Patents by Inventor MATTHEW SZYNDEL

MATTHEW SZYNDEL 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: 10460051
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program product model an Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) process in a subsurface volume by computer modeling a variable-concentration injection of an EOR agent in multiple grid blocks of a reservoir grid, where the variable-concentration injection includes an injection of the EOR agent at multiple injection concentrations. For a first grid block among the multiple grid blocks within which EOR agent is present, a viscous fingering effect is modeled by modifying a fluid mobility in the first grid block based at least in part upon the injection concentration of the EOR agent present in the first grid block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Marat Shaykhattarov, Marie Ann Giddins, Matthew Szyndel
  • Publication number: 20180107768
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program product model an Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) process in a subsurface volume by computer modeling a variable-concentration injection of an EOR agent in multiple grid blocks of a reservoir grid, where the variable-concentration injection includes an injection of the EOR agent at multiple injection concentrations. For a first grid block among the multiple grid blocks within which EOR agent is present, a viscous fingering effect is modeled by modifying a fluid mobility in the first grid block based at least in part upon the injection concentration of the EOR agent present in the first grid block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Marat Shaykhattarov, Marie Ann Giddins, Matthew Szyndel
  • Publication number: 20120143577
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include one or more of a method, computing device, computer-readable medium, and system for prioritizing drilling propositions. An example embodiment of the present disclosure may include a method that includes providing a reservoir simulator for simulating a reservoir model, wherein the reservoir model defines a plurality of wells to be drilled. The method may further include storing model state information related to the reservoir model; calculating a potential production of at least a portion of the wells to be drilled by simulating one or more timesteps; and restoring the model state information to the reservoir model. In addition, the method may include using the reservoir simulator to simulate the reservoir model with a drilling priority, wherein the drilling priority is based on the calculated potential production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: MATTHEW SZYNDEL, JONATHAN A. HOLMES