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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2001
Kyrre Bratvedt, Witney, GB;
Paul Childs, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Martha Crane, Abingdon, GB;
Frode Bratvedt, Asker, NO;
Rudi Olufsen, Abingdon, GB;
Kyrre Bratvedt, Witney, GB;
Paul Childs, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Martha Crane, Abingdon, GB;
Frode Bratvedt, Asker, NO;
Rudi Olufsen, Abingdon, GB;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of determining fluid flow in a volume containing two or more fluid components, including determining a pressure field for the volume. One or more streamlines are determined from the pressure field, and the fluid composition is solved for the fluid composition along the, or each, streamline. The pressure may also be solved along the, or each, streamline. The step of solving along the, or each, streamline may be performed using a finite difference technique.