Patents by Inventor Yeqing Fu

Yeqing Fu 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).

  • Data structure for fast invasion percolation modeling software
    Patent number: 11073637
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and systems, including computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems, for models the accumulation and migration of hydrocarbons. One computer-implemented method includes: identifying one of grid cells neighboring an accumulation as a recent back-filled grid cell; setting an oil phase potential of identified grid cell as an accumulation potential of the accumulation; comparing oil phase potentials of grid cells neighboring the recent back-filled grid cell with the accumulation potential of the accumulation, where the oil phase potential of each of the grid cells neighboring the recent back-filled grid cell is stored as a key in the node corresponding to the respective grid cell; selecting one of the grid cells neighboring the accumulation as a next back-filled grid cell; and updating the accumulation potential of the accumulation based on the oil phase potential of the selected grid cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Eric A. Dow, Yeqing Fu
  • DATA STRUCTURE FOR FAST INVASION PERCOLATION MODELING SOFTWARE
    Publication number: 20200110195
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods and systems, including computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and computer systems, for models the accumulation and migration of hydrocarbons. One computer-implemented method includes: identifying one of grid cells neighboring an accumulation as a recent back-filled grid cell; setting an oil phase potential of identified grid cell as an accumulation potential of the accumulation; comparing oil phase potentials of grid cells neighboring the recent back-filled grid cell with the accumulation potential of the accumulation, where the oil phase potential of each of the grid cells neighboring the recent back-filled grid cell is stored as a key in the node corresponding to the respective grid cell; selecting one of the grid cells neighboring the accumulation as a next back-filled grid cell; and updating the accumulation potential of the accumulation based on the oil phase potential of the selected grid cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Eric A. Dow, Yeqing Fu