Method and apparatus for drilling a probabilistic approach

T Geehan, Q Guo, M Zamora - US Patent 9,863,240, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods and software tools for determining wellbore-strengthening information for a drilling
operation, the method including inputting wellbore parameters into a wellbore simulator …

Systems and methods for monitoring gas storage in underground reservoirs

AB Andrews, AJ Speck, R Akkurt, OC Mullins… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods presented herein are configured to monitor gas storage in a
well and, more specifically, to invert optical measurements to predict the fractional molar …

System and method for seismic depth uncertainty analysis

J Chen, LIU Huafeng, AH Shabelansky… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
A method is described for seismic depth uncertainty analysis including receiving wavelet
basis functions and cutoff thresholds and randomly perturbing wavelet coefficients in …

Systems and methods for incorporating compositional grading into black oil models

N Rahmouni, AA Al-Najem, A Hussain - US Patent App. 17/335,751, 2022 - Google Patents
Systems and methods of determining an equivalent black oil model are disclosed. In one
embodiment, a method of determining an equivalent black oil model of a reservoir includes …

Analyzing a hydrocarbon trap

P Biver, N Shchukina - US Patent 11,846,743, 2023 - Google Patents
The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for analyzing a
hydrocarbon trap, for hydrocarbon production. The hydrocarbon trap has a top surface. The …

Process for real time geological localization with stochastic clustering and pattern matching

N Panchal, SMK Sultan, M Wu - US Patent 11,401,798, 2022 - Google Patents
A method of geosteering in a wellbore construction process uses an earth model that
defines boundaries between formation layers and petrophysical properties of the formation …

Process for real time geological localization with greedy monte carlo

N Panchal, SMK Sultan, XIA Yizhou - US Patent App. 17/264,009, 2021 - Google Patents
A method of geosteering in a wellbore construction process uses an earth model that
defines boundaries between formation layers and petrophysical properties of the formation …

Method and apparatus for determining oil-gas-water interface based on formation pressure equivalent density

HAI Chuan, X Chengwen, Q Chen, S Zhang… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method for determining an oil-gas-water interface based on the formation
pressure equivalent density. The method comprising: determining working parameters of the …

Method for prediction of live oil interfacial tension at reservoir conditions from dead oil measurements

M Stukan, B Sauerer, W Abdallah - US Patent 10,613,251, 2020 - Google Patents
Methods may include measuring an interfacial tension (IFT) for a dead oil sample prepared
from a fluid within an interval of a formation; calculating a gas: oil ratio for the fluid within the …

Method for measuring the tenacity of a material

C Rountree, D Bonamy - US Patent App. 14/420,086, 2015 - Google Patents
A method for measuring the tenacity K c of a material, wherein a cuboid test piece of the
material with a central hole is placed between two jaws of a compression testing device …