Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining cumulative water flow on a grid-by-grid basis in a geocellular earth model
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Application No.: US15180832Application Date: 2016-06-13
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Publication No.: US10248743B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Mohamed Bouaouaja , Ahmed Alhuthali
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50 ; G01V99/00 ; G06F17/11 ; E21B43/00

Abstract:
Four-dimensional fluid flow data is received that is associated with a time dimension and I, J, and K dimensions. The four-dimensional fluid flow data includes, for each of plural time steps, a fluid flow amount for the respective time step and for a respective I, J, K cell. Using the four-dimensional fluid flow data and for each of plural time steps, a four-dimensional geocellular model is determined having I, J, K and t dimensions and indicating, for each I, J, K, t cell, an amount of a fluid flowing through the I, J, K cell for a respective time step t. A three-dimensional time-independent model is determined for the I, J, K cell. A two-dimensional time-independent model is determined that includes a cumulative fluid flow amount for each I, J cell.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170357739A1 DETERMINING CUMULATIVE WATER FLOW ON A GRID-BY-GRID BASIS IN A GEOCELLULAR EARTH MODEL Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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