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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2012
Applicants:

Sebastien Bruno Strebelle, San Francisco, CA (US);

Claude Edward Cavelius, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sebastien Bruno Strebelle, San Francisco, CA (US);

Claude Edward Cavelius, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G01V 99/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 99/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer system and a computer-implemented method for optimizing the number of conditioning data used in multiple point statistics simulation. The method includes inputting a training image representative of subsurface geological heterogeneity; and inputting an initial conservative number of conditioning data. The method further includes selecting a geometry of a template wherein a size of the template is defined by the conservative number of conditioning data; building a search tree using the template by scanning the training image with the template and storing data patterns present in the training image in the search tree to obtain a plurality of patterns; and determining a threshold number of conditioning data smaller than the initial conservative number of conditioning data beyond which estimated facies probabilities are not significantly modified by additional number of conditioning data.


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