Patents by Inventor Faisal Thawad

Faisal Thawad 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: 11650349
    Abstract: Methods and systems, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium can be used for generating dynamic reservoir descriptions using geostatistics in a geological model. Data processing techniques can be used by a computing system to automate processes for generating, and updating (e.g., in real-time), subsurface reservoir models. An integrated methodology and hardware systems are described for determining properties of a reservoir in a subterranean region using a geological model based on seismic data and transient pressure data. The methodology and automated approaches employ technologies relating to machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to process seismic data and information relating to seismic facies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Omar H. Obathani, Bandar A. Alwehaibi, Saud A. Bin Akresh, Faisal Thawad, Noor M. Anisur Rahman
  • Publication number: 20220018988
    Abstract: Methods and systems, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium can be used for generating dynamic reservoir descriptions using geostatistics in a geological model. Data processing techniques can be used by a computing system to automate processes for generating, and updating (e.g., in real-time), subsurface reservoir models. An integrated methodology and hardware systems are described for determining properties of a reservoir in a subterranean region using a geological model based on seismic data and transient pressure data. The methodology and automated approaches employ technologies relating to machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to process seismic data and information relating to seismic facies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Omar H. Obathani, Bandar A. Alwehaibi, Saud A. Bin Akresh, Faisal Thawad, Noor M. Anisur Rahman
  • Patent number: 10359542
    Abstract: Techniques to generate dynamically calibrated geo-models green fields are described. A geo-model representing a field on which wells are drilled in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation adjusted to generate multiple adjusted geo-models. Each adjusted geo-model represents a variant of the numerical geo-model. Using each adjusted geo-model, multiple simulated rates of change of bottomhole pressures over time in a well drilled in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation are determined. A measured rate of change of bottomhole pressures over time in the well is compared with the multiple simulated rates of change of bottomhole pressures over time in the well. Based on a result of the comparing, the adjusted geo-model that yielded simulated rates of change of bottomhole pressures that best matched the measured rate of change of bottomhole pressure is identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Babatope Kayode, Faisal Thawad
  • Publication number: 20170285221
    Abstract: Techniques to generate dynamically calibrated geo-models green fields are described. A geo-model representing a field on which wells are drilled in a hydrocarbon-bearing formation adjusted to generate multiple adjusted geo-models. Each adjusted geo-model represents a variant of the numerical geo-model. Using each adjusted geo-model, multiple simulated rates of change of bottomhole pressures over time in a well drilled in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation are determined. A measured rate of change of bottomhole pressures over time in the well is compared with the multiple simulated rates of change of bottomhole pressures over time in the well. Based on a result of the comparing, the adjusted geo-model that yielded simulated rates of change of bottomhole pressures that best matched the measured rate of change of bottomhole pressure is identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Babatope Kayode, Faisal Thawad