Patents by Inventor Robert Chadwick Holmes

Robert Chadwick Holmes 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).

  • Publication number: 20240061146
    Abstract: A group of wells may be located within a region of interest. Multiple scenarios of boundary locations within a group of wells may be obtained. A top-and-base boundary pair, defining a package of interest, may be identified within the individual scenarios of boundary locations. A subsurface property of the package of interest within the individual scenarios of boundary locations may be determined, and the subsurface property of the package of interest within the individual scenarios of boundary locations may be used to determine a subsurface characteristic of the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Chadwick HOLMES, Morgan David SULLIVAN, Ashley D. HARRIS, Fabien J. LAUGIER
  • Publication number: 20240019600
    Abstract: A group of wells may be located within a region of interest. Multiple scenarios of boundary locations within the group of wells may be obtained. Boundary likelihood curves for the wells may be generated. Different number and/or locations of boundaries within different scenarios of boundary locations may be synthetized into the boundary likelihood curves. A visual representation of the boundary likelihood curves may be generated. The visual representation of the boundary likelihood curves may be used to automatically select and/or guide manual selection of boundary locations in the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Robert Chadwick Holmes, Fabien Jean Nicolas Laugier
  • Publication number: 20230399934
    Abstract: A region of interest may include a group of wells. The group of wells may be connected to form a graph of wells, with nodes representing wells and edges representing connections between wells. Connection scores from dynamic time warping paths for individual pairs of connected wells may be used to detect anomalies in the region of interest. Number of boundaries within individual wells may be used to detect anomalies in the region of interest. Connection score and/or number of boundaries may be represented on a visual map of the region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Chadwick HOLMES, Frank TAMAKLOE, Fabien J. LAUGIER
  • Publication number: 20230366309
    Abstract: A well may be selected from a group of wells. Multiple scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well may be determined based on propagation of boundaries from other wells to the selected well. A visual representation of the multiple scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well may be provided based on spatial arrangement of the wells within the group of wells. A visual representation of the spatial arrangement of the wells within the group of wells may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Chadwick HOLMES, Fabien J. LAUGIER
  • Publication number: 20230351079
    Abstract: An intermediary well may be selected for a group of wells. The intermediary well may be used as an origin point from which branching wells paths are generated to connect the group of wells through the intermediary well. A shortest path between the intermediary well and the group of wells along the branching well paths may be identified, and the group of wells may be aligned along the shortest path. Boundaries of the intermediary well may be propagated to the aligned group of wells to establish correlation between segments of the intermediary well and segments of the aligned group of wells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Robert Chadwick HOLMES, Fabien J. LAUGIER, Ashley D. HARRIS, Morgan David SULLIVAN
  • Patent number: 11740386
    Abstract: Simulated wells may be selected from a subsurface representation to serve as representation of the corresponding simulated subsurface region. Spatial coverage of a simulated well for the simulated subsurface region may be determined based on extent of similarity between the simulated well and other simulated wells in the subsurface representation. The simulated wells may be selected to achieve desired spatial coverage for the simulated subsurface region and to achieve desired representation of properties of interest for the simulated subsurface region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Fabien J. Laugier, Alicia Downard, Robert Chadwick Holmes
  • Patent number: 11282269
    Abstract: 2D slices/images may be extracted from a three-dimensional volume of subsurface data. Image comparison analysis across sequential 2D slices/images may identify boundaries within the corresponding subsurface region, such as changes in style of deposition or reservoir property distribution. Identification of temporal/spatial boundaries in the subsurface region where subsurface properties change may facilitate greater understanding of the scales and controls on heterogeneity, and connectivity between different locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Fabien J. Laugier, Alicia Downard, Robert Chadwick Holmes
  • Publication number: 20220035070
    Abstract: Simulated wells may be selected from a subsurface representation to serve as representation of the corresponding simulated subsurface region. Spatial coverage of a simulated well for the simulated subsurface region may be determined based on extent of similarity between the simulated well and other simulated wells in the subsurface representation. The simulated wells may be selected to achieve desired spatial coverage for the simulated subsurface region and to achieve desired representation of properties of interest for the simulated subsurface region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Fabien J. Laugier, Alicia Downard, Robert Chadwick Holmes
  • Publication number: 20210358205
    Abstract: 2D slices/images may be extracted from a three-dimensional volume of subsurface data. Image comparison analysis across sequential 2D slices/images may identify boundaries within the corresponding subsurface region, such as changes in style of deposition or reservoir property distribution. Identification of temporal/spatial boundaries in the subsurface region where subsurface properties change may facilitate greater understanding of the scales and controls on heterogeneity, and connectivity between different locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Fabien J. Laugier, Alicia Downard, Robert Chadwick Holmes