Patents by Inventor Matt T. Stone

Matt T. Stone 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).

  • Upscaling of reservoir models by reusing flow solutions from geologic models
    Patent number: 8494828
    Abstract: A method is provided for simulating a physical process such as fluid flow in porous media by performing a fine-grid calculation of the process in a medium and re-using the fine grid solution in subsequent coarse-grid calculations. For fluid flow in subsurface formations, the method may be applied to optimize upscaled calculation grids formed from geologic models. The method decreases the cost of optimizing a grid to simulate a physical process that is mathematically described by the diffusion equation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Xiao-Hui Wu, Rossen R. Parashkevov, Matt T. Stone
  • Upscaling of Reservoir Models By Reusing Flow Solutions From Geologic Models
    Publication number: 20120000669
    Abstract: A method is provided for simulating a physical process such as fluid flow in porous media by performing a fine-grid calculation of the process in a medium and re-using the fine grid solution in subsequent coarse-grid calculations. For fluid flow in subsurface formations, the method may be applied to optimize upscaled calculation grids formed from geologic models. The method decreases the cost of optimizing a grid to simulate a physical process that is mathematically described by the diffusion equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Xiao-Hui Wu, Rossen R. Parashkevov, Matt T. Stone
  • Upscaling reservoir models by reusing flow solutions from geologic models
    Patent number: 8078437
    Abstract: Method is provided for simulating a physical process such as fluid flow in porous media by performing a fine-grid calculation of the process in a medium and re-using the fine grid solution in subsequent coarse-grid calculations. For fluid flow in subsurface formations, the method may be applied to optimize upscaled calculation grids formed from geologic models. The method decreases the cost of optimizing a grid to simulate a physical process that is mathematically described by the diffusion equation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Xiao-Hui Wu, Rossen R. Parashkevov, Matt T. Stone
  • Upscaling Reservoir Models By Reusing Flow Solutions From Geologic Models
    Publication number: 20090306945
    Abstract: Method is provided for simulating a physical process such as fluid flow in porous media by performing a fine-grid calculation of the process in a medium and re-using the fine grid solution in subsequent coarse-grid calculations. For fluid flow in subsurface formations, the method may be applied to optimize upscaled calculation grids formed from geologic models. The method decreases the cost of optimizing a grid to simulate a physical process that is mathematically described by the diffusion equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Xiao-Hui Wu, Rossen R. Parashkevov, Matt T. Stone