Patents by Inventor Emmanuel Toguem Nguete

Emmanuel Toguem Nguete 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).

  • Patent number: 9091157
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for extracting hydrocarbons from a tank including providing a facility having an injection well including at least one tube for steam injection, a production well including at least one hydrocarbon extraction tube, a set of measuring sensors, at least one hydrocarbon extracting pump in the production well, an automaton for controlling and monitoring the running of the facility; rejecting the steam into the injection well; extracting the hydrocarbons with the pump of the production well; and controlling speed of the pump depending on the difference between the measured temperature at the pump input and the evaporation temperature calculated on the basis of the measured pressure at the input of the pump. The method enables an increase in hydrocarbon production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: TOTAL S.A.
    Inventors: Félix Ndinemenu, Pierre Lemetayer, Emmanuel Toguem Nguete
  • Patent number: 8757255
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a heavy-oil-based hydrocarbons effluent production installation for the production of hydrocarbons from at least one well. The installation includes an effluent-lightening fluid injection system at the bottom of the well, an effluent-evacuation pump, a plurality of sensors that measure physical units relating to the installation, and an automated device suitable for optimizing the lightening-fluid injection flow-rate and for regulating the pump speed. The automated device regulates the pump speed according to the physical units and a predetermined target production value. The speed of the pump and the physical units are within a predetermined range of values. some embodiments include a hydrocarbons production method in such an installation. Some embodiments make it possible to ensure a minimum consumption of lightening fluid, while ensuring good operation of the pump and good productivity of the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Total S.A.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Toguem Nguete, Jean-Louis Beauquin
  • Patent number: 8534358
    Abstract: A method is proposed for heating a hydrocarbons reservoir, comprising the provision of an installation comprising: a first wellbore equipped with an injection string fitted with an adjustable choke and an extraction string fitted with an adjustable choke, a set of sensors, intended to measure physical variables, an automatic device making it possible to control and monitor the operation of the installation; the circulation of steam from one string to the other; the control of the steam injection flow rate in function of a target value; the keeping of a set of physical variables within a predetermined range of values by continuous action of the automatic device on the choke of the injection string, and on the choke of the extraction string.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Total S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Lemetayer, Emmanuel Toguem Nguete, Bruno Marty
  • Publication number: 20120048546
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for extracting hydrocarbons from a tank including providing a facility having an injection well including at least one tube for steam injection, a production well including at least one hydrocarbon extraction tube, a set of measuring sensors, at least one hydrocarbon extracting pump in the production well, an automaton for controlling and monitoring the running of the facility; rejecting the steam into the injection well; extracting the hydrocarbons with the pump of the production well; and controlling speed of the pump depending on the difference between the measured temperature at the pump input and the evaporation temperature calculated on the basis of the measured pressure at the input of the pump. The method enables an increase in hydrocarbon production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: TOTAL S.A.
    Inventors: Félix Ndinemenu, Pierre Lemetayer, Emmanuel Toguem Nguete
  • Publication number: 20100200223
    Abstract: A method is proposed for heating a hydrocarbons reservoir, comprising the provision of an installation comprising: a first wellbore equipped with an injection string fitted with an adjustable choke and an extraction string fitted with an adjustable choke, a set of sensors, intended to measure physical variables, an automatic device making it possible to control and monitor the operation of the installation; the circulation of steam from one string to the other; the control of the steam injection flow rate in function of a target value; the keeping of a set of physical variables within a predetermined range of values by continuous action of the automatic device on the choke of the injection string, and on the choke of the extraction string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: TOTAL S.A.
    Inventors: Dominique Mauduit, Bruno Marty, Pierre Lemetayer, Emmanuel Toguem Nguete
  • Publication number: 20100200224
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a heavy-oil-based hydrocarbons effluent production installation for the production of hydrocarbons from at least one well. The installation includes an effluent-lightening fluid injection system at the bottom of the well, an effluent-evacuation pump, a plurality of sensors that measure physical units relating to the installation, and an automated device suitable for optimizing the lightening-fluid injection flow-rate and for regulating the pump speed. The automated device regulates the pump speed according to the physical units and a predetermined target production value. The speed of the pump and the physical units are within a predetermined range of values. some embodiments include a hydrocarbons production method in such an installation. Some embodiments make it possible to ensure a minimum consumption of lightening fluid, while ensuring good operation of the pump and good productivity of the well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Emmanuel Toguem Nguete, Jean-Louis Beauquin