Patents by Inventor Rintu Kalita

Rintu Kalita 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).

  • Diagnosis of formation characteristics in wells
    Patent number: 7874357
    Abstract: A technique for estimating the permeability profile of a well includes generating a well and formation model. The technique includes producing the well so that hydrocarbons flow from the formation and through the well. The technique includes measuring pressure at a plurality of points along at least a portion of the well without an intervention in the well and estimating a permeability profile along the portion of the well by use of the plurality of pressure measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Younes Jalali, Yannong Dong, Huanwen Cui, Shekhar Sinha, Rintu Kalita
  • Diagnosis of formation characteristics in wells
    Publication number: 20070038375
    Abstract: A technique for estimating the permeability profile of a well includes generating a well and formation model. The technique includes producing the well so that hydrocarbons flow from the formation and through the well. The technique includes measuring pressure at a plurality of points along at least a portion of the well without an intervention in the well and estimating a permeability profile along the portion of the well by use of the plurality of pressure measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Younes Jalali, Yannong Dong, Huanwen Cui, Shekhar Sinha, Rintu Kalita
  • Completions architecture
    Publication number: 20020177955
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing well planning and design includes performing a general-level design. The general-level design involves generating a proposed well configuration based on inputs from a user. The proposed configuration, generated by a software module, includes a well trajectory, the reservoir-wellbore interface, and completion equipment. The proposed configuration is refined by an optimizer based on a performance measure or a target constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Younes Jalali, Shekhar Sinha, Allyson Gajraj, Soraya S. Betancourt, Rintu Kalita, David L. Malone