Patents by Inventor Leopoldo Luis Cabo Penna Franca

Leopoldo Luis Cabo Penna Franca 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).

  • Method to assess the impact of existing fractures and faults for reservoir management
    Patent number: 9390555
    Abstract: Assessing the impact of existing fractures and faults for reservoir management, in one aspect, may comprise employing a numerical mesh to generate a geomechanical model, the numerical mesh representing a geological reservoir and its surrounding regions, the numerical mesh comprising delimitation associated with regions and layering of geology without constraining the numerical mesh to explicitly represent a fault or fracture, initializing the geomechanical model to define initial stress-strain compatible with measured stress in well locations associated with the geological reservoir, generating a fluid-flow model employing the numerical mesh, solving for a coupled solution of the fluid-flow model and the geomechanical model, and employing the solved fluid-flow model and the geomechanical model to assess the impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Repsol, S.A.
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Hegazy, Mookanahallipatna Ramasesha Lakshmikantha, Jose Maria Segura Serra, Leopoldo Luis Cabo Penna Franca, Ulisses T. Mello, Eduardo Rocha Rodrigues
  • METHOD TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF EXISTING FRACTURES AND FAULTS FOR RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20140136158
    Abstract: Assessing the impact of existing fractures and faults for reservoir management, in one aspect, may comprise employing a numerical mesh to generate a geomechanical model, the numerical mesh representing a geological reservoir and its surrounding regions, the numerical mesh comprising delimitation associated with regions and layering of geology without constraining the numerical mesh to explicitly represent a fault or fracture, initializing the geomechanical model to define initial stress-strain compatible with measured stress in well locations associated with the geological reservoir, generating a fluid-flow model employing the numerical mesh, solving for a coupled solution of the fluid-flow model and the geomechanical model, and employing the solved fluid-flow model and the geomechanical model to assess the impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: REPSOL,S.A., INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohamed Ahmed Hegazy, Mookanahallipatna Ramasesha Lakshmikantha, Jose Maria Sugura Serra, Leopoldo Luis Cabo Penna Franca, Ulisses T. Mello, Eduardo Rocha Rodrigues