Patents by Inventor Keith A. T. MacPherson

Keith A. T. MacPherson 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).

  • Systems, methods, and computer medium to produce efficient, consistent, and high-confidence image-based electrofacies analysis in stratigraphic interpretations across multiple wells
    Patent number: 9939548
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more computer programs stored therein are provided to enhance borehole image analysis associated with a hydrocarbon reservoir. A neural network mapping process can first be performed, responsive to openhole log data and core data, to thereby generate a material-type scheme. Then, an image-based petrophysical analysis process can distribute and calibrate borehole image data, responsive to the core data and material-type scheme. Consequently, an approximated material type and an approximated grain size can be produced for each borehole image reading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Gordon Burmester, Keith A. T. MacPherson
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER MEDIUM TO PRODUCE EFFICIENT, CONSISTENT, AND HIGH-CONFIDENCE IMAGE-BASED ELECTROFACIES ANALYSIS IN STRATIGRAPHIC INTERPRETATIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE WELLS
    Publication number: 20150241591
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems, computer-implemented methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more computer programs stored therein are provided to enhance borehole image analysis associated with a hydrocarbon reservoir. A neural network mapping process can first be performed, responsive to openhole log data and core data, to thereby generate a material-type scheme. Then, an image-based petrophysical analysis process can distribute and calibrate borehole image data, responsive to the core data and material-type scheme. Consequently, an approximated material type and an approximated grain size can be produced for each borehole image reading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Gordon Burmester, Keith A. T. MacPherson