Patents by Inventor Adolfo C. Gonzales

Adolfo C. Gonzales has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wellbore thermal flow, stress and well loading analysis with jet pump
    Patent number: 10664632
    Abstract: A method for simulating a well system can include providing a well system model, providing a jet pump model, providing at least one calculation engine, inputting an input parameter, defining a mechanical configuration of the well system, integrating a jet pump model into a well system model, computing a solution to a model, and determining at least one production condition of a well system. A computer readable medium can have instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, can cause the processor to perform a method including accessing a well system model, accessing a jet pump model, integrating the jet pump model and the well system model, computing a solution to a combined model, and determining a production condition of a well system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Adolfo C. Gonzales, Robello Samuel, Yongfeng Kang, Zhengchun Liu
  • WELLBORE THERMAL FLOW, STRESS AND WELL LOADING ANALYSIS WITH JET PUMP
    Publication number: 20160314225
    Abstract: A method for simulating a well system can include providing a well system model, providing a jet pump model, providing at least one calculation engine, inputting an input parameter, defining a mechanical configuration of the well system, integrating a jet pump model into a well system model, computing a solution to a model, and determining at least one production condition of a well system. A computer readable medium can have instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, can cause the processor to perform a method including accessing a well system model, accessing a jet pump model, integrating the jet pump model and the well system model, computing a solution to a combined model, and determining a production condition of a well system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Adolfo C. GONZALES, Robello SAMUEL, Yongfeng KANG, Zhengchun LIU
  • System, method and computer program product to simulate drilling event scenarios
    Patent number: 9151126
    Abstract: Systems and related methods to simulate trapped annular pressure and wellhead movement during downhole drilling scenarios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Jiang, Max Orland Duncan, Yongfeng Kang, Adolfo C. Gonzales
  • System and method for simulation of downhole conditions in a well system
    Patent number: 9074459
    Abstract: A method for simulating downhole conditions is described. The method includes receiving configuration information about a well system in a production configuration, the well system including annular fluids disposed therein and receiving heat source information associated with a heat source disposed within the well system. The method also includes simulating temperature transfer in the well system during a production scenario based at least on the configuration information and the heat source information and predicting pressure buildup in the annular fluids based on the simulated temperature transfer in the well system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Mitchell, Adolfo C. Gonzales, Yongfeng Kang
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULATION OF DOWNHOLE CONDITIONS IN A WELL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140034390
    Abstract: A method for simulating downhole conditions is described. The method includes receiving configuration information about a well system in a production configuration, the well system including annular fluids disposed therein and receiving heat source information associated with a heat source disposed within the well system. The method also includes simulating temperature transfer in the well system during a production scenario based at least on the configuration information and the heat source information and predicting pressure buildup in the annular fluids based on the simulated temperature transfer in the well system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert MITCHELL, Adolfo C. Gonzales, Yongfeng Kang
  • System, Method & Computer Program Product to Simulate Drilling Event Scenarios
    Publication number: 20140019106
    Abstract: Systems and related methods to simulate trapped annular pressure and wellhead movement during downhole drilling scenarios.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Jiang, Max Orland Duncan, Yongfeng Kang, Adolfo C. Gonzales