International Business Machines Corporation

Repsol, S.a.

Shell Oil Comapny

Columbia University

Petrogal Brasil S.a.

Resol S a

Ulisses Mello

Mohamed Ahmed Hegazy

Sonia Mariette Embid Droz

Lior Horesh

Andrew R Conn

Ruben Rodriguez Torrado

Eduardo Rocha Rodrigues

David Echeverria Ciaurri

Jose Maria Segura Serra

Gijs Van Essen

Lucas Correia Villa Real

Roger N Anderson

Renato Fontoura De Gusmao Cerqueira

Bianca Zadrozny

Albert Boulanger

Kiran Mantripragada

Bruno Da Costa Flach

Wei He

Marcos Rodrigues Vieira

Paula Aida Sesini

Hilario Martin Rodriguez

Cicero Nogueira Dos Santos

Eduardo Antonio Arismendi Jimenez

Eduardo Antonio Jimenez Arismendi

Mookanahallipatna Ramasesha Lakshmikantha

Elena Margarita Alvarez Escobar

Maria Jose Lopez Perez-Valiente

Sippe Douma

Christos J Georgiou

Claudius Feger

Ankur Narang

Lloyd Alan Treinish

Sergio Borger

Carmen Nilda Mena Paz

Emilio Ashton Vital Brazil

Nicole Barbosa Sultanum

Rodrigo Da Silva Ferreira

Elena Novakovskaia

Kamal Das

Joana De Noronha Ribeiro De Almeida

Davi M Valladao

Giorgio De Paola

Pablo Enrique Vargas Mendoza

Dario Sergio Cersosimo

Liqing Xu

Roberto Federico Ausas

Nubia Aurora Gonzalez Molano

Leonardo Pondian Tizzei

Astrid De Jesus Torres Fernandez

Freddy Ernesto Mackay Espindola

Rafael Horschutz Nemoto

Maria J B Moura

Gijs Michiel Van Essen

Sippe Geert Douma

Alexandre Pfeifer

Jonas Cordazzo

Leopoldo Luis Cabo Penna Franca

Jody Winston

Liquing Xu

Wendell Wiggins

Lashmikantha Mookanahallipatna Ramasesha

Leonardo Silveira De Albuquerque Martins

Mohamed Hegazy

David Echevarria Ciaurri

David ECHEVERRÍA Ciaurri

Rubén Rodriguez Torrado

Storing and retrieving subsurface rock physical property models for well drilling by generating estimated subsurface rock physical property models based on a respective set of seismic data, determining a stratigraphic classification for each model based on seismic interpretation data; storing the models associated classification in a database, determining characteristics of the seismic data used to generate the models, selecting from the database a subset of the models based on a similarity of the stratigraphic classification, determining measures of similarity between the characteristics of the seismic data used to generate each of subset of the models and a new set of seismic data and retrieving an estimated subsurface rock physical property model from the subset models based on the similarity measures.

Storage and retrieval of subsurface rock physical property prediction models using seismic interpretation

A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for integrating plural modalities of information to obtain values for a specified attribute of a given system. In one embodiment, the method comprises acquiring data of a first modality, conveying a first source of data of a first type of the system; configuring simulator with settings of physical sensors; acquiring data of a second modality from the system, conveying a second source of data of a second type of the system. The method further comprises converting the data of the second modality to data of the first type, while configuring a virtual set of sensors to enable acquisition of the converted data of the second modality; and configuring adjoints equipped simulator with settings of the virtual sensors, to mimic collection of data of the first type, while configured to measure data of second type.

Virtual sensing for adjoint based incorporation of supplementary data sources

A system, method and computer program product for assessing field development plans selected based on a stochastic response surface, preferably, for hydrocarbon reservoir production. Assessment begins by assessing uncertainty associated with multiple decision variable configurations. A subset of realizations is selected. An individual surrogate is constructed for each subset realization. A reduced representative realization subset is determined, where the reduced subset is representative of the behavior/performance of all realizations of decision variable configurations.

Field development plan selection system, method and program product

A system, method and program product for managing hydrocarbon energy production. A hydrocarbon field modeler models physical characteristics of a hydrocarbon energy field. A load predictor predicts processing workload in modeling the hydrocarbon energy field, and identifying a balanced modeling unit distribution across multiple processors simulating field production. A load distribution unit distributes the modeling units across the processors for a balanced modeling unit distribution. The load predictor and load distribution unit proactively shifts loads to maintain workload balanced throughout the simulation.

