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US 12,729,621 B2Granted
Visualization of directional influence of wells on correlation
AssigneeChevron U.S.A. Inc.
InventorsRobert Chadwick Holmes, Fabien J. Laugier
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Abstract
A well may be selected from a group of wells. Multiple scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well may be determined based on propagation of boundaries from other wells to the selected well. A visual representation of the multiple scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well may be provided based on spatial arrangement of the wells within the group of wells. A visual representation of the spatial arrangement of the wells within the group of wells may be provided.
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A system for visualizing directional influence of wells on linkage of geologic sections in different wells, the system comprising:
- one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
- obtain well information, the well information defining a group of wells within a region of interest, the group of wells including multiple wells, the multiple wells including a selected well, a first well, and a second well;
- obtain boundary information, the boundary information defining different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well, a given boundary including a geologic feature within a given well that separates two distinct geologic sections in the given well, a given boundary location including a location of the given boundary within the given well, a given scenario including a set of potential boundary locations within the given well from extension of boundaries in another well to the given well, wherein the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well are determined by extending boundaries of different ones of the wells in the group of wells to the selected well, further wherein a first scenario of boundary locations within the selected well is determined by extending boundaries of the first well to the selected well and a second scenario of boundary locations within the selected well is determined by extending boundaries of the second well to the selected well;
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- provide a visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well based on spatial arrangement of the other wells with respect to the selected well, the visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well visually indicating directional influence of the other wells on locations of boundaries extended to the selected well in the different scenarios of boundary locations, the visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations including visual elements that indicate from which directions the locations of boundaries within the selected well were extended.
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A method for visualizing directional influence of wells on linkage of geologic sections in different wells, the method comprising:
- obtaining well information, the well information defining a group of wells within a region of interest, the group of wells including multiple wells, the multiple wells including a selected well, a first well, and a second well;
- obtaining boundary information, the boundary information defining different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well, a given boundary including a geologic feature within a given well that separates two distinct geologic sections in the given well, a given boundary location including a location of the given boundary within the given well, a given scenario including a set of potential boundary locations within the given well from extension of boundaries in another well to the given well, wherein the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well are determined by extending boundaries of different ones of the wells in the group of wells to the selected well, further wherein a first scenario of boundary locations within the selected well is determined by extending boundaries of the first well to the selected well and a second scenario of boundary locations within the selected well is determined by extending boundaries of the second well to the selected well;
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- providing a visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well based on spatial arrangement of the other wells with respect to the selected well, the visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations within the selected well visually indicating directional influence of the other wells on locations of boundaries extended to the selected well in the different scenarios of boundary locations, the visual representation of the different scenarios of boundary locations including visual elements that indicate from which directions the locations of boundaries within the selected well were extended.
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