Methods of determining front propagation within a subsurface volume
US10422926B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 6, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2111/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of determining front propagation within a subsurface volume such as a reservoir. The subsurface comprises a plurality of cells and at least one geological fault (210). The method comprises performing a fast marching algorithm so as to determine said front propagation in terms of the time of arrival of the front at a particular cell from one or more neighboring cells which make up the neighborhood of said particular cell. For each faulted cell (C) that is adjacent a geological fault, the neighborhood of the faulted cell is defined as comprising only its geometric neighbors (NS, NG cells and NG cells) where the geometric neighbors are those cells that are in contact with the faulted cell in a geometric sense, regardless of stratification.
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