Patents by Inventor Ian Ayling

Ian Ayling 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: 20180128938
    Abstract: A system for predicting production parameters includes a production assembly configured to receive fluid from a region of an earth formation that includes a methane hydrate deposit, and a processor configured to receive data including a temperature and a pressure of the fluid, the processor configured to perform generating a mathematical model based on an energy balance relationship that includes an amount of energy estimated to be used by a dissociation reaction that produces dissociated water and dissociated gas, the energy balance relationship accounting for a first amount of energy taken by the dissociated water and a second amount of energy taken by the dissociated gas, the energy balance relationship based on the temperature of the fluid and the pressure of the fluid. The processor predicts a flow rate of the dissociated gas as a function of a pressure differential in the borehole based on the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaowei Wang, Terry Bussear, Ian Ayling
  • Publication number: 20170328189
    Abstract: A system for producing Methane from a Methane Hydrate formation including a completion that is disposed through a Methane Hydrate formation. An inlet of the completion disposed in the Methane Hydrate formation; and a drain for water located in a direction proximate a direction of gravity relative to the Methane Hydrate formation and gravitationally beneath the Methane Hydrate formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Xiaowei Wang, Ian Ayling, Terry Bussear