underwater use using terrestrial optical fiber cable
patent, April 1999
- Blee, John James; Hardwick, III, Nathan E.; Kathiresan, Krishnaswamy
- US Patent Document 5,896,482
Microwave assisted hard rock cutting
patent, March 1991
- Lindroth, David P.; Morrell, Roger J.; Blair, James R.
- US Patent Document 5,003,144
Micro-scratch evaluation of rock types—a means to comprehend rock drill wear
journal, February 2004
- Beste, U.; Lundvall, A.; Jacobson, S.
- Tribology International, Vol. 37, Issue 2, p. 203-210
Spoolable coiled tubing completion system
patent, June 2000
- Moore, Brian K.; Pringle, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document RE36,723
Using compression wave ultrasonic transducers to measure the velocity of surface waves and hence determine dynamic modulus of elasticity for concrete
journal, June 1996
- Qixian, Luo; Bungey, J. H.
- Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 10, Issue 4, p. 237-242
Fiber optic cable systems and methods to prevent hydrogen ingress
patent, January 2010
- Dowd, Edward M.; Grunbeck, John J.
- US Patent Document 7,646,953
Laser spallation of rocks for oil well drilling
conference, January 2004
- Xu, Zhiyue; Reed, Claude B.; Parker, Richard
- ICALEO® 2004: 23rd International Congress on Laser Materials Processing and Laser Microfabrication, International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics
Wellbore pressure testing method and apparatus
patent, February 1981
- Harbon, Donald C.; Morris, Charles W.; Javine, Cleve D.
- US Patent Document 4,252,015
Laboratory Testing of High-Pressure, High-Speed PDC Bits
conference, April 2013
- Mauer, W. C.; McDonald, W. J.; Cohen, J. H.
- SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition
Fiber optic sensor capable of using optical power to sense a parameter
patent-application, December 2006
- Skinner, Neal G.; Smith, Harry D.
- US Patent Document 11/156964; 20060289724
A Review and Evaluation of Specific Heat Capacities of Rocks, Minerals, and Subsurface Fluids. Part 1: Minerals and Nonporous Rocks
journal, June 2004
- Waples, Douglas W.; Waples, Jacob S.
- Natural Resources Research, Vol. 13, Issue 2, p. 97-122
VOLAN Interpretation and Application in the Bone Spring Formation (Leonard Series) in Southeastern New Mexico
conference, January 1984
- Howard, A. D.; Fraga, J. A.
- SPE Production Technology Symposium
In situ measurement of gas content in formation fluid
patent, February 1983
- Smith, Jr., Harry D.; Dodge, Carl
- US Patent Document 4,370,886
Repetitive laser pulse heating with a convective boundary condition at the surface
journal, December 2000
- Yilbas, B. S.; Kalyon, M.
- Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 34, Issue 2
System and Method for Deploying Optical Fiber
patent-application, October 2011
- Greenaway, Robert
- US Patent Document 13/089208; 20110240314
Simulation of bulk-absorption thermal lensing in transmissive optics of gravitational waves detectors
journal, October 2003
- Degallaix, J.; Zhao, C.; Ju, L.
- Applied Physics B, Vol. 77, Issue 4, p. 409-414
Reservoir Characterization of the Frontier Tight Gas Sand, Green River Basin, Wyoming
conference, January 1991
- Harrison, C. W.; Dutton, S. P.
- Low Permeability Reservoirs Symposium
Composite tubing product
patent, March 1980
- Stine, Clifford R.; Wojtecki, Rudolph G.
- US Patent Document 4,194,536
Multi-channel, multi-spectrum imaging spectrometer
patent, April 2009
- Julian, Jason P.; Didona, Kevin; Milner, Darrin Paul
- US Patent Document 7,518,722
Introduction To Fracture Mechanics And Its Geophysical Applications
book, January 1987
- Atkinson, Barry Kean
- Fracture Mechanics of Rock, p. 1-26
Launch monitor
patent-application, December 2005
- Bissonnette, Laurent; Pelletier, Diane I.; Toupin, Michael J.
