ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,947, issued on May 6, was assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Hydrocarbon flow avatar" was invented by Ram Kinkar Thakur (Houston), Vivek Kumar Singh (Asker, Norway), Glen Lillehammer (Stavanger, Norway) and Niels Kueck (Lysaker, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow assurance digital avatar is provided that combines the simulation of fluid flow through a network of oilfield facilities including reservoirs, wells and pipelines, detection and visualization of possible flow-related issues and risks in the network of oilfield facilities, user evaluation of possible optimizations (what-if scenarios) in ...