Patents by Inventor Richard G. Ella

Richard G. Ella 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 production system management
    Patent number: 8280635
    Abstract: Data about operation of a well for extracting a product from the subterranean reservoir and at least one of a characteristic of a subterranean reservoir or operation of a processing and transport system upstream of a point of sale is received. A corrective action can be automatically initiated on at least one of the well or the processing and transport system in response to a difference between the received data and a specified operational objective. An adjustment to a model of the reservoir, the well, and the processing and transporting system can be automatically initiated in response to the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Richard G. Ella, Andrew P. Russell, Laurence Reid, William D. Johnson
  • Dynamic production system management
    Patent number: 8195401
    Abstract: Data about operation of a well for extracting a product from the subterranean reservoir and at least one of a characteristic of a subterranean reservoir or operation of a processing and transport system upstream of a point of sale is received. A corrective action can be automatically initiated on at least one of the well or the processing and transport system in response to a difference between the received data and a specified operational objective. An adjustment to a model of the reservoir, the well, and the processing and transporting system can be automatically initiated in response to the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventors: Richard G. Ella, Andrew P. Russell, Laurence Reid, William D. Johnson
  • Dynamic Production System Management
    Publication number: 20080208478
    Abstract: Data about operation of a well for extracting a product from the subterranean reservoir and at least one of a characteristic of a subterranean reservoir or operation of a processing and transport system upstream of a point of sale is received. A corrective action can be automatically initiated on at least one of the well or the processing and transport system in response to a difference between the received data and a specified operational objective. An adjustment to a model of the reservoir, the well, and the processing and transporting system can be automatically initiated in response to the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Richard G. Ella, Andrew P. Russell, Laurence Reid, William D. Johnson