Patents by Inventor Tak Kho

Tak Kho 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: 20070143025
    Abstract: A method for selecting a candidate reservoir for enhanced oil recovery from a plurality of reservoirs comprising selecting a reservoir, calculating a normalized raw score based on target oil for the reservoir (STarget Oil), calculating a normalized raw score based on recovery factor for the reservoir (SRecovery Factor), and evaluating the plurality of reservoirs based on STarget Oil and SRecovery Factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Raul Valdez, Peter Doe, Tak Kho
  • Publication number: 20070143026
    Abstract: A method for estimating minimum miscibility enrichment (MME) for an injectant used in gas flooding of a reservoir at a given operating pressure comprising performing a plurality of slim tube simulations for the reservoir, determining minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) for a plurality of injected gases, creating a plot of recovery factor (RF) vs. 1?(MMP?P)/MMP wherein P is a dimensionless pressure, wherein the plot has having a y-intercept and slope, obtaining a recovery factor equation RF=i+s(1?(MMP?P)/MMP) wherein i is the y-intercept and s is the slope, determining a value for I, determining a value for s and calculating the recovery factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Raul Valdez, Peter Doe, Tak Kho