Patents by Inventor Steven Wall

Steven Wall 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).

  • Process and well arrangement for hydrocarbon recovery from bypassed pay or a region near the reservoir base
    Patent number: 9091159
    Abstract: Hydrocarbons may be produced from a well which comprises a contour section that follows a contour of a depression on a contoured base above which the reservoir is formed. Hydrocarbons may also be produced from a first well in a gravity-controlled recovery process and a second well which extends under and across the first well. For recovery of hydrocarbons from a reservoir, a pair of injection and production wells may be positioned and configured to optimize an initial rate of production from a pay region in the reservoir, and another well for producing hydrocarbons may be located below the production well and be positioned and configured to optimize an amount of hydrocarbon recovery from the pay region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: FCCL Partnership
    Inventors: Harbir Chhina, Stephen Raffa, Jillian Tofer, Steven Wall
  • PROCESS AND WELL ARRANGEMENT FOR HYDROCARBON RECOVERY FROM BYPASSED PAY OR A REGION NEAR THE RESERVOIR BASE
    Publication number: 20130146285
    Abstract: Hydrocarbons may be produced from a well which comprises a contour section that follows a contour of a depression on a contoured base above which the reservoir is formed. Hydrocarbons may also be produced from a first well in a gravity-controlled recovery process and a second well which extends under and across the first well. For recovery of hydrocarbons from a reservoir, a pair of injection and production wells may be positioned and configured to optimize an initial rate of production from a pay region in the reservoir, and another well for producing hydrocarbons may be located below the production well and be positioned and configured to optimize an amount of hydrocarbon recovery from the pay region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: HARBIR CHHINA, STEVE RAFFA, JILLIAN TOFER, STEVEN WALL
  • PROACTIVE IMAGE REMINDING AND SELECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20110169757
    Abstract: The invention is related to an image selection method comprising the following steps: a) automatically and randomly selecting (100) at least one, so-called, reminder digital image (108), amongst a collection (102) of digital images, b) automatically selecting at least one subset (130, 130a) of, so-called, linked digital images amongst the collection of images, the linked images being selected based on a similarity computation with the randomly selected reminder image, c) temporarily displaying (104) the reminder image on a display screen and stetting (106) a first user interface in an interaction detection mode whilst the reminder image is displayed, d) in response to a user interaction with the first interface whilst the reminder image is displayed, displaying simultaneously at least part of the subset of linked images determined in step b) and setting a second user interface in a selection mode in which a user can select at least one image amongst the displayed subset of linked images, e) in response to the
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Graham R. Kiddle, John D. Piper, Alan W. Payne, Steven Wall, David Frohlich