Patents by Inventor Richard A. ALBERT

Richard A. ALBERT 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).

  • Drained reservoir volume diagnostics from Mandel-Cryer pressure signal
    Patent number: 10907469
    Abstract: A method for obtaining hydrocarbon from a reservoir in a subterranean formation is described. The method includes measuring a poromechanic pressure change due to lithostatic load sharing in the subterranean formation. Mapping the poromechanic pressure change to one or more locations in the subterranean formation. Identifying one or more local pressure peaks in the poromechanic pressure change, wherein the one or more local pressure peaks are each marked by a pressure escalation and subsequent pressure depletion. Determining a drained reservoir volume in the hydrocarbon reservoir based on the pressure escalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Samarth Agrawal, Richard A. Albert
  • Poromechanical impact on yield behavior in unconventional reservoirs
    Patent number: 10794179
    Abstract: A method for obtaining hydrocarbon from a reservoir in a subterranean formation can include measuring a poromechanic pressure change due to lithostatic load sharing in the subterranean formation. The poromechanic pressure change can then be mapped to one or more locations within the subterranean formation. Once mapped, the method can identify one or more local pressure peaks in the poromechanic pressure change, wherein each of the one or more local pressure peaks are marked by a pressure escalation and subsequent pressure depletion. The method can then determine one or more regions within the reservoir exhibiting single phase hydrocarbon production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Samarth Agrawal, Richard A. Albert
  • POROMECHANICAL IMPACT ON YIELD BEHAVIOR IN UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS
    Publication number: 20190093477
    Abstract: A method for obtaining hydrocarbon from a reservoir in a subterranean formation is described. The method includes measuring a poromechanic pressure change due to lithostatic load sharing in the subterranean formation. Mapping the poromechanic pressure change to one or more locations in the subterranean formation. Identifying one or more local pressure peaks in the poromechanic pressure change, wherein the one or more local pressure peaks are each marked by a pressure escalation and subsequent pressure depletion. Determining one or more regions in the reservoir exhibiting single phase hydrocarbon production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Samarth AGRAWAL, Richard A. ALBERT
  • DRAINED RESERVOIR VOLUME DIAGNOSTICS FROM MANDEL-CRYER PRESSURE SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20190093473
    Abstract: A method for obtaining hydrocarbon from a reservoir in a subterranean formation is described. The method includes measuring a poromechanic pressure change due to lithostatic load sharing in the subterranean formation. Mapping the poromechanic pressure change to one or more locations in the subterranean formation. Identifying one or more local pressure peaks in the poromechanic pressure change, wherein the one or more local pressure peaks are each marked by a pressure escalation and subsequent pressure depletion. Determining a drained reservoir volume in the hydrocarbon reservoir based on the pressure escalation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Samarth AGRAWAL, Richard A. ALBERT