Saturation end-point adjustment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9910173-B2
Application number	US-201414535004-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2014
Priority date	Nov 15, 2013
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

A method can include receiving fluid saturation data for fluid saturation parameters associated with permeabilities of a multidimensional spatial model of a geologic environment; adjusting at least a portion of the fluid saturation data to provide adjusted fluid saturation data by optimizing a quadratic function subject to linear constraints; and simulating flow of fluid using the adjusted fluid saturation data for fluid saturation parameters associated with permeabilities and the multidimensional spatial model of the geologic environment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing system implemented method comprising:
receiving, in a computing system, fluid saturation data for fluid saturation parameters associated with permeabilities of a multidimensional spatial model of a geologic environment wherein the multidimensional spatial model comprises a grid cell model that comprises a plurality of grid cells;
identifying, using the computing system, grid cells of the grid cell model that violate at least one criterion that depends on at least two different fluid saturation parameters;
adjusting, using the computing system, at least a portion of the fluid saturation data for at least a portion of the identified grid cells to provide adjusted fluid saturation data by optimizing a quadratic function of different fluid saturation parameters subject to linear constraints wherein at least one of the linear constraints depends on at least two different fluid saturation parameters; and
simulating, using the computing system, flow of fluid using the adjusted fluid saturation data for fluid saturation parameters associated with permeabilities and the multidimensional spatial model of the geologic environment.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the fluid saturation data comprise end-point values.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the adjusted fluid saturation data comprise adjusted end-point values.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the fluid saturation data comprise directional fluid saturation data that comprise drainage data and imbibition data.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the simulating flow of fluid comprises running a reservoir simulator.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the adjusted fluid saturation data comprise data for an approximated equilibrium state.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the adjusting comprises solving a quadratic programming problem wherein the quadratic function comprises a quadratic cost function subject to the linear constraints.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the linear constraints comprise mass balance constraints.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the simulating comprises inner iterations and outer iterations associated with linear and non-linear formulations of equations, respectively.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising weighting at least one of the fluid saturation parameters.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the simulating comprises simulating fluid according to a schedule.

12. The method of claim 1 comprising generating the multidimensional spatial model of the geologic environment based at least in part on data acquired by at least one sensor.

13. The method of claim 1 comprising generating the multidimensional spatial model of the geologic environment based at least in part on seismic data acquired by at least one sensor.

14. The method of claim 1 comprising, based at least in part on the simulating, assessing the geologic environment to generate a well plan.

15. A system comprising:
a processor;
memory operatively coupled to the processor; and
processor-executable instructions stored in the memory to instruct the system to:
receive fluid saturation data for fluid saturation parameters associated with permeabilities of a multidimensional spatial model of a geologic environment wherein the multidimensional spatial model comprises a grid cell model that comprises a plurality of grid cells;
identify grid cells of the grid cell model that violate at least one criterion that depends on at least two different fluid saturation parameters;
adjust at least a portion of the fluid saturation data for at least a portion of the identified grid cells to provide adjusted fluid saturation data via optimization of a quadratic function of different fluid saturation parameters subject to linear constraints wherein at least one of the linear constraints depends on at least two different fluid saturation parameters; and
simulate flow of fluid using the adjusted fluid saturation data for fluid saturation parameters associated with permeabilities and the multidimensional spatial model of the geologic environment.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the fluid saturation data comprise end-point values and wherein the adjusted fluid saturation data comprise adjusted end-point values.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the instructions to adjust comprise instructions that solve a quadratic programming problem wherein the quadratic function comprises a quadratic cost function subject to the linear constraints.

18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising computer-executable instructions to instruct a computer, the instructions comprising instructions to:
receive fluid saturation data for fluid saturation parameters associated with permeabilities of a multidimensional spatial model of a geologic environment wherein the multidimensional spatial model comprises a grid cell model that comprises a plurality of grid cells;
identify grid cells of the grid cell model that violate at least one criterion that depends on at least two different fluid saturation parameters;
adjust at least a portion of the fluid saturation data for at least a portion of the identified grid cells to provide adjusted fluid saturation data via optimization of a quadratic function of different fluid saturation parameters subject to linear constraints wherein at least one of the linear constraints depends on at least two different fluid saturation parameters; and
simulate flow of fluid using the adjusted fluid saturation data for fluid saturation parameters associated with permeabilities and the multidimensional spatial model of the geologic environment.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 18 wherein the fluid saturation data comprise end-point values and wherein the adjusted fluid saturation data comprise adjusted end-point values.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 18 wherein the instructions to adjust comprise instructions that solve a quadratic programming problem wherein the quadratic function comprises a quadratic cost function subject to the linear constraints.

Assignees

• Schlumberger Technology Corp

Inventors

• Wakefield Mark
• Pecher Radek

Classifications

• G01V2210/663

  Modeling production-induced effects · CPC title

• G01V99/00

  Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• G01V1/28 Primary

  Processing seismic data, e.g. for interpretation or for event detection (G01V1/48 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E02D1/027 Primary

  by investigating properties relating to fluids in the soil, e.g. pore-water pressure, permeability (sampling of groundwater E02D1/06) · CPC title

• E21B43/00

  Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells (applicable only to water E03B) · CPC title