Patents by Inventor Richard Geoffrey Heddle

Richard Geoffrey Heddle 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 APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING OIL AND/OR GAS PRODUCING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180023373
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention identify a plurality of operating points for oil and/or gas producing systems, each operating point being characterised by a set of operating parameters which can be used to control components of the actual oil and/or gas producing system. These generated operating points may be collectively presented in a graphical manner to an operator of the oil and/or gas producing system, who can systematically configure the components of the oil and/or gas producing system to move, in an informed manner, through a path of operating points in order to reach what appears from the generated operating point data to be an optimal operating region. The oil and/or gas producing system may also be referred to as a hydrocarbon production system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: BP EXPLORATION OPERATING COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Patrick James Calvert, Richard Geoffrey Heddle
  • Determining fluid rate and phase information for a hydrocarbon well using predictive models
    Patent number: 8788209
    Abstract: A method of determining rate and phase of fluid produced from or injected into a hydrocarbon well includes obtaining first temperature and pressure measurements from sensors at the well. The first temperature and pressure measurements are applied to a plurality of predictive well models to calculate an estimated value of fluid rate and phase composition from each of the predictive well models responsive to the temperature and pressure measurements. A first fluid rate and phase composition result is derived from the estimate value of fluid rate and phase composition from each of the predictive well models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: BP Exploration Operating Company Limited
    Inventors: John Foot, Richard Geoffrey Heddle, Michael James Webster
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING OIL AND/OR GAS PRODUCTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110087476
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention identify a plurality of operating points for oil and/or gas producing systems, each operating point being characterised by a set of operating parameters which can be used to control components of the actual oil and/or gas producing system. These generated operating points may be collectively presented in a graphical manner to an operator of the oil and/or gas producing system, who can systemically configure the components of the oil and/or gas producing system to move, in an informal manner, through a path of operating points in order to reach what appears from the generated operating point data to be an optimal operating region. The oil and/or gas producing system may also be referred to as a hydrocarbon producing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick James Calvert, Richard Geoffrey Heddle