Patents by Inventor Ganesan Ravichandran

Ganesan Ravichandran 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).

  • Method system and program storage device for automatically calculating and displaying time and cost data in a well planning system using a Monte Carlo simulation software
    Patent number: 7548873
    Abstract: A method of generating and displaying time and cost data representing the time and the cost to complete a plurality of oilfield related activities in response to a set of engineering results including wellbore geometry and drilling parameters comprises the steps of: (a) assembling a plurality of time data and a plurality of cost data based on the engineering results in response to a plurality of activity templates; and (b) generating a display of the time data and the cost data, the display illustrating the time data and the cost data representing the time and the cost to complete the plurality of oilfield related activities. The display includes a numerical display and a graphical display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daan Veeningen, Kris Givens, Ganesan Ravichandran, John Jeffers
  • Method system and program storage device for automatically calculating and displaying time and cost data in a well planning system using a Monte Carlo simulation software
    Publication number: 20050209912
    Abstract: A method of generating and displaying time and cost data representing the time and the cost to complete a plurality of oilfield related activities in response to a set of engineering results including wellbore geometry and drilling parameters comprises the steps of: (a) assembling a plurality of time data and a plurality of cost data based on the engineering results in response to a plurality of activity templates; and (b) generating a display of the time data and the cost data, the display illustrating the time data and the cost data representing the time and the cost to complete the plurality of oilfield related activities. The display includes a numerical display and a graphical display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Daan Veeningen, Kris Givens, Ganesan Ravichandran, John Jeffers