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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2009
George Michael Shook, Houston, TX (US);
Kameron Monroe Mitchell, Riau, ID;
George Michael Shook, Houston, TX (US);
Kameron Monroe Mitchell, Riau, ID;
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed having application notably towards ranking earth models responsive to dynamic heterogeneity. A plurality of earth models representing a subsurface reservoir are provided. Streamline analysis for each of the plurality of earth models is conducted. Flow Capacity (F) vs. Storage Capacity (Φ) curves are constructed for each of the plurality of earth models based on the streamline analysis. Dynamic heterogeneity for each of the plurality of earth models is computed from the Flow Capacity (F) vs. Storage Capacity (Φ) curves constructed for each of the plurality of earth models. The plurality of earth models are ranked responsive to dynamic heterogeneity.