Patents by Inventor Alejandro Chacon

Alejandro Chacon 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).

  • Method, system, and optimization technique to improve oil reservoir recovery in the Water-Alternating-Gas injection process by using downhole control valves (WAG-CV)
    Patent number: 10428632
    Abstract: A system for Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) includes a mechanical well configured to enable multi-point selective injection for water and gas. The system further includes an optimization engine configured to calculate reservoir flow dynamics and selectively inject water and gas via the mechanical well according to reservoir flow dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gustavo Carvajal, Michael Konopczynski, Alejandro Chacon, Steven Knabe
  • MULTILATERAL ACCESS WITH REAL-TIME DATA TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20170260834
    Abstract: An example method includes introducing a downhole tool string into a main wellbore of a multilateral wellbore that includes a lateral wellbore that extends from the main wellbore. The downhole tool string includes a wand and a kickover knuckle joint coupled to the wand. A first measurement is obtained with an orientation measurement device, and an angular orientation of the kickover knuckle joint and the wand is aligned with the lateral wellbore as based on the first measurement. The downhole tool string is then advanced into the lateral wellbore and a second measurement is obtained with the orientation measurement device within the lateral wellbore. The second measurement is compared with known deviation survey measurements corresponding to the lateral wellbore to verifying a location of the downhole tool string in the lateral wellbore. A wellbore stimulation operation is then undertaken with the downhole tool string within the lateral wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Alejandro CHACON, Alexys Jose GONZALEZ, Ernesto BUSTAMANTE, Jose Antonio NOGUERA
  • METHOD, SYSTEM, AND OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE OIL RESERVOIR RECOVERY IN THE WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS INJECTION PROCESS BY USING DOWNHOLE CONTROL VALVES (WAG-CV)
    Publication number: 20160177686
    Abstract: A system for Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) includes a mechanical well configured to enable multi-point selective injection for water and gas. The system further includes an optimization engine configured to calculate reservoir flow dynamics and selectively inject water and gas via the mechanical well according to reservoir flow dynamics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Gustavo Carvajal, Michael Konopczynski, Alejandro Chacon, Steven Knabe