Inventor · Weston, CT, US

Benoit Couet

29Patents
14h-index
64Co-inventors
84Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 26, 1987 → Mar 26, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6880402B1 Deposition monitoring system Physics 64 Expired
US7908230B2 System, method, and apparatus for fracture design optimization Fixed Constructions 62 Active
US5551344A Method and apparatus for overbalanced perforating and fracturing in a borehole Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 56 Expired
US6775578B2 Optimization of oil well production with deference to reservoir and financial uncertainty Fixed Constructions 53 Expired
US7512543B2 Tools for decision-making in reservoir risk management Physics 39 Expired
US5539225A Accelerator-based methods and apparatus for measurement-while-drilling Physics 37 Expired
US7716029B2 Method for optimal gridding in reservoir simulation Physics 35 Active
US8005658B2 Automated field development planning of well and drainage locations Fixed Constructions 28 Active
US6886406B1 Downhole deposition monitoring system Physics 26 Expired
US8793111B2 Automated field development planning Fixed Constructions 23 Active
US4779353A Tool for measuring inclination and rotation Physics 21 Expired
US5790185A Video inspection or logging tool Physics 19 Expired
USRE36012E Accelerator-based methods and apparatus for measurement-while-drilling General 19 Expired
US8352227B2 System and method for performing oilfield simulation operations Fixed Constructions 14 Active
US8600717B2 Production optimization for oilfields using a mixed-integer nonlinear programming model Fixed Constructions 13 Active
US9031674B2 Lift-gas optimization with choke control Physics 7 Active
US8374834B2 Statistical method for analyzing the performance of oilfield equipment Physics 6 Active
US8073800B2 Valuing future information under uncertainty Physics 5 Active
US8670960B2 Proxy methods for expensive function optimization with expensive nonlinear constraints Physics 5 Active
US7112783B2 Neutron measurement method for determining porosity of a formation surrounding a borehole Physics 5 Expired
US9816353B2 Method of optimization of flow control valves and inflow control devices in a single well or a group of wells Fixed Constructions 5 Active
US10487649B2 Probabalistic modeling and analysis of hydrocarbon-containing reservoirs Fixed Constructions 3 Active
US7801707B2 Statistical method for analyzing the performance of oilfield equipment Physics 2 Active
US10989835B2 Methods and systems for calculating and evaluating value of information for reservoir fluid models derived from DFA tool data Fixed Constructions 2 Active
US9104823B2 Optimization with a control mechanism using a mixed-integer nonlinear formulation Physics 2 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.