Managing hydrocarbon energy production while proactively maintaining a balanced workload

A method, system and computer program product for integrating plural modalities of information to obtain values for a specified attribute of a given system. In one embodiment, data of a first modality, conveying a first source of data of a first type of the system is acquired; a simulator is configured with settings of physical sensors; and data of a second modality from the system, conveying a second source of data of a second type of the system is acquired. The data of the second modality is converted to data of the first type, while configuring a virtual set of sensors to enable acquisition of the converted data of the second modality; and an adjoints equipped simulator is configured with settings of the virtual sensors, to mimic collection of data of the first type, while configured to measure data of the second type.

Virtual sensing for adjoint based incorporation of supplementary data sources in inversion

A pollution source detection system, includes an automated vehicle including a position sensor that detects a geographic position of the automated vehicle and at least one pollution detection sensor that measures a concentration of pollution at the automated vehicle. The pollution source detection system includes a back-end system. The back-end system includes a network interface that receives the geographic position and the concentration of the pollution from the automated vehicle. The back-end system includes a database that stores the geographic position and the concentration of the pollution received via the network interface. The back-end system includes a processor that measures a gradient of the concentration of the pollution and controls a movement of the automated vehicle based on the gradient to guide the automated vehicle toward a source of the pollution.

System and method for tracking pollution

A system, method and a computer program product may be provided for characterizing natural resource subsurface attributes and compositions. The system prescribes alterations of one or more controls of a natural resource. The system applies the altered controls to the natural resource wells. The system collects measurement data of the natural resource wells that responds to the applied altered controls. The system determines, based on the collected measurement data, the natural resource subsurface attributes and compositions that pertain to the natural resource.

Induced control excitation for enhanced reservoir flow characterization

Conventional computational simulation and inversion of subsurface flow is expensive, which is wasteful in terms of time and energy consumption. The present invention discloses a process for implementation of mathematical techniques such as forward simulation, sensitivity analysis, and inversion to physical microstructure models for subsurface fluid simulation. This process not only offers accurate and reliable results, but also is cost effective.

Tunable miniaturized physical subsurface model for simulation and inversion

In one embodiment, a technique is provided to cluster model prior realizations into flow-equivalent sets. Thereby, far fewer representatives are identified from each cluster that can still predict the same range of future production reliably. Only representatives of each realization cluster that indicate unique forecasts will undergo the computationally expensive process of history matching.

Reduced space clustering representatives and its application to long term prediction

A infrastructure sensitivity centric weather forecast system, method of forecasting weather and a computer program product therefor. A forecasting computer applies a grid to a forecast area, locates infrastructure, e.g. power grid infrastructure, in the area and determines weather effects on infrastructure in each grid cell. A targeted selection module iteratively identifies grid cells for refinement in response to the weather effects on cell infrastructure. In each iteration a refined grid is applied to each grid cell identified as containing infrastructure that may be sensitive, or vulnerable, to expected weather. The forecasting computer refines the area considered to focus on area infrastructure and sensitivities/vulnerabilities to expected weather.

System, method and program product for providing infrastructure centric weather forecasts

A system, method and a computer program product for to determining energy production controls for a given subterranean hydrocarbon (oil) field production and more particularly to specifying controls for sustaining optimal field production (by means of a plateau-like profile over time).

Selecting and optimizing oil field controls for production plateau

A system, method and computer program product for generating well location plans and field development plans assessing and ranking the potential of the different plans with a small number of parameters or initial conditions, thus considerably reducing the decision time for taking a particular strategy when compared with the techniques described in the art.

Production strategy plans assesment method, system and program product

The present disclosure relates generally to methods, systems and computer program storage devices for generating a response to flooding. In one specific example, the present disclosure relates to methods, systems and computer program storage devices for generating one or more operational responses to flooding.

Methods, systems and computer program storage devices for generating a response to flooding

A system, method and computer program product for generating scenarios of hydrocarbon reservoirs based on limited amount of information on a target hydrocarbon reservoir, and more particularly to automatically supplying missing parameters and uncertainty associated with each supplied parameter allowing to valuating the target hydrocarbon reservoir.

Generating hydrocarbon reservoir scenarios from limited target hydrocarbon reservoir information

Assessing the impact of existing fractures and faults for reservoir management, in one aspect, may comprise employing a numerical mesh to generate a geomechanical model, the numerical mesh representing a geological reservoir and its surrounding regions, the numerical mesh comprising delimitation associated with regions and layering of geology without constraining the numerical mesh to explicitly represent a fault or fracture, initializing the geomechanical model to define initial stress-strain compatible with measured stress in well locations associated with the geological reservoir, generating a fluid-flow model employing the numerical mesh, solving for a coupled solution of the fluid-flow model and the geomechanical model, and employing the solved fluid-flow model and the geomechanical model to assess the impact.

Method to assess the impact of existing fractures and faults for reservoir management

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