Patents by Inventor Paulus Maria BOERRIGTER

Paulus Maria BOERRIGTER 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).

  • DYNAMIC GRID REFINEMENT
    Publication number: 20120179443
    Abstract: A method for enhanced oil recovery, comprising selecting a target reservoir comprising hydrocarbons; inputting a plurality of parameters concerning the reservoir and the hydrocarbons into a simulator; and modeling an enhanced oil recovery technique with the simulator using dynamic local grid refinement to provide additional model resolution of a front between an enhanced oil recovery injectant and the hydrocarbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Diederik W. VAN BATENBURG, Paulus Maria BOERRIGTER, Jeroen Cornelis VINK, Albert Hendrik DE ZWART, Marco BOSCH
  • METHODS FOR PRODUCING OIL AND/OR GAS
    Publication number: 20120067571
    Abstract: A method for producing oil from an underground formation comprising injecting an enhanced oil recovery formulation into a first well in the formation, the enhanced oil recovery formulation comprising a foam; floating the foam on top of the oil, in order to force the oil towards a second well in the formation; and producing the oil and/or gas from the second well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Paulus Maria BOERRIGTER, Rouhollah FARAJZADEH, Leonardus Bartholomeus Maria WASSING