Patents by Inventor Marshal A. Strobel

Marshal A. Strobel 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).

  • Method and systems of determining viable hydraulic fracture scenarios
    Patent number: 8855988
    Abstract: Determining viable hydraulic fracture scenarios. At least some of the illustrative embodiments include: executing a fracture planning program, and determining a set of schedules from the fracture planning program, each schedule comprising a volume of fracture fluid, amount of proppant, and flow rate of the fracture fluid; providing each schedule of the set of schedules to a stress analysis program, executing the stress analysis program, and determining a set of indications from the stress analysis program, each indication indicative of whether a respect schedule exceeds engineering limits of a tubing string; and providing at least some of the schedules to a fracture simulation program, executing the fracture simulation program, and determining a set of fracture geometries from the fracture simulation program, each fracture geometry corresponding to a respective schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Marshal A. Strobel, Gustavo Carvajal, Michael Szatny
  • METHOD AND SYSTEMS OF DETERMINING VIABLE HYDRAULIC FRACTURE SCENARIOS
    Publication number: 20130304444
    Abstract: Determining viable hydraulic fracture scenarios. At least some of the illustrative embodiments include: executing a fracture planning program, and determining a set of schedules from the fracture planning program, each schedule comprising a volume of fracture fluid, amount of proppant, and flow rate of the fracture fluid; providing each schedule of the set of schedules to a stress analysis program, executing the stress analysis program, and determining a set of indications from the stress analysis program, each indication indicative of whether a respect schedule exceeds engineering limits of a tubing string; and providing at least some of the schedules to a fracture simulation program, executing the fracture simulation program, and determining a set of fracture geometries from the fracture simulation program, each fracture geometry corresponding to a respective schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marshal A. Strobel, Gustavo Carvajal, Michael Szatny