Patents by Inventor Simon D. Bulman

Simon D. Bulman 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).

  • Integrated oilfield asset modeling using multiple resolutions of reservoir detail
    Patent number: 10866340
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program product model an oilfield asset by selecting, for each of multiple sectors of the oilfield asset, a sector model from among a collection of sector models, building a multi-resolution integrated asset model of the oilfield asset using the selected sector model for each of the sectors, and performing a computer simulation using the multi-resolution integrated asset model. The collection of sector models for each sector includes multiple sector models modeled at varying resolutions. In addition, the multi-resolution integrated asset model includes a surface network model that couples the selected sector models to one another. As such, different sectors of an oilfield asset may be modeled at varying resolutions to balance accuracy and turnaround time when performing integrated oilfield asset modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: David Rowan, Mark Wakefield, Simon D. Bulman
  • Integrated Oilfield Asset Modeling Using Multiple Resolutions Of Reservoir Detail
    Publication number: 20160222766
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program product model an oilfield asset by selecting, for each of multiple sectors of the oilfield asset, a sector model from among a collection of sector models, building a multi-resolution integrated asset model of the oilfield asset using the selected sector model for each of the sectors, and performing a computer simulation using the multi-resolution integrated asset model. The collection of sector models for each sector includes multiple sector models modeled at varying resolutions. In addition, the multi-resolution integrated asset model includes a surface network model that couples the selected sector models to one another. As such, different sectors of an oilfield asset may be modeled at varying resolutions to balance accuracy and turnaround time when performing integrated oilfield asset modeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: David Rowan, Mark Wakefield, Simon D. Bulman