Patents by Inventor Nick J. Drinkwater

Nick J. Drinkwater 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).

  • System and method for modeling flow events responsible for the formation of a geological reservoir
    Patent number: 8355898
    Abstract: A system configured to model geometric architectures of flow events in geological reservoirs. In one embodiment, the system comprises a geological control input, a rules module, and a modeling module. The geological control input is configured to receive a set of environmental conditions that act as geological controls impacting a geometric architecture of a geological reservoir at a point in geologic time. The rules module is configured to apply a set of rules to the set of environmental conditions present at the point in geologic time to determine geometric flow parameters of the geometric architecture, wherein the set of rules comprise one or more empirical rules. The modeling module is configured to model the geometric architecture based on the geometric flow parameters determined for the flow event by the rules module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Pyrcz, Tim R. McHargue, Morgan Sullivan, Julian Clark, Andrea Fildani, Nick J. Drinkwater, Henry W. Posamentier
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING FLOW EVENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORMATION OF A GEOLOGICAL RESERVOIR
    Publication number: 20090312995
    Abstract: A system configured to model geometric architectures of flow events in geological reservoirs. In one embodiment, the system comprises a geological control input, a rules module, and a modeling module. The geological control input is configured to receive a set of environmental conditions that act as geological controls impacting a geometric architecture of a geological reservoir at a point in geologic time. The rules module is configured to apply a set of rules to the set of environmental conditions present at the point in geologic time to determine geometric flow parameters of the geometric architecture, wherein the set of rules comprise one or more empirical rules. The modeling module is configured to model the geometric architecture based on the geometric flow parameters determined for the flow event by the rules module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Michael J. Pyrcz, Tim R. McHargue, Morgan Sullivan, Julian Clark, Andrea Fildani, Nick J. Drinkwater, Henry W. Posamentier