Patents by Inventor Kees Vuik

Kees Vuik 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: 11156742
    Abstract: Systems, computer-readable media, and methods are described for performing a reservoir simulation by obtaining reservoir data, obtaining simulation parameters, determining partial differential equations based on the simulation parameters, and performing a timestep of the reservoir simulation based on the reservoir data and the partial differential equations by removing an effect of long coherent structures with high contrasts, such as fractures, faults, high and low permeability channels, or shale layers, from the partial differential equations to generate adapted partial differential equations, and performing an algebraic multiscale method on the adapted partial differential equations to generate an approximated solution. The approximated solution can be used in a subsequent timestep of the reservoir simulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Total SA
    Inventors: Kyrre Bratvedt, Alexander Lukyanov, Hadi Hajibeygi, Kees Vuik
  • Publication number: 20200241167
    Abstract: Systems, computer-readable media, and methods are described for performing a reservoir simulation by obtaining reservoir data, obtaining simulation parameters, determining partial differential equations based on the simulation parameters, and performing a timestep of the reservoir simulation based on the reservoir data and the partial differential equations by removing an effect of long coherent structures with high contrasts, such as fractures, faults, high and low permeability channels, or shale layers, from the partial differential equations to generate adapted partial differential equations, and performing an algebraic multiscale method on the adapted partial differential equations to generate an approximated solution. The approximated solution can be used in a subsequent timestep of the reservoir simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kyrre Bratvedt, Alexander Lukyanov, Hadi Hajibeygi, Kees Vuik