Method of modelling a subsurface volume
US10324206B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 7, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/40
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed is a method monitoring changes in saturation of a subsurface volume. The method comprises: obtaining observed data of saturation behavior from the subsurface volume over time; using one or more models, obtaining simulated data of saturation behavior from the subsurface volume over time; and transforming each of the observed data and simulated data. The transformation is done such that in each case the data is described in terms of: a front location parameter, wherein a cell of the subsurface volume is attributed a value according to its location relative to a front of the fluid for which saturation is being monitored, and a sweep intensity parameter, wherein a cell of the subsurface volume is attributed a value according to either the observed saturation variation over a time period, or an estimated saturation variation over the time period, finally, a mismatch between saturation behavior in said transformed observed data and saturation behavior in said transformed simulated data over said time period is calculated.
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