- US Patent Document 10/861443; 20050268704
Method of and probe for subsurface exploration
patent, November 2001
- Vereecken, Harry; Holtenmeier, Jurgen; Hashagen, Uwe
- US Patent Document 6,321,839
Formation cutting method and system
patent, May 2002
- Curlett, Harry B.; Sharp, David P.; Gregory, Marvin Allen
- US Patent Document 6,386,300
Damage model for brittle elastic solids with unequal tensile and compressive strengths
journal, November 1994
- Lubarda, V. A.; Krajcinovic, D.; Mastilovic, S.
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 49, Issue 5, p. 681-697
Downhole lens assembly for use with high power lasers for earth boring
patent-application, July 2003
- Parker, Richard A.
- US Patent Document 10/337000; 20030132029
High-Power Yb3+-Doped Phosphate Fiber Amplifier
journal, January 2009
- Lee, Yin-Wen; Digonnet, Michel J. F.; Sinha, Supriyo
- IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 15, Issue 1, p. 93-102
System and Method for Drilling and Competing Lateral Boreholes
patent-application, April 2011
- Hopkins, Chris; Nina, Nobuyoshi
- US Patent Document 12/745644; 20110079437
Silicone oil-based drilling fluids
patent, January 1998
- Patel, Arvind D.
- US Patent Document 5,707,939
Formation Evaluation With Logs In The Deep Anadarko Basin
conference, September 1972
- Peebler, R. P.
- SPE Deep Drilling and Production Symposium
Optical fiber cable
patent-application, August 2003
- White, Craig W.
- US Patent Document 10/378443; 20030159283
Single-mode optical fiber
patent, September 2009
- de Montmorillon, Louis-Anne; Molin, Denis; Matthijsse, Pieter
- US Patent Document 7,587,111
Fiber optic probe with integral optical filtering
patent, January 1999
- Pelletier, Michael J.
- US Patent Document 5,862,273
Damage constitutive model for strain-softening rock based on normal distribution and its parameter determination
journal, October 2007
- Cao, Wen-gui; Li, Xiang; Zhao, Heng
- Journal of Central South University of Technology, Vol. 14, Issue 5, p. 719-724
Flow structure and optical beam propagation in high-Reynolds-number gas-phase shear layers and jets
journal, April 2001
- Dimotakis, P. E.; Catrakis, H. J.; Fourguette, D. C.
- Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 433, p. 105-134
Optical fiber conveyance, telemetry, and/or actuation
patent-application, February 2005
- Defretin, Harmel; Duncan, Gordon B.; Pacault, Nicolas G.
- US Patent Document 10/652845; 20050034857
Separating Bit and Lithology Effects from Drilling Mechanics Data
conference, January 1988
- Falconer, I. G.; Burgess, T. M.; Sheppard, M. C.
- SPE/IADC Drilling Conference
Submerged laser beam irradiation equipment
patent, August 1999
- Onuma, Tsutomu; Matsumoto, Toshimi; Onuma, Akira
- US Patent Document 5,938,954
System and methods using fiber optics in coiled tubing
patent-application, December 2005
- Lovell, John R.; Gay, Michael G.; Adnan, Sarmad
- US Patent Document 11/135314; 20050263281
Method and System for Forming a Non-Circular Borehole
patent-application, February 2010
- Potter, Jared Michael; Potter, Robert Marshall; Basler, James Robert
- US Patent Document 12/498021; 20100032207
Evolution of Porosity and Permeability in the Lower Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas (1)
journal, January 1992
- SHIRLEY P. DUTTON (2) and TIMOTHY N.,
- AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 76
Shielding properties of laser-induced breakdown in water for pulse durations from 5 ns to 125 fs
journal, January 1997
- Hammer, Daniel X.; Jansen, E. Duco; Frenz, Martin
- Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Issue 22, p. 5630-5640
Method and Device for Generating a Jet of Fluid for Material Processing and Fluid Nozzle for Use in Said Device
patent-application, December 2007
- Richerzhagen, Bernold; Spiegel, Akos
- US Patent Application 11/667484; 20070278195
Fiber Optic Cable Having a Dry Insert
patent-application, July 2009
- Freeland, Riley; Seddon, David; Temple, Kenneth
- US Patent Application 12/400298; 20090190887
Method and apparatus for spatial domain multiplexing in optical fiber communications
patent, February 2007
- Murshid, Syed H.; Grossman, Barry G.; Narakorn, Puntada
- US Patent Document 7,174,067
Formation of load-bearing foundations by laser-beam irradiation of the soil
patent, April 1977
- Rom, Josef; Alterman, Israel; Schwartz, Joseph
- US Patent Document 4,019,331
Fatigue crack growth in lithium hydride
dissertation, September 1993
- Healy, Thomas E.
