Method for exploitation of a subterranean medium in accordance with an exploitation scheme defined by an optimized representation
US10416350B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/205
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention is a method for exploiting a subterranean medium, according to an exploitation scheme defined on a representation of the medium based on a two-dimensional grid representing the subterranean medium. The quality of the mesh cells of the grid is optimized by displacing the nodes of the grid by a procedure for minimizing the deformation of the grid by generating a reference grid; imposing a displacement of at least one node, termed a rigid node, of the reference grid on a corresponding node in the grid to be optimized; and constructing an optimized two-dimensional grid by displacement of the other nodes of the reference grid, while minimizing the displacement field of the nodes.
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