Patents by Inventor Brent A. Floyd

Brent A. Floyd 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 by actual loss allocation
    Patent number: 8751164
    Abstract: A method for allocating actual production loss of a wellsite. The method includes defining a data collection procedure and capturing production data according to the data collection procedure, the production data including actual production data and a maximum production potential of the wellsite. The method further includes selectively allocating a portion of the actual production data to the wellsite based on allocation rules to obtain derived production data, comparing the derived production data to the maximum production potential to determine the actual production loss for the wellsite, allocating the actual production loss to at least one of the production events, and determining a cause of the actual production loss based on an engineering analysis of the production events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Brent A. Floyd, Jantina Van Zandwyk, Brent Sawatzky, Roberto Barletta, Greg Arnett, Hemant Arora, Yixin Li
  • PRODUCTION BY ACTUAL LOSS ALLOCATION
    Publication number: 20090164126
    Abstract: A method for allocating actual production loss of a wellsite. The method includes defining a data collection procedure and capturing production data according to the data collection procedure, the production data including actual production data and a maximum production potential of the wellsite. The method further includes selectively allocating a portion of the actual production data to the wellsite based on allocation rules to obtain derived production data, comparing the derived production data to the maximum production potential to determine the actual production loss for the wellsite, allocating the actual production loss to at least one of the production events, and determining a cause of the actual production loss based on an engineering analysis of the production events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brent A. Floyd, Jantina Van Zandwyk, Brent Sawatzky, Roberto Barletta, Greg Arnett, Hemant Arora, Yixin Li