Fault Representation
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsStephen Freeman, Stephen Grenfell, Simon Harris
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Abstract
A method can include mapping a stairstepped grid to a surface where the stairstepped grid and the surface represent a discontinuity in a geologic environment; based at least in part on the mapping, adjusting properties associated with the stairstepped grid to compensate for spatial discrepancies between the stairstepped grid and the surface; and simulating flow in the geologic environment using the stairstepped grid and the adjusted properties.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- mapping a stairstepped grid to a surface wherein the stairstepped grid and the surface represent a discontinuity in a geologic environment;
- based at least in part on the mapping, adjusting properties associated with the stairstepped grid to compensate for spatial discrepancies between the stairstepped grid and the surface;
- and
- simulating flow in the geologic environment using the stairstepped grid and the adjusted properties.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- memory operatively coupled to the processor;
- and
- one or more modules that comprise processor-executable instructions stored in the memory to instruct the system, the instructions comprising instructions to
- map a stairstepped grid to a surface wherein the stairstepped grid and the surface represent a discontinuity in a geologic environment;
- based at least in part on mapping of the stairstepped grid to the surface, adjust properties associated with the stairstepped grid to compensate for spatial discrepancies between the stairstepped grid and the surface;
- and
- simulate flow in the geologic environment using the stairstepped grid and the adjusted properties.
One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions to instruct a computer, the instructions comprising instructions to:
- map a stairstepped grid to a surface wherein the stairstepped grid and the surface represent a discontinuity in a geologic environment;
- based at least in part on mapping of the stairstepped grid to the surface, adjust properties associated with the stairstepped grid to compensate for spatial discrepancies between the stairstepped grid and the surface;
- and
- simulate flow in the geologic environment using the stairstepped grid and the adjusted properties.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.