Patents by Inventor Carmen C. Hinds

Carmen C. Hinds 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: 10934811
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of computer-implemented methods, computing systems, and program products for analyzing a flood operation on a hydrocarbon reservoir. For example, an embodiment of a computer implemented method for analyzing a flood operation for a hydrocarbon reservoir having a plurality of zones is provided. The embodiment includes receiving injection profile data (ILT) and injection rates. The embodiment also uses the received injection profile data and injection rates to split each injection well into multiple zonal level injectors. The embodiment also includes running capacitance resistance modeling treating each zonal level injector as a single injector, where running capacitance resistance modeling includes generating interwell connectivities at the zonal level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Morteza Sayarpour, Tiantian Zhang, Carmen C. Hinds
  • Patent number: 10718186
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of computer-implemented methods, computing systems, and program products for analyzing a flood operation on a hydrocarbon reservoir. An embodiment of a computer implemented method of identifying conformance candidates is provided. The embodiment includes, for a first entity: solving an injection entity index to generate an injection entity index value, solving a production entity index to generate a production entity index value, evaluating an operation entity index that represents operation status to generate an operation entity index value, and combining the injection entity index value, the production entity index value, and the operation entity index value to generate a conformance problem index value for the first entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Morteza Sayarpour, Lokendra Jain, Carmen C. Hinds, Tiantian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160178799
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of computer-implemented methods, computing systems, and program products for analyzing a flood operation on a hydrocarbon reservoir. For example, an embodiment of a computer implemented method for analyzing a flood operation for a hydrocarbon reservoir having a plurality of zones is provided. The embodiment includes receiving injection profile data (ILT) and injection rates. The embodiment also uses the received injection profile data and injection rates to split each injection well into multiple zonal level injectors. The embodiment also includes running capacitance resistance modeling treating each zonal level injector as a single injector, where running capacitance resistance modeling includes generating interwell connectivities at the zonal level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Morteza Sayarpour, Tiantian Zhang, Carmen C. Hinds
  • Publication number: 20160177688
    Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of computer-implemented methods, computing systems, and program products for analyzing a flood operation on a hydrocarbon reservoir. An embodiment of a computer implemented method of identifying conformance candidates is provided. The embodiment includes, for a first entity: solving an injection entity index to generate an injection entity index value, solving a production entity index to generate a production entity index value, evaluating an operation entity index that represents operation status to generate an operation entity index value, and combining the injection entity index value, the production entity index value, and the operation entity index value to generate a conformance problem index value for the first entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Morteza Sayarpour, Lokendra Jain, Carmen C. Hinds, Tiantian Zhang