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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2008
Joseph Martin Hovadik, San Leandro, CA (US);
Julian Thorne, Orange, CA (US);
David K. Larue, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Joseph Martin Hovadik, San Leandro, CA (US);
Julian Thorne, Orange, CA (US);
David K. Larue, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of locating resources in a reservoir that includes at least one injection well and at least one production well includes mapping a modeled permeability characteristic of structures making up the reservoir, computing, based on the modeled permeability characteristic, an indicator of flow velocity for streamlines from each production well, computing, based on the modeled permeability characteristic, an indicator of flow velocity for streamlines from each injection well, and combining the indicators of flow velocity from each production and injection well to characterize a sweep efficiency of the reservoir system.