Patents by Inventor Igor Stepanovich Svintsov

Igor Stepanovich Svintsov 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 and apparatus for generating seismic waves
    Patent number: 6776256
    Abstract: A method of generating seismic waves in a rock mass surrounding a well comprises the steps of: (a) providing a packer and a fluid withdrawal line within the well, wherein the packer is located below the weathering zone and defines the upper limit of a working volume within the well, and the fluid withdrawal line is adapted to withdraw fluid from the working volume; and (b) providing and detonating an air-fuel mixture in the working volume to generate seismic waves, combustion products of the detonation being withdrawn from the working volume via the fluid withdrawal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignees: Schlumberger Technology Corporation, The Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres, Russian Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Vladimir Nikolaevich Kostyuchenko, Gevorg Grantovich Kocharyan, Igor Stepanovich Svintsov
  • Method and apparatus for generating seismic waves
    Publication number: 20020185330
    Abstract: A method of generating seismic waves in a rock mass surrounding a well comprises the steps of:
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vladimir Nikolaevich Kostyuchenko, Gevorg Grantovich Kocharyan, Igor Stepanovich Svintsov