Patents by Inventor Mohamed Bouaouaja

Mohamed Bouaouaja 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: 20200095858
    Abstract: Permeability in earth models has three components: natural fracture, distinctive matrix permeability and porosity correlated matrix permeability. While matrix permeability is usually predictable from porosity and diagenesis effects, fracture permeability can be a highly uncertain parameter. The earth model permeability components are calibrated by determining fracture distribution and estimating fracture properties through an iterative optimization process. The calibration proceeds iteratively until the current estimate of calculated reservoir flow capacity is within acceptable accuracy limits to reservoir flow capacity indicated from production logging tool measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: MOHAMED BOUAOUAJA, Otto Meza Camargo, Marei Al-Garni
  • Patent number: 10248743
    Abstract: Four-dimensional fluid flow data is received that is associated with a time dimension and I, J, and K dimensions. The four-dimensional fluid flow data includes, for each of plural time steps, a fluid flow amount for the respective time step and for a respective I, J, K cell. Using the four-dimensional fluid flow data and for each of plural time steps, a four-dimensional geocellular model is determined having I, J, K and t dimensions and indicating, for each I, J, K, t cell, an amount of a fluid flowing through the I, J, K cell for a respective time step t. A three-dimensional time-independent model is determined for the I, J, K cell. A two-dimensional time-independent model is determined that includes a cumulative fluid flow amount for each I, J cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mohamed Bouaouaja, Ahmed Alhuthali
  • Publication number: 20170357739
    Abstract: Four-dimensional fluid flow data is received that is associated with a time dimension and I, J, and K dimensions. The four-dimensional fluid flow data includes, for each of plural time steps, a fluid flow amount for the respective time step and for a respective I, J, K cell. Using the four-dimensional fluid flow data and for each of plural time steps, a four-dimensional geocellular model is determined having I, J, K and t dimensions and indicating, for each I, J, K, t cell, an amount of a fluid flowing through the I, J, K cell for a respective time step t. A three-dimensional time-independent model is determined for the I, J, K cell. A two-dimensional time-independent model is determined that includes a cumulative fluid flow amount for each I, J cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Mohamed Bouaouaja, Ahmed Alhuthali