Patents by Inventor Olivier R. Germain
Olivier R. Germain 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).
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Patent number: 10487651Abstract: A real-time silica monitoring system can include a plurality of off-site sensors positioned at geographic locations off-site from a hydraulic fracturing well site that detect and measure quantities of airborne silica particles, a plurality of on-site sensors positioned at geographic locations on a hydraulic fracturing well site that detect and measure quantities of air-borne silica particles, and one or more mobile sensors suitable to be carried by individual persons that detect and measure quantities of airborne silica particles. A monitoring system can include a computer system that can aggregate and store airborne silica measurements taken by one or more sensors and communicate data to a user.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2013Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Landmark Graphics CorporationInventors: Serkan Dursun, Ilyas Uyanik, Olivier R. Germain
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Patent number: 10409923Abstract: A method of modeling an oilfield network can include identifying a well and a tying point, identifying locations of the well and tying point, identifying elevations of the well and tying point, creating a model pipeline along a path between the well and the tying point, such as a straight line path between the well and the tying point, defining a length of the path, calculating an elevation difference between the well and the tying point, determining whether an obstacle exists in the path, and defining a length of the pipeline. A method can include creating a second path that circumvents the obstacle and adjusting a length of a pipeline accordingly. A method can include implementing one or more nudging algorithms and incrementally adjusting the length of a pipeline. A method can include defining one or more limits for adjusting a length of a pipeline model.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Landmark Graphics CorporationInventors: Olivier R. Germain, Mark Lochmann
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Patent number: 10233750Abstract: Calculating wellbore energy. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: calculating an expected wellbore energy for a planned wellpath, the calculating by a computer system; calculating an expected tortuosity of the planned wellpath; calculating a first value indicative of probability of occurrence of a drilling event for drilling along the planned wellpath, the first value based on the expected wellbore energy and the expected tortuosity; and then drilling a wellbore along at least a first portion of the planned wellpath if the first value indicates the probability of the drilling event is less than a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATIONInventors: Robello Samuel, Olivier R. Germain
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Publication number: 20170235854Abstract: A method of modeling an oilfield network can include identifying a well and a tying point, identifying locations of the well and tying point, identifying elevations of the well and tying point, creating a model pipeline along a path between the well and the tying point, such as a straight line path between the well and the tying point, defining a length of the path, calculating an elevation difference between the well and the tying point, determining whether an obstacle exists in the path, and defining a length of the pipeline. A method can include creating a second path that circumvents the obstacle and adjusting a length of a pipeline accordingly. A method can include implementing one or more nudging algorithms and incrementally adjusting the length of a pipeline. A method can include defining one or more limits for adjusting a length of a pipeline model.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Olivier R. GERMAIN, Mark LOCHMANN
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Publication number: 20170022807Abstract: A real-time silica monitoring system can include a plurality of off-site sensors positioned at geographic locations off-site from a hydraulic fracturing well site that detect and measure quantities of airborne silica particles, a plurality of on-site sensors positioned at geographic locations on a hydraulic fracturing well site that detect and measure quantities of air-borne silica particles, and one or more mobile sensors suitable to be carried by individual persons that detect and measure quantities of airborne silica particles. A monitoring system can include a computer system that can aggregate and store airborne silica measurements taken by one or more sensors and communicate data to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: January 26, 2017Inventors: Serkan DURSUN, Ilyas UYANIK, Olivier R. GERMAIN
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Patent number: 9347293Abstract: Displaying data associated with drilling a borehole. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: reading data associated with drilling of a first borehole, at least one datum of the data based on a controllable parameter; calculating an operational value related to drilling the first borehole, the calculating in real-time with reading the data and the operational value based on the data; determining a target value of the operational value, the determining in real-time with reading the data and the target value at least in part based on the data; displaying a first borehole trajectory on a display device; superimposing a first coordinate system over the first borehole trajectory on the display device, the superimposing proximate to a distal end of the first borehole trajectory; and plotting, within the first coordinate system, an indication of the operational value and an indication of the target value.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATIONInventors: Robello Samuel, Umesh N. Reddy, R. Daniel Colvin, Ramakrishna R. Chada, Olivier R. Germain
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Publication number: 20150369042Abstract: Calculating wellbore energy. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: calculating an expected wellbore energy for a planned wellpath, the calculating by a computer system; calculating an expected tortuosity of the planned wellpath; calculating a first value indicative of probability of occurrence of a drilling event for drilling along the planned wellpath, the first value based on the expected wellbore energy and the expected tortuosity; and then drilling a wellbore along at least a first portion of the planned wellpath if the first value indicates the probability of the drilling event is less than a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: Landmark Graphics CorporationInventors: Robello Samuel, Olivier R. Germain
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Patent number: 8985242Abstract: Planning and/or drilling wellbores. At least some of the various embodiments are methods including: receiving data indicative of position of a first wellbore; reading data indicative of position of an offset wellbore; reading data indicative of a fracture diameter for the offset wellbore; calculating a first positional uncertainty of the first wellbore; calculating a second positional uncertainly of the offset wellbore taking into account the data indicative of position and the data indicative of fracture diameter; and generating a value indicative of proximity of the positional uncertainties.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Robello Samuel, Olivier R. Germain, Umesh N. Reddy, R. Daniel Colvin, Ramakrishna R. Chada
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Publication number: 20140231072Abstract: Planning and/or drilling wellbores. At least some of the various embodiments are methods including: receiving data indicative of position of a first wellbore; reading data indicative of position of an offset wellbore; reading data indicative of a fracture diameter for the offset wellbore; calculating a first positional uncertainty of the first wellbore; calculating a second positional uncertainly of the offset wellbore taking into account the data indicative of position and the data indicative of fracture diameter; and generating a value indicative of proximity of the positional uncertainties.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATIONInventors: Robello Samuel, Olivier R. Germain, Umesh N. Reddy, R. Daniel Colvin, Ramakrishna R. Chada
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Publication number: 20140135995Abstract: Displaying data associated with drilling a borehole. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: reading data associated with drilling of a first borehole, at least one datum of the data based on a controllable parameter; calculating an operational value related to drilling the first borehole, the calculating in real-time with reading the data and the operational value based on the data; determining a target value of the operational value, the determining in real-time with reading the data and the target value at least in part based on the data; displaying a first borehole trajectory on a display device; superimposing a first coordinate system over the first borehole trajectory on the display device, the superimposing proximate to a distal end of the first borehole trajectory; and plotting, within the first coordinate system, an indication of the operational value and an indication of the target value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATIONInventors: Robello Samuel, Umesh N. Reddy, R. Daniel Colvin, Ramakrishna R. Chada, Olivier R. Germain