Patents by Inventor Gareth J. Shaw

Gareth J. Shaw 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).

  • Publication number: 20130085730
    Abstract: A method can include providing a system of equations with associated variables that describe physical phenomena associated with a geologic formation; decoupling the system of equations to provide a system of pressure equations with associated pressure variables; solving the system of pressure equations for values of the pressure variables; and, based at least in part on the values of the pressure variables, solving the system of equations for values of the associated variables where the solving the system of equations includes applying a block approximate inverse preconditioner technique to at least blocks of mass conservation terms of the system of equations. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Gareth J. Shaw, Garfield Bowen, Dominic Walsh