Patents by Inventor Minh H. Tran

Minh H. Tran 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 of predicting mechanical properties of rocks using mineral compositions provided by in-situ logging tools
    Patent number: 8380437
    Abstract: A method for predicting mechanical properties of a transverse isotropic region of a rock formation traversed by a well bore including running a logging tool in the well bore; the mass percentages of minerals present in the rock formation surrounding the well bore are measured with the logging tool. The density of the minerals present in the rock formation surrounding the well bore is determined. The porosity of the rock formation surrounding the well bore is measured. From the porosity and the measured mass percentages and density of the minerals, all the transverse isotropic elastic coefficients of the rock formation are determined in real time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: Younane Abousleiman, Franz-Josef Ulm, Minh H. Tran, Jose Alberto Ortega, Christopher Philip Bobko, Son K. Hoang
  • METHOD OF PREDICTING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS USING MINERAL COMPOSITIONS PROVIDED BY IN-SITU LOGGING TOOLS
    Publication number: 20110022320
    Abstract: A method for predicting mechanical properties of a transverse isotropic region of a rock formation traversed by a well bore including running a logging tool in the well bore; the mass percentages of minerals present in the rock formation surrounding the well bore are measured with the logging tool. The density of the minerals present in the rock formation surrounding the well bore is determined. The porosity of the rock formation surrounding the well bore is measured. From the porosity and the measured mass percentages and density of the minerals, all the transverse isotropic elastic coefficients of the rock formation are determined in real time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Younane Abousleiman, Franz-Josef Ulm, Minh H. Tran, Jose Alberto Ortega, Christopher Philip Bobko, Son K. Hoang