Patents by Inventor Nikolaos KOUTSABELOULIS

Nikolaos KOUTSABELOULIS 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 integrating fracture and reservoir operations into geomechanical operations of a wellsite
    Patent number: 10920538
    Abstract: A method of performing oilfield operations at a wellsite is disclosed. The wellsite is positioned about a subterranean formation having a wellbore therethrough and a fracture network therein. The fracture network includes natural fractures. The method involves generating fracture parameters including a hydraulic fracture network based on wellsite data including a mechanical earth model, generating reservoir parameters including a reservoir grid based on the wellsite data and the generated fracture wellsite parameters, forming a finite element grid from the fracture and reservoir parameters by coupling the hydraulic fracture network to the reservoir grid, generating integrated geomechanical parameters including estimated microseismic events based on the finite element grid, and performing fracture operations and production operations based on the integrated geomechanical parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Adrian Rodriguez Herrera, Nikolaos Koutsabeloulis, Piyush Pankaj, Hitoshi Onda, Xavier Garcia-Teijeiro
  • METHOD INTEGRATING FRACTURE AND RESERVOIR OPERATIONS INTO GEOMECHANICAL OPERATIONS OF A WELLSITE
    Publication number: 20180230784
    Abstract: A method of performing oilfield operations at a wellsite is disclosed. The wellsite is positioned about a subterranean formation having a wellbore therethrough and a fracture network therein. The fracture network includes natural fractures. The method involves generating fracture parameters including a hydraulic fracture network based on wellsite data including a mechanical earth model, generating reservoir parameters including a reservoir grid based on the wellsite data and the generated fracture wellsite parameters, forming a finite element grid from the fracture and reservoir parameters by coupling the hydraulic fracture network to the reservoir grid, generating integrated geomechanical parameters including estimated microseismic events based on the finite element grid, and performing fracture operations and production operations based on the integrated geomechanical parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Adrian RODRIGUEZ HERRERA, Nikolaos KOUTSABELOULIS, Piyush PANKAJ, Hitoshi ONDA, Xavier GARCIA-TEIJEIRO