Michael Brandon Costello

US Patent:

8276661, Oct 2, 2012

Filed:

Oct 13, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/250393

Inventors:

Michael Costello - Katy TX, US
Harold J. Vinegar - Bellaire TX, US

Assignee:

Shell Oil Company - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 43/24
E21B 36/02

US Classification:

166260, 166 58, 166257, 166302

Abstract:

A method of heating a portion of a subsurface formation includes drawing fuel on a fuel carrier through an opening formed in the formation. Oxidant is supplied to the fuel at one or more locations in the opening. The fuel is combusted with the oxidant to provide heat to the formation.

US Patent:

20210089897, Mar 25, 2021

Filed:

Aug 25, 2020

Appl. No.:

17/002161

Inventors:

- 77041 TX, US
Yasser Mosaad Ahmed MOHAMED - Spring TX, US
Orlando DE JESUS - Frisco TX, US
Michael COSTELLO - Katy TX, US

International Classification:

G06N 3/08
G06N 3/04

Abstract:

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to using artificial intelligence for high-resolution earth modeling. Embodiments include receiving training data, comprising: wellbore attributes relating to a plurality of depth points; and adjacent waveform data relating to a first plurality of directions with respect to each depth point of the plurality of depth points. Embodiments include providing at least a subset of the training data as inputs to a machine learning model. Embodiments include receiving outputs from the machine learning model based on the inputs. Embodiments include iteratively adjusting parameters of the machine learning model based on the outputs and the training data.

US Patent:

20150071034, Mar 12, 2015

Filed:

Jul 26, 2012

Appl. No.:

14/235643

Inventors:

Peter Berkeley Wills - Calgary, CA
Michael Scott Costello - Katy TX, US
Jorge Louis Lopez - Bellaire TX, US
Kurang Jvalant Mehta - Sugar Land TX, US

International Classification:

G01V 1/28
G01V 1/42

US Classification:

367 25, 367 38

Abstract:

A method for collecting information about a subsurface region, comprises a) providing a set of data comprising a plurality of scattered signals, where each scattered signal is a portion of an acoustic seismic signal that has been scattered by and at least one scatterer and received at a receiver, b) using spatial deconvolution to process the scattered signals so as generate a coherent arrival, and c) using the coherent arrival to output human readable information about the subsurface region. The receiver may be a geophone or a fiber optic distributed acoustic sensor and may be in a borehole or at the surface. The acoustic seismic signal may originate at the surface or below the surface and may be an active or passive source.