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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7966166 | Method for determining a set of net present values to influence the drilling of a wellbore and increase production A method is disclosed for modeling a first reservoir while drilling a wellbore into a corresponding second reservoir, the first reservoir having a plurality of stations, comprising: determining a plurality of values of net present value corresponding, respectively, ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953587 | Method for designing and optimizing drilling and completion operations in hydrocarbon reservoirs A method is disclosed for generating a wellsite design, comprising: designing a workflow for an Earth Model; building an initial Earth Model based on the workflow adapted for modeling drilling and completions operations in a hydrocarbon reservoir; calibrating the in... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7895241 | Method and apparatus for oilfield data repository The invention relates to a method for performing operations of an oilfield having at least one wellsite, a surface network, and a process facility, each wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoi... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7894991 | Statistical determination of historical oilfield data A method, system, and computer program product for performing oilfield surveillance operations. The oilfield has a subterranean formation with geological structures and reservoirs therein. The oilfield is divided into a plurality of patterns, with each pattern compr... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890264 | Waterflooding analysis in a subterranean formation A method of analyzing a subterranean formation. The method includes specifying a volume of interest in the subterranean formation, specifying an injector wellsite that penetrates the volume of interest, specifying a first producer wellsite and a second producer well... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7881869 | Method and apparatus for evaluating data associated with an offshore energy platform A method for transferring data from an unmanned offshore energy platform to a manned offshore energy platform. The method includes obtaining the data on the unmanned offshore energy platform from a monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device is configured to mo... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7869954 | Using microseismic data to characterize hydraulic fractures Methods and apparatus that use microseismic event data, stress data, seismic data, and rock properties to predict the hydrocarbon production success of a well location are disclosed. An example method generates a hydrocarbon production function based on information ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7819184 | Logging plug with high integrity internal seal A logging plug is disclosed having an internal sealing mechanism therein which provides a high degree of sealing integrity between the bore of the plug and a coiled tubing or other means of suspending wellbore equipment running therethrough. The sealing mechanism ut... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7814989 | System and method for performing a drilling operation in an oilfield The invention relates to a method for performing a drilling operation at a wellsite having a drilling rig configured to advance a drilling tool into a subsurface. The method steps include obtaining a well trajectory associated with a first volume, obtaining informat... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7671867 | Method for locating underground deposits of hydrocarbon including a method for highlighting an object in a three dimensional scene A method of highlighting a selected object in a 3D scene comprises: executing an off screen rendering software and, responsive thereto, generating a texture image containing an image of the visible parts of a selected object over a background color, and, in response... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7630914 | Method and apparatus and program storage device adapted for visualization of qualitative and quantitative risk assessment based on technical wellbore design and earth properties A method is disclosed for determining and displaying risk information in response to a plurality of input data, the input data including a plurality of input data calculation results, comprising the steps of: comparing each calculation result of the plurality of inp... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627430 | Method and system for managing information A method for managing information associated with an oilfield operation of an oilfield, the oilfield having a subterranean formation with geological structures and reservoirs therein. The method includes specifying a first site of interest, where a first data source... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7627429 | Method for producing underground deposits of hydrocarbon from an earth formation using fault interpretation including spline fault tracking A method is disclosed for determining a fault surface in a formation, comprising: determining a first plurality of crosscorrelation values for a 3D Volume associated, respectively, with a corresponding first plurality of 3D Volumes, and selecting a first minimum one... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7606666 | System and method for performing oilfield drilling operations using visualization techniques The invention relates to a method of performing a drilling operation for an oilfield. The method includes collecting oilfield data, a portion of the oilfield data being real-time drilling data generated from the oilfield during drilling, defining a number of oilfiel... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7590570 | Method, apparatus and system for providing product advisory information for a web-based sales application An apparatus, system, and method are provided for receiving requirements information from a user via a web browser. The request and the requirements information are received by a web server and forwarded to a correlation engine. The correlation engine is operatively... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7565305 | Apparatus and method to estimate the value of a work process and determine gaps in current and desired states A method involves identifying work elements of a work process which may be enhanced to provide a biggest impact on enhancing an overall value of the work process. The method involves identifying a plurality of work elements comprising a work process, interviewing on... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7561997 | Simulation system including a simulator and a case manager adapted for organizing data files for the simulator in a non-conventional tree like structure A simulation system includes a case manager adapted for organizing and managing a plurality of sets of input data being used by the simulation system. The case manager includes a plurality of case scenarios organized in a tree-like structure, some case scenarios bei... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7548873 | Method system and program storage device for automatically calculating and displaying time and cost data in a well planning system using a Monte Carlo simulation software A method of generating and displaying time and cost data representing the time and the cost to complete a plurality of oilfield related activities in response to a set of engineering results including wellbore geometry and drilling parameters comprises the steps of:... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7546884 | Method and apparatus and program storage device adapted for automatic drill string design based on wellbore geometry and trajectory requirements A method of generating drillstring design information in response to input data which includes wellbore geometry and wellbore trajectory requirements, comprises the step of generating a summary of a drillstring in each hole section of a wellbore in response to the i... