Patents by Inventor Kinesh K. Patel

Kinesh K. Patel 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).

  • Methods and systems to volumetrically conceptualize hydrocarbon plays
    Patent number: 8838428
    Abstract: Methods for identifying hydrocarbon plays include applying predictive models to sediment fill volume(s) to provide play-element volume(s) representing at least one play element. Each play-element volume represents at least 1) qualities of the at least one play element and 2) a probability that the at least one play element satisfies determined criteria for each of a plurality of locations within a basin. The methods further include analyzing the play-element volume(s) to define play-concept volume(s) representing hydrocarbon play(s). Each of a plurality of locations within the play-concept volume(s) is attributed with: 1) an identification of each play element associated with the location, 2) the qualities of each play element, 3) the probability for each play element that it satisfies determined criteria, and 4) a composite likelihood that the location represents a hydrocarbon play. At least one of the volumes may be used to identify hydrocarbon play(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Christopher Tapscott, Steven R. Schreuder, Ronald J. Kleist, Richard Thomas Mifflin, Can Ardic, Pierre Kedzierski, Kinesh K. Patel
  • Methods and Systems To Volumetrically Conceptualize Hydrocarbon Plays
    Publication number: 20110264430
    Abstract: Methods for identifying hydrocarbon plays include applying predictive models to sediment fill volume(s) to provide play-element volume(s) representing at least one play element. Each play-element volume represents at least 1) qualities of the at least one play element and 2) a probability that the at least one play element satisfies determined criteria for each of a plurality of locations within a basin. The methods further include analyzing the play-element volume(s) to define play-concept volume(s) representing hydrocarbon play(s). Each of a plurality of locations within the play-concept volume(s) is attributed with: 1) an identification of each play element associated with the location, 2) the qualities of each play element, 3) the probability for each play element that it satisfies determined criteria, and 4) a composite likelihood that the location represents a hydrocarbon play. At least one of the volumes may be used to identify hydrocarbon play(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Christopher Tapscott, Steven R. Schreuder, Ronald J. Kleist, Richard Thomas Mifflin, Can Ardic, Pierre Kedzierski, Kinesh K. Patel