Patents by Inventor Menno Molenaar

Menno Molenaar 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: 20050149267
    Abstract: A method of investigating a reservoir region in a subsurface formation by a time-lapse seismic survey, which subsurface formation comprises a further formation region adjacent to the reservoir region, which method comprises the steps of obtaining data from a time-lapse seismic survey including seismic data of the subsurface formation at a first point in time and a later point in time, processing the seismic data to obtain a seismic representation of change in a predetermined seismic parameter in the further formation region, which seismic parameter is dependent on stress; interpreting the seismic representation of change in the seismic parameter in the further formation region for an indication of changes of stress distribution in the further formation region; and deriving a property of the reservoir region using the indication of change of stress distribution in the further formation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Annemieke Van Den Beukel, Paul Hatchell, Cornelis Kenter, Karel Maron, Menno Molenaar, Johannes Gijsbertus Stammeijer