Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system in a specific environment – Earth science
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-11
2010-12-28
Nghiem, Michael P (Department: 2863)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system in a specific environment
Earth science
C703S010000, C073S152050, C166S250020
Reexamination Certificate
active
07860654
ABSTRACT:
A method for reservoir simulation that includes applying fraction boundary conditions at a surface of a grid representing the subterranean reservoir, finding a rock state, representing initial rock displacements and porosity in the grid, that satisfies a first equation of VeNTGφe=V0NTGφ0=PV0, initializing the grid based on the rock state to generate an initialized grid, determining a set of rock displacements based on the initialized grid, and generating a simulation result based on the rock displacements, where an operation in the subterranean reservoir is performed based on the simulation result.
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Nghiem Michael P
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