125 results about "Development plan" patented technology

A method of managing a fluid or gas reservoir is disclosed which assimilates diverse data having different acquisition time scales and spatial scales of coverage for iteratively producing a reservoir development plan that is used for optimizing an overall performance of a reservoir. The method includes: (a) generating an initial reservoir characterization, (b) from the initial reservoir characterization, generating an initial reservoir development plan, (c) when the reservoir development plan is generated, incrementally advancing and generating a capital spending program, (d) when the capital spending program is generated, monitoring a performance of the reservoir by acquiring high rate monitor data from a first set of data measurements taken in the reservoir and using the high rate monitor data to perform well-regional and field-reservoir evaluations, (e) further monitoring the performance of the reservoir by acquiring low rate monitor data from a second set of data measurements taken in the reservoir, (f) assimilating together the high rate monitor data and the low rate monitor data, (g) from the high rate monitor data and the low rate monitor data, determining when it is necessary to update the initial reservoir development plan to produce a newly updated reservoir development plan, (h) when necessary, updating the initial reservoir development plan to produce the newly updated reservoir development plan, and (i) when the newly updated reservoir development plan is produced, repeating steps (c) through (h). A detailed disclosure is provided herein relating to the step (a) for generating the initial reservoir characterization and the step (b) for generating the initial reservoir development plan.

An autonomous dispatch system links positioning-system units mounted on mining and haulage equipment to a computerized mine development plan for ascertaining the origin of mined material and directing its disposition according to a predetermined downstream-processing plan. A destination signal is automatically communicated to the haulage vehicle, which is then autonomously guided to the correct destination and tracked until the load is released after arrival. If the haulage vehicle is manually operated, the destination signal and the vehicle's progress toward it are preferably also displayed on a monitor for the operator's information and use. The system may further include hardware for blocking the release of a load from the haulage vehicle until and unless the vehicle has reached the prescribed destination.

A novel method is presented to automatically design a multi-well development plan given a set of previously interpreted subsurface targets. This method identifies the optimal plan by minimizing the total cost as a function of existing and required new platforms, the number of wells, and the drilling cost of each of the wells. The cost of each well is a function of the well path and the overall complexity of the well

An interactive computer-implemented apparatus and method for capturing and monitoring performance in a call center, and for promoting competition in productivity and quality metrics among employees comprising: a relational database, for use by all employees in the call center, comprising a competencies module defining competency requirements for each job in the call center, an individual employee development plan module linked to the competencies module a performance appraisal module for automatically calculating an overall performance rating for each employee, and a query and reporting facility, a database of employee demographic information, functional knowledge database comprising pre-defined employee functional knowledge elements required across all job codes of the call center organization; a competencies database comprising the organization's pre-defined employee competencies, the competencies linked to strategic goals of the call center organization, each competency assigned one or more proficiency levels, each proficiency level comprising one or pre-defined milestones, each job code assigned a targeted competency proficiency level; a development plan database for capture of employee-inputted development goals for one or more competencies, development goals selected from milestones per the competencies database, the selected development goals reviewed by a supervisor; a performance appraisal database for capture of the employee's supervisor-inputted performance ratings for a specified period, the performance ratings comprising distinct components of quality, productivity, and behavior, the behavior component further comprising a development rating, the development rating based on the employee's attainment of one or more employee's development goals per the development plan database, the rating for each component assigned a weight, the weight being a percentage of the maximum merit increase rate, the overall performance rating being the sum of the performance ratings for each component, the overall performance rating used to calculate the employee's merit increase, a periodic performance review database for capture of supervisor-inputted information from periodic performance reviews held with an employee, and a reports facility comprising instructions enabling administrators, employees, and supervisors to query one or more databases, the reports facility generating viewable and printable reports on-demand.

The invention relates to a method of performing a gas operation of an oilfield having a subterranean formation with at least one reservoir positioned therein. The method steps include modeling the gas operation of the oilfield using a multi-domain simulator by coupling a static model of the subterranean formation, a dynamic model of the subterranean formation, and a well model, wherein the multi-domain simulator comprises the static model, the dynamic model, and the well model, defining a development plan for the gas operation based on the modeling, and performing gas injection according to the development plan.

