Patents by Inventor Ian MacAulay

Ian MacAulay 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).

  • Methods for estimating resource density using raman spectroscopy of inclusions in shale resource plays
    Patent number: 9909409
    Abstract: A method of determining the in situ pressure of a light hydrocarbon in a shale source rock formation comprising: providing an inclusion comprising the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion; using Raman spectroscopy to determine the density and composition of the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion; and calculating a pressure of the light hydrocarbon in the shale source rock formation based upon the density and composition of the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Lubomyr Taras Bryndzia, Saad Jamil Saleh, Calum Ian Macaulay, Neil Robert Braunsdorf, Theodericus Johannes Henricus Smit, Ronny Hofmann
  • Methods for estimating resource density by integrating seismic methods with fluid density and pressure in shale resource plays
    Patent number: 9684092
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a shale source rock formation comprising: determining in situ partial pressures of a light hydrocarbon utilizing a downhole Raman tool and producing a map of spatial and vertical variations of the in situ partial pressures of the light hydrocarbon in the shale source rock formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Lubomyr Taras Bryndzia, Saad Jamil Saleh, Calum Ian Macaulay, Neil Robert Braunsdorf, Theodericus Johannes Henricus Smit, Ronny Hofmann, Brian Harvey Hoffe, Ezequiel Francisco Gonzalez San Miguel
  • METHODS FOR ESTIMATING RESOURCE DENSITY BY INTEGRATING SEISMIC METHODS WITH FLUID DENSITY AND PRESSURE IN SHALE RESOURCE PLAYS
    Publication number: 20150301219
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a shale source rock formation comprising: determining in situ partial pressures of a light hydrocarbon utilizing a downhole Raman tool and producing a map of spatial and vertical variations of the in situ partial pressures of the light hydrocarbon in the shale source rock formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Lubomyr Taras BRYNDZIA, Saad Jamil SALEH, Calum Ian MACAULAY, Neil Robert BRAUNSDORF, Theodericus Johannes Henricus SMIT, Ronny HOFMANN, Brian Harvey HOFFE, Ezequiel Francisco GONZALEZ SAN MIGUEL
  • METHODS FOR ESTIMATING RESOURCE DENSITY USING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF INCLUSIONS IN SHALE RESOURCE PLAYS
    Publication number: 20150090443
    Abstract: A method of determining the in situ pressure of a light hydrocarbon in a shale source rock formation comprising: providing an inclusion comprising the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion; using Raman spectroscopy to determine the density and composition of the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion; and calculating a pressure of the light hydrocarbon in the shale source rock formation based upon the density and composition of the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Lubomyr Taras BRYNDZIA, Saad Jamil SALEH, Calum Ian MACAULAY, Neil Robert BRAUNSDORF, Theodericus Johannes Henricus SMIT, Ronny HOFMANN
  • Method and apparatus for providing a plurality of protocol serial communications
    Patent number: 5758127
    Abstract: A digital communication system including a digital controller (11), a master circuit (14) capable of communicating in a variety of serial protocols, and at least one slave circuit (16). The digital controller is preferably a microprocessor. The master circuit is configured in a selected serial protocol by the digital controller in response to data words provided by the digital controller. The slave circuit is connected to the master circuit and communicates in the master circuit's selected serial protocol under the control of data words sent from the digital controller to the master circuit. The master circuit is a bi-directional, parallel-to-serial and serial-to-parallel interface circuit having three programmable channels (CHANNEL 0, 1, 2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: VLSI Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian MacAulay, Norman Hopkins, Brian C. Daellenbach, Paul Denman, Jamie Osbourne