Seismic-scale reservoir simulation of giant subsurface reservoirs using GPU-accelerated linear equation systems
US8437999B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2011 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2111/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer-based system performs iterative linear solution of giant systems of linear equations with the computational acceleration capabilities of GPU's (Graphical Processing Units). Processing is performed in a heterogeneous (hybrid) computer environment composed of both computer data processing units (CPU's) and GPU's. The computational acceleration in processing provides an order of magnitude speed improvement over other methodology which utilizes only CPU's. The present invention enables reservoir studies to be carried out within time constraints, and real-time reservoir simulations to be made while keeping pace with online data acquisition.
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