Marco R Thiele

US Patent:

6519531, Feb 11, 2003

Filed:

Sep 27, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/671935

Inventors:

Rod P. Batycky - Calgary, AB T2N 3M8, CA
Marco R. Thiele - San Francisco CA 94121

International Classification:

G01V 900

US Classification:

702 12, 702 13

Abstract:

System and methods for creating a visual interpretation of the amount of flow between injection and production wells in a hydrocarbon field at any instant in time. Using conventional reservoir simulation input, streamlines are first generated using a streamline-based flow simulator. The streamlines are then used to determine well pairs and the volumetric flow rate associated with each well in the pair. The fraction of the flow rates in the well pair to the total flow rates of each well are then calculated. These fractions are also known as well allocation factors. After placing the well locations on a multi-dimensional map, the well allocation factors are represented by a multi-dimensional, multi-color stick map connecting each well pair.

US Patent:

20180129762, May 10, 2018

Filed:

Nov 6, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/804891

Inventors:

Marco Roberto Thiele - San Francisco CA, US
Roderick Panko Batycky - Calgary, CA

International Classification:

G06F 17/50

Abstract:

A method and system provide automated mapping of fluid distributions in an oil field reservoir. The processes include receiving initial fluid and pressure characteristics of well-pairs in the field. Measurements from sensors detect the amount of fluid injection versus fluid produced for the well-pair during a timestep. The remaining fluid volume for the well-pair may be determined. In an exemplary embodiment, a grid map of well-pairs in the oil field are automatically generated which shows in real-time the remaining volume of fluid for each well-pair in the map. A user may thus manage the production from the oil field with increased efficiency based on the improved accuracy of the mapped data.