Patents by Inventor John Killough

John Killough 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).

  • System and method of hydrocarbon formation modeling
    Patent number: 9390207
    Abstract: Hydrocarbon formation modeling. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including simulating reaction of the formation to hydrocarbon extraction over a plurality of time steps. With each time step, the illustrative method makes a first approximation of migration of saturations for at least one grid block of the plurality of grid blocks (wherein migration of the saturation within at least one time step spans more than one grid block), and then correct the first approximation of migration of saturations for an effect not considered in the first approximation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: John Killough
  • Systems and methods for reservoir simulation
    Patent number: 8994739
    Abstract: Systems and methods for structured and unstructured reservoir simulation using parallel processing on GPU clusters to balance the computational load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventor: John Killough
  • Systems and Methods for Reservoir Simulation
    Publication number: 20140015841
    Abstract: Systems and methods for structured and unstructured reservoir simulation using parallel processing on GPU clusters to balance the computational load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Landmark Graphics Corporation
    Inventor: John Killough
  • System and Method of Hydrocarbon Formation Modeling
    Publication number: 20120179439
    Abstract: Hydrocarbon formation modeling. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including simulating reaction of the formation to hydrocarbon extraction over a plurality of time steps. With each time step, the illustrative method makes a first approximation of migration of saturations for at least one grid block of the plurality of grid blocks (wherein migration of the saturation within at least one time step spans more than one grid block), and then correct the first approximation of migration of saturations for an effect not considered in the first approximation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: John Killough