Patents by Inventor John W. Miertschin

John W. Miertschin 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).

  • High-Level, Graphical Programming Language and Tool for Well Management Programming
    Publication number: 20090222246
    Abstract: A reservoir simulation method, which includes building a hierarchical logic diagram having one or more components. Each component represents a block of programming code. The method further includes converting the hierarchical logic diagram to programming code configured to manage the simulation of a reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Linh N. Do, John W. Miertschin, Allen R. Kiesling
  • Performance prediction method for hydrocarbon recovery processes
    Patent number: 7289942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for predicting the performance of large-scale hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir floods. One embodiment of the invention includes a method for predicting performance of a patterned flooding process in a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation, said formation being penetrated by a plurality of injector wells and producer wells, comprising the steps of: determining flow-based pairs of injector to producer wells [FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Shan H. Yang, John W. Miertschin, Ryan A. Kudva, Sepehr Arbabi