- UCRL-LR--120744
Bottom hole assembly
patent, December 2004
- Ravensbergen, John; Naumann, Andre; Vacik, Lubos
- US Patent Document 6,832,654
Method and system for monitoring smart structures utilizing distributed optical sensors
patent, July 2005
- Tubel, Paulo
- US Patent Document 6,913,079
Electric Motor for Laser-Mechanical Drilling
patent-application, October 2012
- Grubb, Daryl L.; Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.
- US Patent Document 13/403287; 20120267168
Drilling a 2-inch in Diameter Hole in Granites Submerged in Water by CO2 Lasers
conference, January 2009
- Kobayashi, Toshio; Kubo, Satoshi; Ichikawa, Makoto
- SPE/IADC Drilling Conference and Exhibition
Anisotropic distributed feedback fiber laser sensor
patent-application, May 2004
- Bohnert, Klaus
- US Patent Document 10/399134; 20040093950
Methods and Apparatus for Removal and Control of Material in Laser Drilling of a Borehole
patent-application, February 2010
- Rinzler, Charles C.; Zediker, Mark S.; Faircloth, Brian O.
- US Patent Document 12/543968; 20100044102
Apparatus for a coustic detection of particles in a flow using a fibre optic interferometer
patent-application, February 2004
- Kringlebotn, Jon Thomas; Ronnekleiv, Erlend; Knudsen, Sverre
- US Patent Document 10/363760; 20040033017
Jet Impingement Heat Transfer: Physics, Correlations, and Numerical Modeling
book, January 2006
- Zuckerman, N.; Lior, N.
- Advances in Heat Transfer, Vol. 39, p. 565-631
Reverse Circulating Sub for Fluid Flow Systems
patent, July 1974
- Garrison, Erskine P.; Tschirky, John E.
- US Patent Document 3,823,788
Microcracks in rocks: A review
journal, December 1983
- Kranz, Robert L.
- Tectonophysics, Vol. 100, Issue 1-3, p. 449-480
Spoolable flexible hydraulic controlled coiled tubing safety valve
patent, June 1995
- Pringle, Ronald E.
- US Patent Document 5,423,383
Natural fractures in the Barnett Shale and their importance for hydraulic fracture treatments
journal, April 2007
- Gale, Julia F. W.; Reed, Robert M.; Holder, Jon
- AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 91, Issue 4, p. 603-622
Purging of Fiber Optic Conduits in Subterranean Wells
patent-application, May 2012
- Skinner, Neal G.
- US Patent Document 13/342652; 20120118578
A micromechanical damage model for concrete
journal, January 1986
- Krajcinovic, Dusan; Fanella, David
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 25, Issue 5-6, p. 585-596
Method for cutting an object and or further processing the cut material an carrier for holding the object and the cut material
patent-application, February 2004
- Richerzhagen, Bernold
- US Patent Document 10/240791; 20040026382
Study of subcritical crack growth in andesite using the Double Torsion test
journal, June 2005
- Nara, Y.; Kaneko, K.
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 42, Issue 4, p. 521-530
Simulating and Designing Brillouin Gain Spectrum in Single-Mode Fibers
journal, February 2004
- Koyamada, Y.; Sato, S.; Nakamura, S.
- Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 22, Issue 2, p. 631-639
Innovation in Wellbore Perforation Using High-Power Laser
conference, November 2005
- Batarseh, Samih Issa; Gahan, Brian C.; Sharma, Bhargav
- International Petroleum Technology Conference
An empirical relationship between thermal conductivity and elastic wave velocities in sandstone
journal, August 1993
- Zamora, Maria; Vo-Thanh, Dung; Bienfait, Gérard
- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 20, Issue 16, p. 1679-1682
Subsea production system
patent-application, August 2003
- Olsen, Geir Inge
- US Patent Document 10/239490; 20030145991
Collapse and rebound of a laser-induced cavitation bubble
journal, October 2001
- Akhatov, I.; Lindau, O.; Topolnikov, A.
