Gridless volumetric computation
AssigneeLandmark Graphics Corporation
InventorsGenbao Shi, Raquel Medina, Sebastien Bruno Strebelle
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a method for computing, by a volume data processor, volumetrics of a subsurface region without gridlines associated with the subsurface region comprises creating, in the volume data processor, a geometry representing the subsurface region and first bounding box about the geometry, computing a first probability that a group of sampled points inside the first bounding box are inside the geometry, and computing a gross rock volume (GRV) of the geometry by multiplying the first probability by a volume of the first bounding box.
Claims20
A method for computing, by a volume data processor, volumetrics of a subsurface region without gridlines associated with the subsurface region, comprising:
- creating, in the volume data processor, a geometry representing the subsurface region and first bounding box about the geometry;
- computing a first probability that a group of sampled points inside the first bounding box are inside the geometry;
- and
- computing a gross rock volume (GRV) of the geometry by multiplying the first probability by a volume of the first bounding box.
A volume data processor comprising program code configured to compute volumetrics of a subsurface region without gridlines associated with the subsurface region, the program code executable on one or more processors, the program code comprising:
- instructions to create, in the volume data processor, a geometry representing the subsurface region and first bounding box about the geometry;
- instructions to compute a first probability that a group of sampled points inside the first bounding box are inside the geometry;
- and
- instructions to compute a gross rock volume (GRV) of the geometry by multiplying the first probability by a volume of the first bounding box.
One or more non-transitory, machine-readable media including program code configured to compute volumetrics of a subsurface region without gridlines associated with the subsurface region, the program code executable by a volume data processor, the program code comprising:
- instructions to create, in the volume data processor, a geometry representing the subsurface region and first bounding box about the geometry;
- instructions to compute a first probability that a group of sampled points inside the first bounding box are inside the geometry;
- and
- instructions to compute a gross rock volume (GRV) of the geometry by multiplying the first probability by a volume of the first bounding box.
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