Modeling dynamic systems by visualizing and narrowing a parameter space

D Li, T Sun, XH Wu, TA Chartrand, SL Lyons - US Patent 9,372,943, 2016 - Google Patents
A method for modeling a dynamic system (eg, geological system) comprises: constructing an
input parameter space for a model of the geological system, the input parameter space …

Method for quantifying reservoir connectivity using fluid travel times

D Li, XH Wu, T Sun, FJ Goulding, RM Stuart… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
The present application describes a method and system associated with the production of
hydrocarbons. In the method, fluid travel time models are constructed from a reservoir …

Method for predicting petroleum expulsion

CC Walters, H Freund, SR Kelemen, MD Ertas… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
A method for predicting petroleum production is provided. An exemplary embodiment of The
computer-implemented comprises computing a first approximation of an amount of …

Methods and systems for machine—learning based simulation of flow

A Usadi, D Li, R Parashkevov, SA Terekhov… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
There is provided a method for modeling a hydrocarbon reservoir that includes generating a
reservoir model that has a plurality of sub regions. A solution surrogate is obtained for a sub …

Systems and methods for building axes, co-axes and paleo-geographic coordinates related to a stratified geological volume

JL Mallet - US Patent 9,418,182, 2016 - Google Patents
A method and system for modeling a subsurface structure at a time when the structure was
originally formed. A first model having non-planar horizons representing a current …

Method for predicting composition of petroleum

CC Walters, HJ Freund, SR Kelemen… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
A method for predicting petroleum expulsion. A chemical structure of a kerogen is defined
and a plurality of reaction products of the kerogen under geologic heating rates are …

Dynamic connectivity analysis

ME Meurer, PJ Vrolijk, ML Sweet, JW Snedden… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
Methods, computer-readable mediums, and systems analyze hydrocarbon production data
from a subsurface region to determine geologic time scale reservoir connectivity and …

Fault removal in geological models

K Ghayour, L Bi, X Wu - US Patent 10,036,829, 2018 - Google Patents
Method for transforming a discontinuous, faulted subsurface reservoir into a continuous, fault-
free space where a complete geological model based on selected geological concepts can …

Variable discretization method for flow simulation on complex geological models

Y Yang, L Bi, W Guo, R Parashkevov, X Wu - US Patent 9,626,466, 2017 - Google Patents
A variable discretization method for general multiphase flow simulation in a producing
hydrocarbon reservoir. For subsurface regions for which a regular or Voronoi computational …

Method and system for stabilizing formulation methods

Y Yang, X Wu - US Patent 10,083,254, 2018 - Google Patents
A method is presented for modeling reservoir properties. The method includes an auxiliary
time-step** procedure of the reservoir between an old time and a new time, and …