Patents by Inventor Annabelle Kania

Annabelle Kania 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).

  • Optimizing drilling operations using petrotechnical data
    Patent number: 9638830
    Abstract: A method for optimizing drilling operations. The method includes providing an earth model of a volume having a well, obtaining petrotechnical data about the volume while drilling the well, comparing the petrotechnical data with the earth model, updating the earth model with the petrotechnical data based on the comparison, and modifying a drilling plan of the well using the updated earth model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: WESTERNGECO L.L.C.
    Inventors: Joerg H. Meyer, Annabelle Kania, Mark Egan, Andrew Hawthorn
  • Optimizing Drilling Operations Using Petrotechnical Data
    Publication number: 20150039281
    Abstract: A method for optimizing drilling operations. The method includes providing an earth model of a volume having a well, obtaining petrotechnical data about the volume while drilling the well, comparing the petrotechnical data with the earth model, updating the earth model with the petrotechnical data based on the comparison, and modifying a drilling plan of the well using the updated earth model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Joerg H. Meyer, Annabelle Kania, Mark Egan, Andrew Hawthorn
  • Tar estimation
    Patent number: 8548784
    Abstract: A method to predict tars and tar sands in petroleum exploration and production in a subsurface volume by building a viscoelastic property model of the volume using rock behavior including tars together with seismic inversion to derive a lithology volume identifying tars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jianchun Dai, Annabelle Kania, Cengiz Esmersoy, Ling Duan
  • System and method for performing an adaptive drilling operation
    Patent number: 8527248
    Abstract: A system and method for performing an adaptive drilling operation is provided. The method involves obtaining data prior to drilling, constructing a base model with a base model unit from data obtained prior to drilling, constructing an overburden posterior model with an overburden model unit using the base model and data obtained from overburden drilling, constructing a reservoir posterior model with a reservoir model unit using the overburden posterior model and the data obtained from reservoir drilling and updating drilling operation based on the models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: R. K. Michael Thambynayagam, Cengiz Esmersoy, Peter Gerhard Tilke, Maurice Nessim, Annabelle Kania, Sudhendu Kashikar, Gregory P. Grove, Nader C. Dutta, Raj Banerjee, Jeffrey B. Spath, Christopher Hopkins
  • TAR ESTIMATION
    Publication number: 20110010143
    Abstract: A method to predict tars and tar sands in petroleum exploration and production in a subsurface volume by building a viscoelastic property model of the volume using rock behavior including tars together with seismic inversion to derive a lithology volume identifying tars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Jianchun Dai, Annabelle Kania, Cengiz Esmersoy, Ling Duan
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN ADAPTIVE DRILLING OPERATION
    Publication number: 20100155142
    Abstract: A system and method for performing an adaptive drilling operation is provided. The method involves obtaining data prior to drilling, constructing a base model with a base model unit from data obtained prior to drilling, constructing an overburden posterior model with an overburden model unit using the base model and data obtained from overburden drilling, constructing a reservoir posterior model with a reservoir model unit using the overburden posterior model and the data obtained from reservoir drilling and updating drilling operation based on the models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: R.K. MICHAEL THAMBYNAYAGAM, Esmersoy Cengiz, Peter Gerhard Tilke, Maurice Nessim, Annabelle Kania, Sudhendu Kashikar, Gregory P. Grove, Nader C. Dutta, Raj Banerjee, Jeffrey B. Spath, Christopher Hopkins
  • Optimizing Drilling Operations Using Petrotechnical Data
    Publication number: 20090157367
    Abstract: A method for optimizing drilling operations. The method includes providing an earth model of a volume having a well, obtaining petrotechnical data about the volume while drilling the well, comparing the petrotechnical data with the earth model, updating the earth model with the petrotechnical data based on the comparison, and modifying a drilling plan of the well using the updated earth model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Joerg H. Meyer, Annabelle Kania, Mark Egan, Andrew Hawthorn