Patents by Inventor Aron Edward Hallquist

Aron Edward Hallquist 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).

  • Methods and systems for performing oilfield production operations
    Patent number: 8670966
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing well network production optimizations are described. For example, in one embodiment, a method of allocating an applied resource throughout a well network includes receiving topological data into an analytical model of a well network having one or more wells. The topological data includes a plurality of performance curves that relate well performance to one or more levels of an applied resource. The method also includes determining an optimum allocation of the applied resource using the analytical model to maximize an operating parameter of the well network, including converting a portion the analytical model having one or more wells and a linear inequality relationship to a modified portion having a single variable and a linear equality constraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kashif Rashid, Daniel Colin-Nesbitt Lucas-Clements, Aron Edward Hallquist, Michael Huber, Trevor Graham Tonkin, Andrew Michael Shand
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING OILFIELD PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20100042458
    Abstract: Methods and systems for performing well network production optimizations are described. For example, in one embodiment, a method of allocating an applied resource throughout a well network includes receiving topological data into an analytical model of a well network having one or more wells. The topological data includes a plurality of performance curves that relate well performance to one or more levels of an applied resource. The method also includes determining an optimum allocation of the applied resource using the analytical model to maximize an operating parameter of the well network, including converting a portion the analytical model having one or more wells and a linear inequality relationship to a modified portion having a single variable and a linear equality constraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Kashif Rashid, Daniel Colin Nesbitt Lucas-Clements, Aron Edward Hallquist, Michael Huber, Trevor Graham Tonkin, Andrew Michael Shand