Patents by Inventor Nathan Rice

Nathan Rice 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: 12480927
    Abstract: System and methods for water management method for managing water used in extraction of fluids from subsurface formations wherein water is stored in a plurality of water pits and further wherein water is obtained from one or more water wells. The method includes simulating water pit volumes to determine a water level in each of the water pits at a pit volume simulation time; performing water chemistry analysis to determine one or more chemical properties of water stored in one of the water pits; performing a mapping operation to determine one or more pipeline routes, pit-pit transfer lines, and gathering systems; performing water pit evaporation analysis for a water pit evaporation simulation time; and performing a cost data capture to determine forecast costs at a cost data capture simulation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: EOG Resources, Inc.
    Inventors: Pratik Kharel, Mark Metzger, Warren Sharp, Aaron Carl Shaffer, Jude Lloyd Ankrah, Justin Alan Ward, Alexey Lukyanov, Ashley Sean Kessel, Alexander P. Jones, Bradley Bennett Burt, Nathan Rice, Dustin Cole Kinder
  • Publication number: 20210116076
    Abstract: Method and systems for detecting an anomaly in a pipeline or a flowline. The method includes monitoring real-time data in the pipeline or the flowline, wherein the pipeline or flowline includes a plurality of nodes, the nodes including at least one or more inlets and one or more outlets. The method includes generating a probability metric using a prediction service, wherein the prediction service uses a convolutional neural network. The method includes determining whether to add an alarm, based, at least in part on the probability metric and if there are one or more active alarms, performing an action based on the active alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Justin Alan Ward, Alexey Lukyanov, Ashley Sean Kessel, Alexander P. Jones, Bradley Bennett Burt, Nathan Rice