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7542979 | System, method and apparatus for loading text data in a database The present invention includes an apparatus, method and system for loading data into a database. The invention includes a spreadsheet dataset, having data in the form of one or more records, a control file containing a set of rules, each rule having a condition and ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7539625 | Method and apparatus and program storage device including an integrated well planning workflow control system with process dependencies A method of well planning in an automatic well planning system comprises the steps of: selecting one or more tasks in a task manager; verifying by a task dependency a proper order of the one or more tasks; retrieving by the task manager from a task base one or more ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7533725 | Method and system for altering pore pressure in a fracturing operation A method and a system for accessing a target fluid in a formation of an oilfield are provided. The method involves acquiring physicochemical property information of a portion of the formation, determining a type and a concentration of a chemical agent based on the p... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7526930 | Method system and program storage device for synchronizing displays relative to a point in time A method of determining a particular value on a display, comprises the steps of: moving a time log relative to a time line until the time line identifies a selected time on the time log; moving a plurality of values on the display in synchronism with the moving of t... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7523024 | Modeling geologic objects in faulted formations A system and method of modeling a geological body in a contemporary formation is presented that includes constructing a geological object based on an original depositional paleo-space associated with the contemporary formation, and copying the geological object, tra... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520768 | Connector assembly for use with an electrical submersible component in a deepwater environment A connector for a connection assembly for providing electrical power to a submersible electrical component in a deepwater environment, such as a subsea well, includes a ceramic body having a metallized inner passageway. A conductive contact extends through the passa... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7516056 | Apparatus, method and system for improved reservoir simulation using a multiplicative overlapping Schwarz preconditioning for adaptive implicit linear systems A method, system and apparatus are disclosed for conducting a reservoir simulation, using a reservoir model of a gridded region of interest. The grid of the region of interest includes one or more types of cells, the type of cell being distinguished by the number of... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7510011 | Well servicing methods and systems employing a triggerable filter medium sealing composition Well servicing methods and systems are described, in one embodiment comprising installing a tool in a wellbore, the tool comprising a base tubular having a plurality of openings and a longitudinal bore adapted to fluidly connect to a tubular; a jacket tubular having... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7502771 | Method, system and apparatus for generating decision trees integrated with petro-technical workflows A method of generating a decision tree for a seismic to simulation workflow, including: identifying a plurality of elements of the seismic to simulation workflow; receiving a plurality of modeling scenarios for each of the plurality of elements, where each of the pl... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7493344 | Method and system for dynamic data merge in databases A data repository defined by a single logical specification includes a data store including a plurality of tables and a view of the plurality of tables, a data dictionary including a meta-table and means to generate the data store, where the meta-table is generated ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487833 | Safety apparatus for perforating system Safety apparatus is disclosed for providing ballistic train interruption in a perforating system. The safety apparatus comprises a generally tubular shaped housing having first and second ends which are fabricated to permit the housing to be positioned at any locati... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7486589 | Methods and apparatus for predicting the hydrocarbon production of a well location Methods and apparatus that use microseismic event data, stress data, seismic data, and rock properties to predict the hydrocarbon production success of a well location are disclosed. An example method generates a hydrocarbon production function based on information ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7480676 | Chasing engine for data transfer A data repository defined by a single logical specification includes a data store comprising a plurality of tables and a view of the plurality of tables, a data dictionary comprising a meta-table and means to generate the data store, wherein the meta-table is genera... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7478024 | Integrated reservoir optimization A method of managing a fluid or gas reservoir is disclosed which assimilates diverse data having different acquisition time scales and spatial scales of coverage for iteratively producing a reservoir development plan that is used for optimizing an overall performanc... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7455114 | Snorkel device for flow control The present invention provides for the operation of a downhole flow control device using a snorkel tube. ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455104 | Expandable elements A method and apparatus includes providing an element formed of a superplastic material to perform a predetermined downhole task. In another arrangement, a method and apparatus includes a flowable element and a deformable element that can be expanded by flowing the f... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7451819 | Openhole perforating An underbalanced perforating system is disclosed for use in openhole completions to maximize the wellbore and matrix cleanup efficiency, to connect natural fracture patterns, and/or to enable application of new drilling fluid technology in difficult subsurface envir... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451825 | Annular choke An apparatus that is usable with a well includes a tubular member, an annular body and plugs. The tubular member includes a wall that defines a passageway to communicate a fluid, and an opening extends through the well. The annular body circumscribes the wall, and t... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451810 | Kickover tool and selective mandrel system A kickover tool is disclosed for installing and retrieving a well flow control device from a side pocket mandrel in a wellbore. The kickover tool includes a spring-loaded key which has an outer circumferential surface having a predetermined machined pattern formed t... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448447 | Real-time production-side monitoring and control for heat assisted fluid recovery applications An automatic control system that protects downhole equipment and surface equipment from high temperatures resulting from the breakthrough of injection vapor. The system operates to derive an estimate of the temperature of production fluid at a location upstream from... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7445048 | Plunger lift apparatus that includes one or more sensors A plunger lift apparatus includes wellhead equipment containing a receiver, a conduit extending from the wellhead equipment into a wellbore, and a plunger to be run through the conduit to a downhole location in the wellbore. The plunger includes at least a sensor to... | 11/04/2008 |