- Physics of Fluids, Vol. 13, Issue 10, p. 2805-2819
Holographic instrument for measuring stress in a borehole wall
patent, June 1976
- Schmidt, James L.; Jacoby, Jerold L.; Shaw, Garrett D.
- US Patent Document 3,960,448
Crack Arrest and Multiple Cracking in Glass Through the Use of Designed Residual Stress Profiles
journal, February 1999
- Green, D. J.; Tandon, R.; Sglavo, V. M.
- Science, Vol. 283, Issue 5406, p. 1295-1297
Damage in granite under heating/cooling cycles and water freeze–thaw condition
journal, October 2008
- Takarli, Mokhfi; Prince, William; Siddique, Rafat
- International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 45, Issue 7, p. 1164-1175
Reducing Back-Reflections in Laser Processing Systems
patent-application, December 2009
- Alpay, Mehmet E.; Johansen, Brian
- US Patent Document 12/209959; 20090308852
Stress resistance parameters of brittle solids under laser/plasma pulse heating
journal, September 2000
- Gurarie, V. N.
- Materials Science and Engineering: A, Vol. 288, Issue 2, p. 168-172
Chebyshev rational spectral and pseudospectral methods on a semi-infinite interval
journal, January 2001
- Guo, Ben-yu; Shen, Jie; Wang, Zhong-qing
- International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 53, Issue 1, p. 65-84
Open-Hole Wellbore Lining
patent-application, July 2011
- Bailey, Louise; Cook, John; Payen, Armelle
- US Patent Document 13/052539; 20110162854
Method And Apparatus For A Downhole Excavation In A Wellbore
patent-application, November 2009
- Dale, Bruce; Mohr, John
- US Patent Application 12/502039; 20090272547
Latching Configuration for a Microtunneling Apparatus
patent-application, November 2011
- Shuman, V, Robert Hoch; See, Jr., Douglas Eugene; Harrison, Stuart Ronald
- US Patent Document 13/081080; 20110266062
System and Method for Drilling a Borehole
patent-application, October 2008
- Jeffryes, Benjamin
- US Patent Application 11/667231; 20080245568
Numerical simulation with experimental verification of the fracture behavior in granite under confining pressures based on the tension-softening model
journal, February 1993
- Hashida, T.; Oghikubo, H.; Takahashi, H.
- International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 59, Issue 3
Coiled Tubing Gamma Ray Detector
patent-application, April 2010
- Revellat, Guillaume; Van Kuijk, Robert; Greenaway, Robert
- US Patent Document 12/617861; 20100089571
Inverted Drainholes
patent-application, August 2009
- Oglesby, Kenneth
- US Patent Application 12/362620; 20090194292
Rock perforation by pulsed Nd:YAG laser
conference, January 2004
- Xu, Zhiyue; Reed, Claude B.; Graves, Ramona
- ICALEO® 2004: 23rd International Congress on Laser Materials Processing and Laser Microfabrication, International Congress on Applications of Lasers & Electro-Optics
Method and Apparatus for Delivering High Power Laser Energy Over Long Distances
patent-application, February 2010
- Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.; Faircloth, Brain O.
- US Patent Document 12/544136; 20100044106
Spectral Gamma-Ray Logging in the Texas Austin Chalk Trend
journal, March 1980
- Fertl, W. H.; Stapp, W. L.; Vaello, D. B.
- Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol. 32, Issue 03
Downhole cutting mill
patent, January 2006
- Krueger, Sven; Krueger, Volker; Grimmer, Harald
- US Patent Document 6,981,561
Optics module for borehole stress measuring instrument
patent, November 1976
- Jacoby, Jerold L.; Williamson, Clyde E.
- US Patent Document 3,992,095
Laser Assisted Blowout Preventer and Methods of Use
patent-application, August 2012
- Zediker, Mark S.; Bergeron, Henry A.; Clark, Philip V.
- US Patent Document 13/034175; 20120217018
Use of distributed temperature sensors during wellbore treatments
patent, June 2006
- Jee, Virginia; Flamant, Nicolas; Thomeer, Hubertus V.
