Benoit Couet
29Patents
14h-index
64Co-inventors
84Inventor score
Filing activity: Mar 26, 1987 → Mar 26, 2015
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.