Patents by Inventor Mark W. McClure

Mark W. McClure 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).

  • Publication number: 20220127940
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for modeling and simulating reservoir, wellbore, and hydraulic fracturing. The systems and methods provided herein may facilitate well life cycle simulation by integrating a three-dimensional model representative of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir. The systems and methods may couple fluid flow in the wellbore and reservoir during injection and extraction with propagation of fractures through subsurface materials during fluid injection. Integrated three-dimensional reservoir, wellbore, and hydraulic fracture simulation may be useful for the design of hydraulic fracture treatments and prediction of future reservoir production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventor: Mark W. McClure
  • Patent number: 11225855
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for modeling and simulating reservoir, wellbore, and hydraulic fracturing. The systems and methods provided herein may facilitate well life cycle simulation by integrating a three-dimensional model representative of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir. The systems and methods may couple fluid flow in the wellbore and reservoir during injection and extraction with propagation of fractures through subsurface materials during fluid injection. Integrated three-dimensional reservoir, wellbore, and hydraulic fracture simulation may be useful for the design of hydraulic fracture treatments and prediction of future reservoir production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: RESFRAC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mark W. McClure
  • Patent number: 11220889
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for hydraulic fracturing in earth. Systems may comprise a first well comprising sensors configured to collect sensor data at the first well. The calibration data may comprise sensor data, hydraulic fracture treatment conditions of the first well, geological data from an area containing the first well, or production date of oil or gas from the first well. The calibration data may be analyzed with the aid of one or more processors to generate an integrated 3-D model of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in the wellbore and reservoir of the first well. The system may further comprise a second well configured to operate according to simulation data generated from the integrated 3-D model of the first well and hydraulic fracture treatment conditions received from a user device. The user device may be configured to communicate with a server comprising the one or more processors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: RESFRAC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mark W. McClure
  • Publication number: 20200371262
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for modeling and simulating reservoir, wellbore, and hydraulic fracturing. The systems and methods provided herein may facilitate well life cycle simulation by integrating a three-dimensional model representative of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir. The systems and methods may couple fluid flow in the wellbore and reservoir during injection and extraction with propagation of fractures through subsurface materials during fluid injection. Integrated three-dimensional reservoir, wellbore, and hydraulic fracture simulation may be useful for the design of hydraulic fracture treatments and prediction of future reservoir production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Mark W. McClure
  • Publication number: 20200032623
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for hydraulic fracturing in earth. Systems may comprise a first well comprising sensors configured to collect sensor data at the first well. The calibration data may comprise sensor data, hydraulic fracture treatment conditions of the first well, geological data from an area containing the first well, or production date of oil or gas from the first well. The calibration data may be analyzed with the aid of one or more processors to generate an integrated 3-D model of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in the wellbore and reservoir of the first well. The system may further comprise a second well configured to operate according to simulation data generated from the integrated 3-D model of the first well and hydraulic fracture treatment conditions received from a user device. The user device may be configured to communicate with a server comprising the one or more processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventor: Mark W. McClure
  • Publication number: 20190292884
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for modeling and simulating reservoir, wellbore, and hydraulic fracturing. The systems and methods provided herein may facilitate well life cycle simulation by integrating a three-dimensional model representative of hydraulic fracturing and fluid flow in a wellbore and reservoir. The systems and methods may couple fluid flow in the wellbore and reservoir during injection and extraction with propagation of fractures through subsurface materials during fluid injection. Integrated three-dimensional reservoir, wellbore, and hydraulic fracture simulation may be useful for the design of hydraulic fracture treatments and prediction of future reservoir production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Mark W. McClure
  • Patent number: 8348253
    Abstract: A boiler wall tube tool comprises a pair of opposed clamp members, each one of the clamp members having a nose intermediately disposed between a recess and a planar or inclined wall, and an aperture formed centrally through the clamp member. The clamp members oriented so that the recess of one of the clamp members is substantially aligned with the planar wall of the remaining clamp member for engaging a boiler wall tube therebetween. The aperture of one clamp member is substantially aligned with the aperture of the remaining clamp member. Means for moving the clamp members toward each other for secure clamping engagement of the tubes for maintaining the clamp members in alignment while connecting the ends of the tubes by welding is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Mark W. McClure
  • Publication number: 20100140323
    Abstract: A boiler wall tube tool has a first clamp member positioned about one side of the boiler wall and a second clamp member positioned about the opposite side of the boiler wall. The first clamp member has a recess or recesses, each recess receiving one of the tubes therein. The second clamp member has a radius or radiuses abutting against the opposite side of a tube or the tubes. The first clamp member and the second clamp member are coupled to one another about the tube or tubes through slots formed in the first clamp member and the second clamp member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Mark W. McClure
  • Patent number: 7657985
    Abstract: A boiler wall tube tool has a first clamp member positioned about one side of the boiler wall and a second clamp member positioned about the opposite side of the boiler wall. The first clamp member has recess or recesses, each recess receiving one of the tubes therein. The second clamp member has a radius or radiuses abutting against the opposite side of a tube or the tubes. The first clamp member and the second clamp member are coupled to one another about the tube or tubes through slots formed in the first clamp member and the second clamp member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Inventor: Mark W. McClure
  • Publication number: 20070296133
    Abstract: A boiler wall tube tool is disclosed and comprises a pair of opposed clamp members, means for securing the members to a boiler wall, and means for inhibiting ejection of the members from the boiler wall. Each one of the members comprises an aperture formed centrally therethrough for receiving securing means that is inserted through each of the apertures. Securing means may comprise a threaded bolt and a threaded nut, wherein the nut may be fixed or floating. Inhibiting means may comprise a pin having a stop formed at an end thereof, or a bolt having a threaded end formed at an end thereof. In the bolt type inhibiting means, the threaded end is threadably coupled to a nut, wherein the nut may be fixed or floating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventor: Mark W. McClure
  • Patent number: 7089887
    Abstract: The water wall fit up tool will fit a wide range of tube panel sizes such as ? inch through 3ΒΌ inch tube sizes. It uses the adjacent tubes to force the tube panel into alignment. One unit can fit up two tubes yet can be used in conjunction with two or more tools. The water wall membrane keeps the tubes rigid and the portion of the tube panel where the membrane has been removed allows for movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventor: Mark W. McClure