- US Patent Document 7,055,604
Method for removing oilfield mineral scale from pipes and tubing
patent, December 2011
- Keatch, Richard; Ray, Simon
- US Patent Document 8,074,332
The role of thermal stress fatigue in the breakdown of rock in cold regions
journal, December 1999
- Hall, Kevin
- Geomorphology, Vol. 31, Issue 1-4, p. 47-63
Method and apparatus for an advanced optical analyzer
patent, March 2010
- Shammai, Michael; Gordon, Robby; DiFoggio, Rocco
- US Patent Document 7,671,983
Permanent optical sensor downhole fluid analysis systems
patent, August 2002
- Yamate, Tsutomu; Mullins, Oliver C.
- US Patent Document 6,437,326
Method and Apparatus for the Drilling of Rock
patent, February 1964
- Karlovitz, B.
- US Patent Document 3,122,212
Water Jet Guided Laser Device Having Light Guide Pipe
patent-application, September 2010
- Chen, Hsiang-Hung
- US Patent Application 12/627016; 20100226135
Semianalytical Productivity Models for Perforated Completions
journal, February 1991
- Karakas, Metin; Tariq, S. M.
- SPE Production Engineering, Vol. 6, Issue 1, p. 73-82
Phased array Raman laser amplifier and operating method therefor
patent, November 1998
- Rice, Robert R.; Zediker, Mark S.
- US Patent Document 5,832,006
Optimum force characteristics of rotary-percussive machines for drilling blast holes
journal, January 1967
- Medvedev, I. F.; Pulyaev, A. I.; Buzhin, A. P.
- Soviet Mining Science, Vol. 3, Issue 1
Rock Failure Under Dynamic Loading Conditions
journal, March 1963
- Burdine, N. T.
- Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 1, p. 1-8
Measuring device and method in a hydrocarbon production well
patent, April 1996
- Wittrisch, Christian; Fay, Jean-Baptiste
- US Patent Document 5,505,259
Vickers and Knoop hardness of electron beam deposited ZrC and HfC thin films on titanium
journal, April 2006
- Ferro, D.; Barinov, S. M.; Rau, J. V.
- Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 200, Issue 16-17, p. 4701-4707
Optimization of parameters for fibre laser cutting of a 10 mm stainless steel plate
journal, May 2011
- Wandera, C.; Kujanpää, V.
- Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 225, Issue 5, p. 641-649
Launch monitor
patent-application, December 2005
- Bissonnette, Laurent; Pelletier, Diane; Toupin, Michael
- US Patent Application 10/861856; 20050272514
Dynamics of femtosecond laser-induced breakdown in water from femtoseconds to microseconds
journal, January 2002
- Schaffer, Chris B.; Nishimura, Nozomi; Glezer, Eli N.
- Optics Express, Vol. 10, Issue 3, p. 196-203
Apparatus and Method for Removing Subsea Structures
patent-application, October 2009
- Barra, Marc; Parker, James; Alborado, Adam
- US Patent Application 12/110576; 20090266552
Continuous damage model for load-response estimation of concrete
journal, May 1980
- Løland, K. E.
- Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 10, Issue 3, p. 395-402
Multiplexed distribution of optical power
patent, July 2006
- Skinner, Neal G.
- US Patent Document 7,072,588
Methods and compositions for thermally treating a conduit used for hydrocarbon production or transmission to help remove paraffin wax buildup
patent, December 2009
- Sarkar, Diptabhas; Arrington, Stephen T.; Powell, Ronald J.
- US Patent Document 7,624,743
Drag Bit Wear Model
journal, June 1989
- Sinor, A.; Warren, T. M.
- SPE Drilling Engineering, Vol. 4, Issue 2, p. 128-136
Launch monitor
patent-application, December 2005
- Bissonnette, Laurent; Pelletier, Diane I.; Toupin, Michael J.
- US Patent Document 10/861441; 20050272512
Development, testing and track record of fiber-optic, wet-mate, connectors
conference, January 2003
- Brown, G.
- 2003 International Conference Physics and Control
Role of shale thickness on vertical connectivity of fractures: application of crack-bridging theory to the Austin Chalk, Texas
journal, July 2001
- Rijken, Peggy; Cooke, Michele L.
- Tectonophysics, Vol. 337, Issue 1-2, p. 117-133
Well logging fiber optic communication system
patent, June 1983
- Wharton, Russell P.
- US Patent Document 4,389,645
Methods Useful for Controlling Fluid Loss in Subterranean Formations
patent-application, March 2012
- Dusterhoft, Ronald G.; Todd, Bradley L.; Ritter, David W.
