Patents by Inventor Paul J. Hicks, JR.

Paul J. Hicks, JR. 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 for predicting composition of petroleum
    Patent number: 9552462
    Abstract: A method for predicting petroleum expulsion. A chemical structure of a kerogen is defined and a plurality of reaction products of the kerogen under geologic heating rates are identified. The plurality of reaction products are grouped into a plurality of product lumps based on their chemical composition and predicting petroleum expulsion for each of the plurality of product lumps based on secondary cracking reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Clifford C. Walters, Howard J. Freund, Simon R. Kelemen, Paul J. Hicks, Jr.
  • Method For Predicting Composition of Petroleum
    Publication number: 20100155078
    Abstract: A method for predicting petroleum expulsion is provided. An exemplary embodiment of the method comprises defining a chemical structure of a kerogen and identifying a plurality of reaction products of the kerogen under geologic heating rates. The exemplary method also comprises grouping the plurality of reaction products into a plurality of product lumps based on their chemical composition and predicting petroleum expulsion for each of the plurality of product lumps based on secondary cracking reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Clifford C. Walters, Howard J. Freund, JR., Simon R. Kelemen, Paul J. Hicks, JR.