Patents by Inventor Barry Fen Zhang

Barry Fen Zhang 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).

  • Patent number: 10677052
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a real-time synthetic logging method for optimizing one or more operations in a well. The method generally includes receiving measurements of one or more parameters in real time while performing operations in the well, the measurements being captured without using tools that include active nuclear sources. The method further includes providing the measurements as input to a machine learning algorithm (MLA) that is trained using historical or training well data. The method further includes generating, using the MLA and based on the measurements, a synthetic mechanical property log of the well. The method further includes generating, based on the synthetic mechanical property log, optimized parameters for at least one operation selected from the following list: drilling the well in real-time; steering the well in real-time; and stimulating a reservoir in real-time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: QUANTICO ENERGY SOLUTIONS LLC
    Inventors: Bruce H. Storm, Jr., Barry Fen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190169986
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a real-time synthetic logging method for optimizing one or more operations in a well. The method generally includes receiving measurements of one or more parameters in real time while performing operations in the well, the measurements being captured without using tools that include active nuclear sources. The method further includes providing the measurements as input to a machine learning algorithm (MLA) that is trained using historical or training well data. The method further includes generating, using the MLA and based on the measurements, a synthetic mechanical property log of the well. The method further includes generating, based on the synthetic mechanical property log, optimized parameters for at least one operation selected from the following list: drilling the well in real-time; steering the well in real-time; and stimulating a reservoir in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Bruce H. STORM, JR., Barry Fen ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20140025301
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for using data from a select set of wells to develop correlations between surface-measured properties and properties typically determined from subsurface measurements (e.g., from logging tool responses, core analysis, or other subsurface measurements). When new wells are drilled, the surface data acquired while drilling may be used as an input to these correlations in order to predict properties associated with subsurface measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Bruce H. Storm, JR., Barry Fen Zhang, Charles Perry Matula