Reservoir fluid geodynamic system and method for reservoir characterization and modeling

US10746017B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Youxiang Zuo · Sugar Land, US
• Kang-Huai Wang · Saratoga, US
• Andrew E. Pomerantz · Lexington, US
• Soraya S. Betancourt Pocaterra · Katy, US
• Jerimiah Forsythe · Cambridge, US
• Cosan Ayan · İstanbul, TR
• Hadrien Dumont · Paris, FR
• Vinay K. Mishra · Katy, US
• Jesus Alberto Canas · Katy, US
• Daniel M. Tetzlaff · Houston, US
• Anish Kumar · Waggaman, US
• Vladislav Achourov · Stavanger, NO
• Thomas Pfeiffer · Kumhausen, DE
• Shu Pan · Sugar Land, US
• Yi Chen · Sugar Land, US
• Armin I. Kauerauf · Aachen, DE
• Oliver C. Mullins · Ridgefield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 26, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 18, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21B47/10
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A method includes receiving first fluid property data from a first location in a hydrocarbon reservoir and receiving second fluid property data from a second location in the hydrocarbon reservoir. The method includes performing a plurality of realizations of models of the hydrocarbon reservoir according to a respective plurality of one or more plausible dynamic processes to generate one or more respective modeled fluid properties. The method includes selecting the one or more plausible dynamic processes based at least in part on a relationship between the first fluid property data, the second fluid property data, and the modeled fluid properties obtained from the realizations to identify potential disequilibrium in the hydrocarbon reservoir.