Method and system for parallel simulation models

A system for modeling reservoir properties, comprising:

• a non-transitory storage medium comprising a representation of a reservoir model;
• a plurality of computational nodes operatively coupled by a communications network, each computational node of the plurality of computational nodes comprising a plurality of core processors and a shared memory accessible to the plurality of core processors;
• a machine readable medium comprising code configured to assign computational tasks to the plurality of computational nodes for the execution of a reservoir simulation based, at least in part, on the reservoir model;
• wherein a computational node in the plurality of computational nodes comprises code configured to:
• execute the computational tasks assigned to the computational node;
• send a migration request from the computational node in the plurality of computational nodes to other computational nodes in the plurality of computational nodes when the computational node finishes executing the allocated computational tasks, the migration request configured to request migration of a movable task from the other computational nodes to the computational node, wherein the computational node communicates the migration request via the communications network to the other computational nodes;
• and
• receive the movable task from at least one of the other computational nodes;
• and
• wherein the reservoir model is useful for inferring a behavior of a real hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir from the performance of the simulation model.

A non-transitory, computer readable medium comprising code configured to direct a processor to:

• generate one or more working threads configured to perform a set of computational tasks corresponding to a reservoir simulation;
• generate a task collection configured to hold the set of computational tasks, wherein the working threads are configured to receive computational tasks from the task collection and send new tasks to the task collection;
• send a migration request to two or more computational nodes when the working threads finish executing the computational tasks in the task collection, the migration request configured to request migration of a movable task from the two or more computational nodes, wherein the migration request is sent via a network to the two or more computational nodes;
• and
• receive a movable task from at least one of the two or more computational nodes and add the movable task to the task collection;
• wherein the reservoir model is useful for inferring a behavior of a real hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir from the performance of the simulation model.