Patents Examined by Calos Ortiz-Rodriguez
  • Performance prediction method for hydrocarbon recovery processes
    Patent number: 7289942
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for predicting the performance of large-scale hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir floods. One embodiment of the invention includes a method for predicting performance of a patterned flooding process in a subterranean hydrocarbon-bearing formation, said formation being penetrated by a plurality of injector wells and producer wells, comprising the steps of: determining flow-based pairs of injector to producer wells [FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Shan H. Yang, John W. Miertschin, Ryan A. Kudva, Sepehr Arbabi