Patents by Inventor Douglas A. Palkowsky

Douglas A. Palkowsky 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).

  • IMPROVED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODELLING GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS
    Publication number: 20160292320
    Abstract: Improved methods and systems for efficiently and accurately modelling geological formations are disclosed. A geological model of a region of interest comprises a parent region having a plurality of child regions. A geological model of the parent region is designed. One of the plurality of child regions is extracted from the parent region while maintaining a first parent-child relationship between the child region and the parent region. The geological model of the child region may then be refined or manipulated. The geological model of the child region is then reintegrated with the geological model of the parent region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Hess Corporation
    Inventor: Douglas A. Palkowsky
  • Method for assessment of uncertainty and risk
    Patent number: 7467045
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for assessing uncertainty comprising: creating a catalog for uncertainty areas; capturing quantitative and qualitative uncertainty data; establishing dependencies between uncertainties; associating risks to uncertainties; associating action plans and tasks to risks; creating a realization tree from uncertainty ranges; and tracking changes to uncertainties and realizations over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Tabanou, Douglas A. Palkowsky, Albert Lu, James P. Brady, Daniel A. Neisch
  • Method for assessment of uncertainty and risk
    Publication number: 20070179742
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for assessing uncertainty comprising: creating a catalog for uncertainty areas; capturing quantitative and qualitative uncertainty data; establishing dependencies between uncertainties; associating risks to uncertainties; associating action plans and tasks to risks; creating a realization tree from uncertainty ranges; and tracking changes to uncertainties and realizations over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Eric Tabanou, Douglas Palkowsky, Albert Lu, James Brady, Daniel Neisch