A business and software method to cost-effectively optimize product and/or service development portfolios, to reduce time to market, and to better integrate and align product or service strategy with brand strategy. The business and software method includes defining in detail the product and service attributes that characterize the ideal customer experience, categorizing the attributes, assigning a numerical value of importance to the attributes, and applying those values to statistical analysis of each assessed product development initiative in terms of alignment with ideal experience and potential competitive impact relative to the resources and risks required to bring each initiative to market. A prioritization for product development resource allocation is developed based upon these analyses. The prioritization is presented in the form of decision intelligence tools for an organization to use and reach informed judgments concerning resource allocation to develop, maintain, or optimize a given product or service portfolio. The decision intelligence tools serve to improve business performance, increase market impact, and build brand equity for products and services of a given organization by improving alignment between what the organization promises customers and what it actually delivers.

A system and method for organizational risk based on personnel planning factors is provided. Each employee has an employee profile data area that is used to store planning data and actual data corresponding to the employee. Planning data includes risk analysis data, compensation data, and development planning data. Actual data includes current compensation data and performance data. Inhibitors and motivators corresponding to employees is used to determine a flight risk that pertains to the employee. A contribution level, corresponding to the employee's contribution to the organization, is analyzed along with the flight risk to determine a risk quadrant that is assigned to the employee. Managers can select a risk quadrant and obtain information about common inhibitors and motivators. Incentive data, such as stock options, compensation, and awards, is planned in light of an employee's risk quadrant in order to motivate high contributors to remain with the organization.

Provided is a software development production management system, which is enhanced in reliability by reducing a difference between an evaluation of an actual development and a formed plan. A management database (3) holds both development process component data necessary to model a development process of software and estimation parameter data used to estimate a development plan of the software. A software development production management device (1) defines a software development process to be managed by consulting the development process component data held in the management database (3), and uses the estimation parameter data to create a software development plan from the defined software development process. Further, the software development production management device (1) compares and evaluates, upon completion of the software development, an actually performed development process and the previously created software development plan, and makes a correction to the estimation parameter data as needed to feed details of the actually conducted software development back to the next development plan.

a method and apparatus is disclosed for scheduling construction projects based on the available finance using integer programming. This method renders CPM/PERT schedules of construction projects executable using bank overdrafts of specified credit limits. Conveniently, the method is organized in three stages; input preparation, schedule extension, and model formulation. Input preparation stage supports preparing CPM/PERT schedule and financial data of the project. Schedule extension stage supports developing a scheme for schedule extension. The scheme is a framework of the original schedule that allows a definite extension increment in the critical path of the CPM. Model formulation stage supports building an integer programming model for the scheme and involves the components of formulating an objective function, setting constraints, and searching for a model solution. The model solution determines the activities' shifts that fulfill the constraints of the specified credit limit while minimizing the schedule extension. A search for a solution of the model is performed. If no solution is found, a repetition of the last two stages of the method is performed after allowing longer extension increment.

A planning system for developing new products includes resource and projected financial performance information as inputs. By selecting various combinations of possible new products to develop, a planner can determine a product mix that maximizes future profits as well as can actually be implemented using available resources. A product development schedule is generated along with projected financial information.

The invention provides a user-side distributed energy power generation management system. The user-side distributed energy power generation management system comprises an online monitoring subsystem and an information publishing subsystem which are connected through an isolation device. The information publishing subsystem is mainly used for Web displaying for relevant enterprises and the societal public. The online monitoring subsystem is responsible for acquisition, collection, monitoring and analysis of real-time data such as electric energy data, electric energy quality, environmental data, equipment working conditions and the like of distributed power generation projects. The system can acquire real-time power generation data of the distributed energy power generation projects within a certain range, provide technical services such as monitoring, analysis, evaluation, grid connection, information publishing and the like for users, achieve concentrated digital supervision of the distributed energy power generation projects, and provide technical support and data support for the government to carry out the low-carbon and energy-saving strategy and make and implement the clean energy development plan and related policies.

A system and method for personnel management collaboration is provided. Each employee has an employee profile data area that is used to store planning data and actual data corresponding to the employee. Planning data includes risk analysis data, compensation data, and development planning data. Actual data includes current compensation data and performance data. A management team may have a common project manager with many department managers. The project manager selects employees normally included in the project manager's view, such as the department managers, and excludes them to form a new view in order to protect the confidentiality of the department manager's data. The new view can be shared amongst the department managers without compromising confidentiality. Employee data pertaining to employees reporting to the department managers is still included in the view for collaborative management meetings and online discussions. Changes to employee data are visible to all of the managers.

