Patents by Inventor Michael Konopczynski

Michael Konopczynski 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).

  • Casing-based intelligent completion assembly
    Patent number: 10718181
    Abstract: A downhole control method for use in a wellbore that includes deploying a first stand-alone hydraulic reservoir downhole; measuring a first downhole fluid parameter; and actuating a first inflow control device, based on the first measured downhole fluid parameter, using the first stand-alone hydraulic reservoir. In one aspect, the first stand-alone hydraulic reservoir and the first inflow control device comprise an open-hole completion system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Savio Saldanha, Matthew Scogin, Timothy R. Tips, Colin McKay, Michael Konopczynski, James Flygare, Robert Smith
  • Method, system, and optimization technique to improve oil reservoir recovery in the Water-Alternating-Gas injection process by using downhole control valves (WAG-CV)
    Patent number: 10428632
    Abstract: A system for Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) includes a mechanical well configured to enable multi-point selective injection for water and gas. The system further includes an optimization engine configured to calculate reservoir flow dynamics and selectively inject water and gas via the mechanical well according to reservoir flow dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gustavo Carvajal, Michael Konopczynski, Alejandro Chacon, Steven Knabe
  • CASING-BASED INTELLIGENT COMPLETION ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20180030810
    Abstract: A downhole control method for use in a wellbore that includes deploying a first stand-alone hydraulic reservoir downhole; measuring a first downhole fluid parameter; and actuating a first inflow control device, based on the first measured downhole fluid parameter, using the first stand-alone hydraulic reservoir. In one aspect, the first stand-alone hydraulic reservoir and the first inflow control device comprise an open-hole completion system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Savio Saldanha, Matthew Scogin, Timothy R. Tips, Colin McKay, Michael Konopczynski, James Flygare, Robert Smith
  • METHOD, SYSTEM, AND OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE OIL RESERVOIR RECOVERY IN THE WATER-ALTERNATING-GAS INJECTION PROCESS BY USING DOWNHOLE CONTROL VALVES (WAG-CV)
    Publication number: 20160177686
    Abstract: A system for Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) includes a mechanical well configured to enable multi-point selective injection for water and gas. The system further includes an optimization engine configured to calculate reservoir flow dynamics and selectively inject water and gas via the mechanical well according to reservoir flow dynamics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Gustavo Carvajal, Michael Konopczynski, Alejandro Chacon, Steven Knabe