Patents by Inventor Joseph Martin Hovadik

Joseph Martin Hovadik 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: 9043188
    Abstract: A system and method is taught to substantially automate forecasting for a hydrocarbon producing reservoir through integration of modeling module workflows. A control management module automatically generates static and dynamic offspring models, with static and dynamic modeling software, until a performance objective associated with the forecasting of the reservoir is satisfied. The performance objective can include an experimental design table to determine a sensitivity of a particular parameter or can be directed towards reservoir optimization, i.e., ultimate hydrocarbon recovery, net present value, reservoir percentage yield, reservoir fluid flow rate, or history matching error.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Burak Yeten, Joseph Martin Hovadik, Pierre Muron
  • Patent number: 8380474
    Abstract: A method of locating resources in a reservoir that includes at least one injection well and at least one production well includes mapping a modeled permeability characteristic of structures making up the reservoir, computing, based on the modeled permeability characteristic, an indicator of flow velocity for streamlines from each production well, computing, based on the modeled permeability characteristic, an indicator of flow velocity for streamlines from each injection well, and combining the indicators of flow velocity from each production and injection well to characterize a sweep efficiency of the reservoir system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Martin Hovadik, Julian Thorne, David K. Larue
  • Publication number: 20100161300
    Abstract: A system and method is taught to substantially automate forecasting for a hydrocarbon producing reservoir through integration of modeling module workflows. A control management module automatically generates static and dynamic offspring models, with static and dynamic modeling software, until a performance objective associated with the forecasting of the reservoir is satisfied. The performance objective can include an experimental design table to determine a sensitivity of a particular parameter or can be directed towards reservoir optimization, i.e., ultimate hydrocarbon recovery, net present value, reservoir percentage yield, reservoir fluid flow rate, or history matching error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Burak Yeten, Joseph Martin Hovadik, Pierre Muron
  • Publication number: 20100010796
    Abstract: A method of locating resources in a reservoir that includes at least one injection well and at least one production well includes mapping a modeled permeability characteristic of structures making up the reservoir, computing, based on the modeled permeability characteristic, an indicator of flow velocity for streamlines from each production well, computing, based on the modeled permeability characteristic, an indicator of flow velocity for streamlines from each injection well, and combining the indicators of flow velocity from each production and injection well to characterize a sweep efficiency of the reservoir system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph Martin Hovadik, Julian Thorne, David K. Larue