Patents by Inventor Trevor Tonkin

Trevor Tonkin 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).

  • FLOW CONTROL DEVICE OPENINGS FOR COMPLETION DESIGN
    Publication number: 20220229403
    Abstract: Defining flow control device configurable positions include executing a reservoir simulator on a reservoir model to obtain a collection of flow control device settings defined in continuous space. For each number of multiple numbers of clusters, a cluster analysis is individually performed on the collection to obtain a set of flow control device configurable positions. The set includes the number of flow control device configurable positions and its corresponding inflow area or diameter. Performing the cluster analysis across the numbers generates multiple sets for the multiple numbers of clusters. The sets of flow control device configurable positions are compared to obtain a selected set of flow control device configurable positions, which is presented in a completion design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Kim Fah Goh, Trevor Tonkin, Mohamed Osman Mahgoub Ahmed, Matthew Worthington
  • Method for performing oilfield production operations
    Patent number: 8078444
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for optimal lift resource allocation, which includes optimally allocating lift resource under a total lift resource constraint or a total production constraint, the allocating step including distributing lift resource among all lifted wells in a network so as to maximize a liquid/oil rate at a sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kashif Rashid, Andrew Shand, Trevor Tonkin, Luca Letizia, Andrew John Howell, Daniel Lucas-Clements
  • METHOD FOR PERFORMING OILFIELD PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
    Publication number: 20080140369
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for optimal lift resource allocation, which includes optimally allocating lift resource under a total lift resource constraint or a total production constraint, the allocating step including distributing lift resource among all lifted wells in a network so as to maximize a liquid/oil rate at a sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kashif Rashid, Andrew Shand, Trevor Tonkin, Luca Letizia, Andrew John Howell, Daniel Lucas-Clements