Patents by Inventor Mojtaba Pordel Shahri

Mojtaba Pordel Shahri 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).

  • Patent number: 10914139
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to the increasing the amount of stimulated efficiency and production from a given well area by determining a number of diverter slugs and the timing for the injection of the slugs for the given well area. A number of data sets are determined using Monte Carlo analysis, each data set including a quantity of diversion slugs and the timing for the injection of the diversion slugs. A simulation is performed on a plurality of the data sets to determine the production outcome of employing the data set in a stimulation job. The results of the simulation are used to determine the optimized data set for the stimulation job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Jian Huang, Clayton S. Smith, Francisco E. Fragachan
  • Publication number: 20200347722
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting an accurate in-situ stress field in a wellbore in a formation are disclosed. The in-situ stress field is calculated using an optimizing process that takes into account parameters relating to induced tensile fracture that are derived from wellbore image logs and other input data relating to the wellbore. Once values for the in-situ stress field are predicted, those values can be used to generate synthetic image logs which can then be compared to the original image logs to determine the accuracy of the results and if needed repeat the operation to obtain more accurate results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Ovunc Mutlu
  • Patent number: 10724365
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting an accurate in-situ stress field in a wellbore in a formation are disclosed. The in-situ stress field is calculated using an optimizing process that takes into account parameters relating to induced tensile fracture that are derived from wellbore image logs and other input data relating to the wellbore. Once values for the in-situ stress field are predicted, those values can be used to generate synthetic image logs and fracturing data which can then be compared to the original image logs and fracturing data to determine the accuracy of the results and if needed repeat the operation to obtain more accurate results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Ovunc Mutlu
  • Patent number: 10597982
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to the determining the efficiency of stimulation operations in a hydrocarbon well. Stimulation is performed in a hydrocarbon well and various data is obtained therefrom. The data is used to develop a simulation of fluid flow in the well and the simulation is used to model a synthetic tracer log, which corresponds to a modeled level of efficiency. Numerous synthetic tracer logs may be generated in this way so that tracer logs are available for a variety of different stimulation efficiencies. In order to determine the efficiency of an actual stimulation, the real tracer log of the stimulated well may be compared to the synthetic tracer logs in search of a match. When the real tracer log matches a synthetic tracer log the modeled efficiency of the synthetic log may be used as the actual or true efficiency of the real well stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Jian Huang, Clayton S. Smith, Francisco E. Fragachan
  • Patent number: 10393904
    Abstract: Predicting downhole acoustic tool responses due to stress-induced anisotropy by performing at least the following: receiving a plurality of input data corresponding to at least one well site comprising a wellbore; constructing a three-dimensional geomechanical model based at least in part on the input data; creating at least one near field versus far field stress distribution that corresponds to the wellbore from the three-dimensional geomechanical model; creating, at least one near wellbore versus far-field velocity distribution using the at least one near field versus far field stress distribution; comparing the downhole acoustic tool response property that indicates a downhole acoustic tool's penetration depth for a subsurface geological formation with the near wellbore velocity fields; and flagging, where the downhole acoustic tool response property stays within the near-wellbore velocity field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Jennifer Anne Market, Mohammadreza Safariforoshani, Ovunc Mutlu
  • Patent number: 10221649
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to the design and implementation of a diversion procedure for geologic openings. Embodiments involve performing a screening analysis to determine if a well or formation is appropriate for stimulation. If a well is appropriate, a modeling analysis is performed to determine candidate parameters for a diversion procedure. The analysis is divided into two segments, a dry analysis of jamming and a wet and full-physics-based analysis of plugging. The jamming analysis provides candidates to the plugging analysis to reduce the work of the more intensive wet full-physics modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Clayton S. Smith, Francisco E. Fragachan, Ovunc Mutlu
  • Publication number: 20180238147
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to the increasing the amount of stimulated efficiency and production from a given well area by determining a number of diverter slugs and the timing for the injection of the slugs for the given well area. A number of data sets are determined using Monte Carlo analysis, each data set including a quantity of diversion slugs and the timing for the injection of the diversion slugs. A simulation is performed on a plurality of the data sets to determine the production outcome of employing the data set in a stimulation job. The results of the simulation are used to determine the optimized data set for the stimulation job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Jian Huang, Clayton S. Smith, Francisco E. Fragachan
  • Publication number: 20170131421
    Abstract: Predicting downhole acoustic tool responses due to stress-induced anisotropy by performing at least the following: receiving a plurality of input data corresponding to at least one well site comprising a wellbore; constructing a three-dimensional geomechanical model based at least in part on the input data; creating at least one near field versus far field stress distribution that corresponds to the wellbore from the three-dimensional geomechanical model; creating, at least one near wellbore versus far-field velocity distribution using the at least one near field versus far field stress distribution; comparing the downhole acoustic tool response property that indicates a downhole acoustic tool's penetration depth for a subsurface geological formation with the near-wellbore velocity fields; and flagging, where the downhole acoustic tool response property stays within the near-wellbore velocity field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Jennifer Anne Market, Mohammadreza Safariforoshani, Ovunc Mutlu
  • Publication number: 20170122077
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to the determining the efficiency of stimulation operations in a hydrocarbon well. Stimulation is performed in a hydrocarbon well and various data is obtained therefrom. The data is used to develop a simulation of fluid flow in the well and the simulation is used to model a synthetic tracer log, which corresponds to a modeled level of efficiency. Numerous synthetic tracer logs may be generated in this way so that tracer logs are available for a variety of different stimulation efficiencies. In order to determine the efficiency of an actual stimulation, the real tracer log of the stimulated well may be compared to the synthetic tracer logs in search of a match. When the real tracer log matches a synthetic tracer log the modeled efficiency of the synthetic log may be used as the actual or true efficiency of the real well stimulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Jian Huang, Clayton S. Smith, Francisco E. Fragachan
  • Publication number: 20170124228
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to the design and implementation of a diversion procedure for geologic openings. Embodiments involve performing a screening analysis to determine if a well or formation is appropriate for stimulation. If a well is appropriate, a modeling analysis is performed to determine candidate parameters for a diversion procedure. The analysis is divided into two segments, a dry analysis of jamming and a wet and full-physics-based analysis of plugging. The jamming analysis provides candidates to the plugging analysis to reduce the work of the more intensive wet full-physics modeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Clayton S. Smith, Francisco E. Fragachan, Ovunc Mutlu
  • Publication number: 20160341849
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting an accurate in-situ stress field in a wellbore in a formation are disclosed. The in-situ stress field is calculated using an optimizing process that takes into account parameters relating to induced tensile fracture that are derived from wellbore image logs and other input data relating to the wellbore. Once values for the in-situ stress field are predicted, those values can be used to generate synthetic image logs and fracturing data which can then be compared to the original image logs and fracturing data to determine the accuracy of the results and if needed repeat the operation to obtain more accurate results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Mojtaba Pordel Shahri, Ovunc Mutlu