Patents by Inventor Gerald E. Michael

Gerald E. Michael 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: 11965872
    Abstract: A high pressure core chamber for use in collecting pressurized core samples from a reservoir is equipped with at least two high pressure access valves, allowing the core chamber to also function as a vessel for various high pressure experiments. In some embodiments, the core chamber is also equipped with a heater, allowing high pressure, high temperature experiments, and thus duplicating reservoir conditions. Various assays using the core chamber are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Martin C. Krueger, Shaina A. Kelly, Gerald E. Michael, Thiago B. Simoes Correa
  • Publication number: 20230086532
    Abstract: Methods of determining if a test fluid is inert to reservoir oil at RTP, by assaying a composition, density and bubble or dew point of live oil to generate a first dataset, equilibrating a sample of live oil with a test fluid at RTP to generate an oil phase; assaying a composition, density and bubble or dew point of the oil phase to generate a second dataset; comparing the first and second datasets, wherein significant changes in the datasets indicate that the test fluid is not inert to reservoir oil at RTP. By contrast, if there are no significant changes, the test fluid is inert, and would therefore be suitable to collecting core samples at RTP. Various options for inert fluids are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Martin C. KRUEGER, Shaina A. KELLY, Gerald E. MICHAEL, Thiago B. SIMOES CORREA
  • Publication number: 20220391998
    Abstract: A method of predicting production characteristics of a hydrocarbon well using time lapse geochemistry fingerprinting and using machine learning to train a reservoir model to accurately predict production characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Yishu Song, Gerald E. Michael
  • Publication number: 20210389294
    Abstract: A high pressure core chamber for use in collecting pressurized core samples from a reservoir is equipped with at least two high pressure access valves, allowing the core chamber to also function as a vessel for various high pressure experiments. In some embodiments, the core chamber is also equipped with a heater, allowing high pressure, high temperature experiments, and thus duplicating reservoir conditions. Various assays using the core chamber are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Martin C. KRUEGER, Shaina A. KELLY, Gerald E. MICHAEL, Thiago B. SIMOES CORREA
  • Patent number: 11002722
    Abstract: Method of optimizing well placement in an unconventional reservoir, by obtaining a plurality of produced oil, produced water and produced gas samples from an unconventional reservoir over a period of time, and obtaining a plurality of rock samples from the reservoir. Each of those plurality of samples is chemically fingerprinted, as well as assigned time and location identifiers. This data is then used to generate a plurality of reservoir maps over time and those maps then used to optimizing well placement in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
    Inventors: Gerald E. Michael, Jason Jweda, Yishu Song, Aaron K. Summerfield, Faye Liu, Pipat Likanapaisal
  • Patent number: 10767471
    Abstract: A tool for screening unconventional reservoirs to determine the location of economically important accumulations of hydrocarbons early in a reservoir development process is described. Once the accumulations are identified, subsequent process such as drilling wells and producing hydrocarbons can begin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Christopher S. Olsen, Andrew D. Dewhurst, Gerald E. Michael, Anita E. Csoma, Arijit Mitra
  • Publication number: 20180334902
    Abstract: A tool for screening unconventional reservoirs to determine the location of economically important accumulations of hydrocarbons early in a reservoir development process is described. Once the accumulations are identified, subsequent process such as drilling wells and producing hydrocarbons can begin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher S. OLSEN, Andrew D. DEWHURST, Gerald E. MICHAEL, Anita E. CSOMA, Arijit MITRA
  • Publication number: 20180313807
    Abstract: Method of optimizing well placement in an unconventional reservoir, by obtaining a plurality of produced oil, produced water and produced gas samples from an unconventional reservoir over a period of time, and obtaining a plurality of rock samples from the reservoir. Each of those plurality of samples is chemically fingerprinted, as well as assigned time and location identifiers. This data is then used to generate a plurality of reservoir maps over time and those maps then used to optimizing well placement in the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Gerald E. MICHAEL, Jason JWEDA, Yishu SONG, Aaron K. SUMMERFIELD, Faye LIU, Pipat LIKANAPAISAL
  • Patent number: 5775314
    Abstract: An easy access arrow quiver is removably mountable to a bow. A hollow, elongated, generally cylindrical enclosure features an elongated, longitudinally oriented aperture through which arrows may be inserted and removed. A rotatable rod disposed centrally within the enclosure includes a pair of spaced-apart arrow-retainment disks, each having a shaped perimeter defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart arrow-shaft retainment clips, the disks being rotationally positioned respectively about the rod so that the clips on each disk are longitudinally aligned. A coupling unit, which has a first portion making physical connection to the enclosure and a second portion which attaches to the bow, permits the enclosure to be removably mounted to the bow such that the longitudinal dimension of the enclosure and the aperture are generally parallel to the drawstring of the bow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Inventors: Donald E. Michael, Gerald E. Michael