Patents by Inventor Zyed BOUZARKOUNA

Zyed BOUZARKOUNA 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).

  • Patent number: 9411915
    Abstract: A method of selecting the positions of wells to be drilled for the development of a petroleum reservoir from a set of reservoir images. Well configurations are optimized by calculating a first quality criterion using a flow simulator applied to a limited number of reservoir images. Previously obtained configuration simulation results previously obtained are used for configurations physically close to the configuration to be assessed. A second reservoir development quality criterion is calculated for the optimized configurations using a flow simulator applied to each image of the reservoir. Finally, the well location corresponding to the optimized configuration having the best second quality criterion is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: IPF ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Zyed Bouzarkouna, Didier Yu Ding, Anne Auger
  • Publication number: 20130268248
    Abstract: A method of selecting the positions of wells to be drilled for the development of a petroleum reservoir from a set of reservoir images. Well configurations are optimized by calculating a first quality criterion using a flow simulator applied to a limited number of reservoir images. Previously obtained configuration simulation results previously obtained are used for configurations physically close to the configuration to be assessed. A second reservoir development quality criterion is calculated for the optimized configurations using a flow simulator applied to each image of the reservoir. Finally, the well location corresponding to the optimized configuration having the best second quality criterion is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Zyed BOUZARKOUNA, Didier Yu DING, Anne AUGER
  • Publication number: 20120059634
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining well placements, or drainage areas, in a hydrocarbon reservoir to facilitate operation of the reservoir. Drainage area configurations are generated randomly, by generating, for each configuration, placements for each drainage area. The placements of each drainage area are determined to optimize a quality criterion, by an iterative optimization algorithm during which for first iterations, the quality criterion is evaluated by a flow simulator, and for subsequent iterations, an approximate evaluation model of the quality criterion is constructed. The quality of the approximate model is evaluated and the quality criterion is determined by the approximate model or by the flow simulator according to the quality of this approximate model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Zyed BOUZARKOUNA, Didier Yu Ding, Anne Auger, Marc Schoenauer