Method for predicting well reliability by computer simulation

SY Hsu, KH Searles, JM Wallace - US Patent 8,265,915, 2012 - Google Patents
Methods of predicting earth stresses in response to pore pressure changes in a hydrocarbon-
bearing reservoir within a geomechanical system, include establishing physical boundaries …

Method for multi-scale geomechanical model analysis by computer simulation

SY Hsu, R Pakal, KH Searles, BW Duffy - US Patent 8,423,337, 2013 - Google Patents
A method of predicting earth stresses in response to changes in a hydrocarbon-bearing
reservoir within a geomechanical system includes establishing physical boundaries for the …

Acidic aqueous solution containing a chelating agent and the use thereof

CA De Wolf, JN LePage, JH Bemelaar - US Patent 9,803,134, 2017 - Google Patents
An acidic aqueous solution containing a chelating agent and an acid, wherein the chelating
agent is glutamic acid N, N-diacetic acid (GLDA) or a salt thereof, and wherein the amount of …

Method for modeling deformation in subsurface strata

SY Hsu, KH Searles, ER Grueschow… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
A method for modeling deformation in subsurface strata, including defining physical
boundaries for a geomechanical system. The method also includes acquiring one or more …

Method for predicting time-lapse seismic timeshifts by computer simulation

SY Hsu, KH Searles - US Patent 8,768,672, 2014 - Google Patents
A method for predicting time-lapse seismic timeshifts in a three-dimensional geomechanical
system including defining physical boundaries for the geomechanical system. In addition …

Discretized physics-based models and simulations of subterranean regions, and methods for creating and using the same

JM Wallace, H Huang, J Wan - US Patent 9,085,957, 2015 - Google Patents
Methods for creating and using discretized physics-based models of subsurface regions,
which may contain a hydrocarbon reservoir or other subsurface feature (s). The methods …

Method of forming directionally controlled wormholes in a subterranean formation

A Modavi, RE Beckham - US Patent 9,617,839, 2017 - Google Patents
A method for forming extended wormholes in a subsurface formation comprising locating
producer wells, injection wells, and guard wells in a field; determining a flux rate for a …

On the fly mixing of acids and diversion fluids with water-soluble retarding agents

MKR Panga, C Daeffler, A Yakovlev - US Patent 10,954,432, 2021 - Google Patents
Described herein are methods for on the fly mixing of retarded acidizing fluids containing
acid, a water-soluble acid retarding agent (RA), and optionally a viscoelastic surfactant …

Methods and systems for determining acidizing fluid injection rates

CM Karale, PK Srivastava, A Bhatnagar - US Patent 9,938,800, 2018 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for determining acidizing fluid injection rates for stimulation of a
subterranean formation arc provided. In one embodiment, methods comprise: selecting a …

Methods and Systems For Determining Near-Wellbore Characteristics and Reservoir Properties

D Postl, JA Burdette, JH Lee, TG Benish… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2011 - Google Patents
Systems and methods are provided for determining a reser voir property distinct from a near-
wellbore/completion char acteristic. The methods include obtaining non-transient well data …