Patents by Inventor Philippe Tardy

Philippe Tardy 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: 8788251
    Abstract: A method for determining flow distribution in a formation having a wellbore formed therein includes the steps of positioning a sensor within the wellbore, wherein the sensor generates a feedback signal representing at least one of a temperature and a pressure measured by the sensor, injecting a fluid into the wellbore and into at least a portion of the formation adjacent the sensor, shutting-in the wellbore for a pre-determined shut-in period, generating a simulated model representing at least one of simulated temperature characteristics and simulated pressure characteristics of the formation during the shut-in period, generating a data model representing at least one of actual temperature characteristics and actual pressure characteristics of the formation during the shut-in period, wherein the data model is derived from the feedback signal, comparing the data model to the simulated model, and adjusting parameters of the simulated model to substantially match the data model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaowei Weng, Doug Pipchuk, Rex Burgos, Philippe Tardy
  • Patent number: 8260594
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and a system for predicting the apparent flow conductivity of a heterogeneous medium. According to the invention, the following steps are implemented:—choosing a flow conductivity element type with a given set of characteristic parameters;—determining equations for said flow in said element type;—determining a network statistics for said given set of characteristic parameters; and—performing a stochastic homogenisation of said equations, for said network statistics. The invention applies more particularly to the predicting of the apparent viscosity of non-Newtonian fluids in a heterogeneous porous medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Philippe Tardy, Ali Fadili, John Richard Anthony Pearson, John Peter Crawshaw
  • Publication number: 20110288843
    Abstract: A method for determining flow distribution in a formation having a wellbore formed therein includes the steps of positioning a sensor within the wellbore, wherein the sensor generates a feedback signal representing at least one of a temperature and a pressure measured by the sensor, injecting a fluid into the wellbore and into at least a portion of the formation adjacent the sensor, shutting-in the wellbore for a pre-determined shut-in period, generating a simulated model representing at least one of simulated temperature characteristics and simulated pressure characteristics of the formation during the shut-in period, generating a data model representing at least one of actual temperature characteristics and actual pressure characteristics of the formation during the shut-in period, wherein the data model is derived from the feedback signal, comparing the data model to the simulated model, and adjusting parameters of the simulated model to substantially match the data model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Xiaowei Weng, Doug Pipchuk, Rex Burgos, Philippe Tardy
  • Patent number: 7774183
    Abstract: Two new flow parameters derived from laboratory core-flood experiments are used in building mathematical models to predict the performance of an acid treatment when treatment is made with self diverting fracturing acids. The two new variables are: ?Pr is defined as the value of ?p (in the core flood experiment) when ?p switches from a first to a second linear trend at time tr ?r is the number of pore volumes injected when the switch occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Philippe Tardy, Bruno Lecerf
  • Patent number: 7603261
    Abstract: A computationally efficient general method of modeling or simulating matrix acidizing treatment when flow is not axisymmetric involves determining streamlines in the general flow field using complex potential theory to solve for the flow along the streamlines. The flow over a time step is used to model the propagation of the acid front and the creation and extension of wormholes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Philippe Tardy
  • Publication number: 20080015831
    Abstract: Two new flow parameters derived from laboratory core-flood experiments are used in building mathematical models to predict the performance of an acid treatment when treatment is made with self diverting fracturing acids. The two new variables are: ?Pr is defined as the value of ?p (in the core flood experiment) when ?p switches from a first to a second linear trend at time tr ?r is the number of pore volumes injected when the switch occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Philippe Tardy, Bruno Lecerf
  • Publication number: 20080015832
    Abstract: A computationally efficient general method of modeling or simulating matrix acidizing treatment when flow is not axisymmetric involves determining streamlines in the general flow field using complex potential theory to solve for the flow along the streamlines. The flow over a time step is used to model the propagation of the acid front and the creation and extension of wormholes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventor: Philippe Tardy