The invention belongs to the petroleum exploration field and relates to a seismic recognition method of low-order strike-slip faults in complex structural areas. The seismic recognition method of the low-order strike-slip faults in the complex structural areas includes the following steps that: post-stack seismic data quality is analyzed; processing is carried out to obtain an advantageous frequency division phase band; processing is carried out to obtain Sobel operators in main directions; processing is carried out to Sobel operators in arbitrary directions; a multi-direction lower-order strike-slip fault system is extracted; and the reliability of the low-order strike-slip faults is verified. The method of the invention is suitable for seismic recognition and verification reliability of lower-order strike slip faults in any complex structural belts and can directly reflect the combination modes and spatial locations of lower-order strike-slip faults on a plane; and the method is an effective measure to determine low-order hidden faults in low signal-to-noise ratio and low-frequency seismic data areas and can provide an important basis for re-understanding of hidden fault oil control rules, reservation and production improvement, development plan deployment and adjustment in complex structural oil and gas fields or fault block oil and gas fields.

The invention relates to the field of energy power planning and discloses an energy power planning method suitable for development of high-proportion renewable energy. The method comprises the following steps of obtaining related data of current situation and development of a power supply, related data of current situation and development of a power grid, related data of generation energy resourceendowment and related data of an energy power development policy, obtaining maximum load data in a planning period, and obtaining a wind speed, illumination intensity and annual hourly load data in the planning period; building a wind-light load joint scene set through clustering; building a multi-regional and multi-scene energy power development planning model; solving the planning model; and determining power supply construction, a power flow scheme and run statistics. According to the energy power planning method, on the basis of a multi-regional and multi-scene research idea, the multi-regional interconnection development planning research requirements can be met; moderate coupling of energy power planning and operation can also be met through a multi-scene mode; the development planning research practicality of high-proportion renewable energy power is improved; and scientific decision-making of the energy power development department is facilitated.

The invention provides an atmospheric environment capacity calculation method. The method comprises the following steps of: setting a staged environment protection target; setting different emission reduction situations by taking a fact that a pollutant environment concentration achieves the staged environment protection target as a constraint condition and combining a total pollutant amount emission reduction index requirement; carrying out environment effect simulation by utilizing an air quality model and a receptor model; and calculating a permissible total emission amount of atmospheric pollutants which satisfy an environment quality target and a total emission reduction amount index. The method has the beneficial effects of comprehensively considering dynamic changes of factors suchas meteorological resources of different seasons, production characteristics and pollution source emission manners of various industries and future development plans so as to realize optimal configuration of atmospheric environment capacity resources, determining that emission performance standards of various industries can represent the present advanced technological level so as to urge process reform and develop in the direction of energy-saving, low-emission and clean production, and considering source control and end treatment of pollutants so as to provide economic and technological feasibility and operability on the basis of satisfying environmental objectives.

Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the computer implemented method evaluates the sustainability of land development plan. The computer implemented method applies sustainability data to the land planning and engineering design elements of a land development plan to generate sustainability measures. These sustainability measures may include environmental impacts such as carbon footprints, energy consumption, and increased storm water runoff. In addition, the computer implemented method estimates the costs involved in investing in sustainable land development and construction, provides a cost benefit analysis, compares the sustainability of numerous land development plans, and calculates the near and long term effects of sustainable land development on a land site. This real time analysis will allow developers, municipalities, and residents to quantify land planning decisions without expending significant time and money in a cumbersome land planning process.

Systems and methods for determining land use development potential are provided, including a graphical user interface for real-time analysis. The systems and methods further implement search functions and real-time feedback and recommendations for real-time adjustment of a proposed land use development plan to ensure compliance with environmental and regulatory information.

The invention relates to a county region based resource environment carrying capacity evaluation method. The method comprises the following steps: determining evaluation indexes; according to a grading standard of each evaluation index, determining an index evaluation threshold of each evaluation index; by use of a formula shown in the descriptions, solving a multi-index integrated evaluation value; and according to a preset multi-index integrated evaluation value grading standard, determining an early warning degree of a county region resource environment carrying capacity. According to the method provided by the embodiment of the invention, single-index evaluation is carried out from multiple aspects, then multiple indexes are comprehensively considered for integrated evaluation, the accuracy and the reliability are higher, and a better guidance effect is exhibited in formulation of an economic and social development plan.