Patents by Inventor Alpay Erkal

Alpay Erkal 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).

  • Production estimation in subterranean formations
    Patent number: 10428626
    Abstract: A system has a tool capable of obtaining data that characterizes a stimulated reservoir or from which the stimulated reservoir can be characterized. The system also includes a processor capable of predicting the production of the stimulated reservoir using the characterizing data and outputting the predicted production. A reservoir may be stimulated using a stimulation process and data may be obtained that characterizes the stimulated reservoir or from which the stimulated reservoir can be characterized. The production of the stimulated reservoir may be predicted using the data. Alternatively, a reservoir may be stimulated using a stimulation process and data that characterizes the stimulated reservoir or from which the stimulated reservoir can be characterized may be obtained. One or more 3-D volumes may be produced based on the characterizing data, and inferences about the stimulated reservoir may be made using the one or more 3-D volumes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Javaid Durrani, Alpay Erkal, Helena Gamero-Diaz, Xicai Liu, Marc Jean Thiercelin, Gisele Thiercelin, Ian C. Walton, Wenyue Xu, Ruhao Zhao
  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATION IN SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20120239363
    Abstract: A system has a tool capable of obtaining data that characterizes a stimulated reservoir or from which the stimulated reservoir can be characterized. The system also includes a processor capable of predicting the production of the stimulated reservoir using the characterizing data and outputting the predicted production. A reservoir may be stimulated using a stimulation process and data may be obtained that characterizes the stimulated reservoir or from which the stimulated reservoir can be characterized. The production of the stimulated reservoir may be predicted using the data. Alternatively, a reservoir may be stimulated using a stimulation process and data that characterizes the stimulated reservoir or from which the stimulated reservoir can be characterized may be obtained. One or more 3-D volumes may be produced based on the characterizing data, and inferences about the stimulated reservoir may be made using the one or more 3-D volumes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Javaid Durrani, Alpay Erkal, Helena Gamero-Diaz, Xicai Liu, Marc-Jean Thiercelin, Ian C. Walton, Wenyue Xu, Ruhao Zhao, Gisele Thiercelin