- US Patent Document 13/292185; 20120048550
Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy soil contamination probe
patent, November 2000
- Theriault, Gregory A.; Lieberman, Stephen H.; Knowles, David S.
- US Patent Document 6,147,754
Theory of fiber-optic, evanescent-wave spectroscopy and sensors
journal, January 1996
- Messica, A.; Greenstein, A.; Katzir, A.
- Applied Optics, Vol. 35, Issue 13, p. 2274-2284
Method for running downhole tools and devices with coiled tubing
patent, July 1995
- Connell, Michael L.
- US Patent Document 5,435,395
Combination laser beam and sonic drill
patent, May 1975
- Keenan, Jr., Bernard J.
- US Patent Document 3,882,945
Focused shock spark discharge drill using multiple electrodes
patent, May 1988
- Moeny, William M.; Small, James
- US Patent Document 4,741,405
Coiled tubing swivel assembly
patent, October 2009
- Shampine, Rod; Saheta, Vishal; Wilson, Matthew E.
- US Patent Document 7,600,564
Apparatus and method for laser cutting
patent, November 1978
- Ross, William A.
- US Patent Document 4,125,757
Retrieval Method For Opposed Slip Type Packers
patent-application, June 2011
- Kilgore, Marion Dewey
- US Patent Document 12/641887; 20110147013
Heat warning safety device using fiber optic cables
patent, August 2006
- Lerner, William S.
- US Patent Document 7,087,865
Intervention Rod
patent-application, October 2009
- Henson, Henning; Farhadiroushan, Mohmoud; Kluth, Richard
- US Patent Application 11/571717; 20090260834
Method And System For Treating A Subterranean Formation Using Diversion
patent-application, August 2011
- Clark, W. E.; Bentley, Doug; Daniels, John
- US Patent Document 13/045146; 20110186298
Distribution and Cutting of Rocks, Glass and the Like
patent, January 1971
- Shoupp, W. E.
- US Patent Document 3,556,600
A simple crack-extension criterion for time-dependent spallation
journal, April 1971
- Field, F. A.
- Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 19, Issue 2, p. 61-70
Cutting thin sheet metal with a water jet guided laser using various cutting distances, feed speeds and angles of incidence
journal, April 2006
- Porter, Jyri A.; Louhisalmi, Yrjö A.; Karjalainen, Jussi A.
- The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 33, Issue 9-10, p. 961-967
Methods of using a laser to perforate composite structures of steel casing, cement and rocks
patent-application, October 2006
- Reed, Claude B.; Xu, Zhiyue
- US Patent Document 11/404697; 20060231257
Correlation of Yield Strength and Tensile Strength with Hardness for Steels
journal, April 2008
- Pavlina, E. J.; Van Tyne, C. J.
- Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 17, Issue 6, p. 888-893
Laser power requirement for cutting thick-section steel and effects of processing parameters on mild steel cut quality
journal, May 2011
- Wandera, C.; Kujanpää, V.; Salminen, A.
- Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol. 225, Issue 5, p. 651-661
High Power Laser-Mechanical Drilling Bit and Methods of Use
patent-application, October 2012
- Grubb, Daryl L.; Kolachalam, Sharath K.; Faircloth, Brian O.
- US Patent Document 13/403615; 20120255774
Elastic Modulus Measurements via Laser-Ultrasonic and Knoop Indentation Techniques in Thermally Sprayed Coatings
journal, March 2005
- Lima, R. S.; Kruger, S. E.; Lamouche, G.
- Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, Vol. 14, Issue 1, p. 52-60
Works referencing / citing this record:
Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface
patent, April 2013
- Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 8,424,617
Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface
patent, April 2013
- Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 8,424,617
Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface
patent, April 2013
- Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 8,424,617
Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface
patent, April 2013
- Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 8,424,617
Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface
patent, April 2013
- Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 8,424,617
Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface
patent, April 2013
- Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 8,424,617
Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface
patent, April 2013
- Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 8,424,617
Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface
patent, April 2013
- Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 8,424,617
Methods and apparatus for delivering high power laser energy to a surface
patent, April 2013
- Faircloth, Brian O.; Zediker, Mark S.; Rinzler, Charles C.
- US Patent Document 8,424,617