Patents by Inventor Tom Jonsthovel

Tom Jonsthovel 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).

  • Publication number: 20230351078
    Abstract: An improved reservoir simulator is provided that determines variable convergence criteria used in newton iterations in in a manner that addresses the problem of oversolving while minimizing the adverse effect on the nonlinear system. In the improved reservoir simulator, nonlinear information along with some information from the linear system can be used to determine a variable convergence tolerance. The variable convergeance tolerance can be used to define the variable convergence criteria used in newton iterations performed by the reservoir simulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Soham SHETH, Tom JONSTHOVEL
  • Patent number: 11782184
    Abstract: A method for performing a modified two point flux approximation scheme is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a first pressure value for a first neighbor cell and a second pressure value for a second neighbor cell, where the first neighbor cell has a first value of a reservoir property and the second neighbor cell as a second value of the reservoir property; determining a first weight using the first pressure value and a second weight using the second pressure value; calculating a third value of the reservoir property as a weighted average of the first value and the second value; and applying the third value to the first neighbor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Jonsthovel, Terry Wayne Stone
  • Patent number: 11775858
    Abstract: A method for performing a field operation of a field. The method includes obtaining historical parameter values of a runtime parameter and historical core datasets, where the historical parameter values and the historical core datasets are used for a first simulation of the field, and where each historical parameter value results in a simulation convergence during the first simulation, generating a machine learning model based at least on the historical core datasets and the historical parameter values, obtaining, during a second simulation of the field, a current core dataset, generating, using the machine learning model and based on the current core dataset, a predicted parameter value of the runtime parameter for achieving the simulation convergence during the second simulation, and completing, using at least the predicted parameter value, the second simulation to generate a modeling result of the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: David Rowan, Tom Jonsthovel
  • Publication number: 20230127224
    Abstract: A method for performing a modified two point flux approximation scheme is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a first pressure value for a first neighbor cell and a second pressure value for a second neighbor cell, where the first neighbor cell has a first value of a reservoir property and the second neighbor cell as a second value of the reservoir property; determining a first weight using the first pressure value and a second weight using the second pressure value; calculating a third value of the reservoir property as a weighted average of the first value and the second value; and applying the third value to the first neighbor cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Tom JONSTHOVEL, Terry Wayne STONE
  • Patent number: 11536873
    Abstract: A method for performing a modified two point flux approximation scheme is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a first pressure value for a first neighbor cell and a second pressure value for a second neighbor cell, where the first neighbor cell has a first value of a reservoir property and the second neighbor cell as a second value of the reservoir property; determining a first weight using the first pressure value and a second weight using the second pressure value; calculating a third value of the reservoir property as a weighted average of the first value and the second value; and applying the third value to the first neighbor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Jonsthovel, Terry Wayne Stone
  • Publication number: 20210033748
    Abstract: A method for performing a field operation of a field. The method includes obtaining historical parameter values of a runtime parameter and historical core datasets, where the historical parameter values and the historical core datasets are used for a first simulation of the field, and where each historical parameter value results in a simulation convergence during the first simulation, generating a machine learning model based at least on the historical core datasets and the historical parameter values, obtaining, during a second simulation of the field, a current core dataset, generating, using the machine learning model and based on the current core dataset, a predicted parameter value of the runtime parameter for achieving the simulation convergence during the second simulation, and completing, using at least the predicted parameter value, the second simulation to generate a modeling result of the field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: David Rowan, Tom Jonsthovel
  • Publication number: 20190212469
    Abstract: A method for performing a modified two point flux approximation scheme is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a first pressure value for a first neighbor cell and a second pressure value for a second neighbor cell, where the first neighbor cell has a first value of a reservoir property and the second neighbor cell as a second value of the reservoir property; determining a first weight using the first pressure value and a second weight using the second pressure value; calculating a third value of the reservoir property as a weighted average of the first value and the second value; and applying the third value to the first neighbor cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Tom JONSTHOVEL, Terry Wayne STONE
  • Publication number: 20150160371
    Abstract: Using a CPU and at least one GPU to simulate geomechanical reservoir deformation due to a change in force on the reservoir is presented. An example method includes obtaining a stiffness matrix representing a finite element mesh for a grid of the reservoir, obtaining a load vector representing the change in force, determining a displacement vector representing the deformation of the reservoir, by computing, as a setup process apart from a conjugate gradient solver iteration, and by the CPU and the at least one GPU, at least a portion of a deflation operator and iterating, by the CPU and the at least one GPU, a conjugate gradient solver applied to a system of linear equations defined by at least the deflation operator, the stiffness matrix, the load vector, and the displacement vector, such that a deflated solution corresponding to the displacement vector is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Tom Jonsthovel, Paul Woodhams