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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2015
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Freeman, Leeds, GB;

Stephen Grenfell, Leeds, GB;

Simon Harris, Leeds, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 99/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 99/005 (2013.01);
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.


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