Patents by Inventor Alan Patrick Hibler

Alan Patrick Hibler 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: 10385677
    Abstract: A method for determining volumetric data for fluid within a geological formation is provided. The method includes collecting first and second dataset snapshots of the geological formation based upon measurements from the borehole at respective different first and second times and generating a differential dataset based upon the first and second dataset snapshots. Multiple points are determined within the differential dataset, including a first point representing a first displaced fluid, a second point representing a second displaced fluid, and an injected fluid point that corresponds to properties of the injected fluid. A further third point is determined based on at least one other property of the displaced fluid, and a volumetric composition of the displaced fluids is determined based upon the differential dataset, the first point, and second point, and third point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kais Gzara, Vikas Jain, Alan Patrick Hibler
  • Publication number: 20180038992
    Abstract: Software-based quality control analysis of well log data. At least some of the various embodiments are computer-readable mediums storing a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to read data from a well log, and perform a quality control analysis on the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Robin M. Macdonald, Muhammad S. Al-Readean, Charles M. Bradford, Alan Patrick Hibler
  • Publication number: 20130338926
    Abstract: A method for determining volumetric data for fluid within a geological formation is provided. The method includes collecting first and second dataset snapshots of the geological formation based upon measurements from the borehole at respective different first and second times and generating a differential dataset based upon the first and second dataset snapshots. Multiple points are determined within the differential dataset, including a first point representing a first displaced fluid, a second point representing a second displaced fluid, and an injected fluid point that corresponds to properties of the injected fluid. A further third point is determined based on at least one other property of the displaced fluid, and a volumetric composition of the displaced fluids is determined based upon the differential dataset, the first point, and second point, and third point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kais Gzara, Vikas Jain, Alan Patrick Hibler
  • Publication number: 20130268201
    Abstract: A method for determining compositional data for fluids within a geological formation having a borehole therein may include collecting first and second dataset snapshots of the geological formation based upon measurements from the borehole at respective different first and second times, and with the borehole subject to fluid injection between the first and second times to displace fluids in the geological formation adjacent the borehole. The method may further include generating a differential dataset based upon the first and second dataset snapshots, normalizing the differential dataset to generate a normalized differential dataset, determining vertices defining a geometric shape and corresponding to respective different displaced fluid signatures based upon the normalized differential dataset, and determining displaced compositional data with respect to the different displaced fluid signatures based upon a position of a datapoint from the normalized differential dataset on the geometric shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kais Gzara, Vikas Jain, Alan Patrick Hibler