Patents by Inventor Lubomyr Taras BRYNDZIA

Lubomyr Taras BRYNDZIA 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 for estimating resource density using raman spectroscopy of inclusions in shale resource plays
    Patent number: 9909409
    Abstract: A method of determining the in situ pressure of a light hydrocarbon in a shale source rock formation comprising: providing an inclusion comprising the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion; using Raman spectroscopy to determine the density and composition of the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion; and calculating a pressure of the light hydrocarbon in the shale source rock formation based upon the density and composition of the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Lubomyr Taras Bryndzia, Saad Jamil Saleh, Calum Ian Macaulay, Neil Robert Braunsdorf, Theodericus Johannes Henricus Smit, Ronny Hofmann
  • Methods for estimating resource density by integrating seismic methods with fluid density and pressure in shale resource plays
    Patent number: 9684092
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a shale source rock formation comprising: determining in situ partial pressures of a light hydrocarbon utilizing a downhole Raman tool and producing a map of spatial and vertical variations of the in situ partial pressures of the light hydrocarbon in the shale source rock formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Lubomyr Taras Bryndzia, Saad Jamil Saleh, Calum Ian Macaulay, Neil Robert Braunsdorf, Theodericus Johannes Henricus Smit, Ronny Hofmann, Brian Harvey Hoffe, Ezequiel Francisco Gonzalez San Miguel
  • METHODS FOR ESTIMATING RESOURCE DENSITY BY INTEGRATING SEISMIC METHODS WITH FLUID DENSITY AND PRESSURE IN SHALE RESOURCE PLAYS
    Publication number: 20150301219
    Abstract: A method of evaluating a shale source rock formation comprising: determining in situ partial pressures of a light hydrocarbon utilizing a downhole Raman tool and producing a map of spatial and vertical variations of the in situ partial pressures of the light hydrocarbon in the shale source rock formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Lubomyr Taras BRYNDZIA, Saad Jamil SALEH, Calum Ian MACAULAY, Neil Robert BRAUNSDORF, Theodericus Johannes Henricus SMIT, Ronny HOFMANN, Brian Harvey HOFFE, Ezequiel Francisco GONZALEZ SAN MIGUEL
  • METHODS FOR ESTIMATING RESOURCE DENSITY USING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF INCLUSIONS IN SHALE RESOURCE PLAYS
    Publication number: 20150090443
    Abstract: A method of determining the in situ pressure of a light hydrocarbon in a shale source rock formation comprising: providing an inclusion comprising the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion; using Raman spectroscopy to determine the density and composition of the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion; and calculating a pressure of the light hydrocarbon in the shale source rock formation based upon the density and composition of the light hydrocarbon trapped within the inclusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Lubomyr Taras BRYNDZIA, Saad Jamil SALEH, Calum Ian MACAULAY, Neil Robert BRAUNSDORF, Theodericus Johannes Henricus SMIT, Ronny HOFMANN