IP Library Granted Patent US 11,555,944
Granted Patent B2
US 11,555,944 · App. 17/253,557 · Granted Jan 17, 2023

Method for determination of subsoil composition

Inventor: Gérard Massonnat (Pau, FR)
Assignee: TOTAL SA
G01V99/005E21B43/00E21B47/00E21B49/00G01V2210/64G01V2210/66G01V2210/665
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Patent No.
US 11,555,944
App. No.
17/253,557
Granted
Jan 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for determination of real subsoil composition or structure characterized in that the method comprises: —receiving a model representing the real subsoil, said model comprising at least one parametric volume describing a geological formation in said model, said volume having a plurality of cells; —for each cell in the plurality of cells, determining a quality index (QI cell ) function of a respective position of the cell in the geological formation; —receiving a set of facies, each facies in said set being associated with a proportion and a quality index ordering in said formation; —associating a facies to each cell, said association comprising: /a/ selecting a cell with a lowest quality index within cells in the plurality of cells having no facies associated to; /b/ associating, to said cell, a facies with a lowest Quality index ordering within facies of the set of facies for which the respective proportion is not reached in the formation; /c/ reiterating steps /a/ to /c/ until all cells in the plurality of cells are associated with a facies.

Claims (40)

1. A computer-implemented method for determination of real subsoil composition or structure for applications in hydrocarbon industries, the method comprising:

receiving a model representing the real subsoil, said model comprising at least one parametric volume describing a geological formation in said model, said volume having a plurality of cells;

for each cell in the plurality of cells, determining a quality index as a function of a respective position of the cell in the geological formation;

receiving a set of facies, each facies in said set being associated with a proportion and a quality index ordering in said formation;

associating a facies with each cell, said association comprising:

/a/ selecting a cell with a lowest quality index within cells in the plurality of cells having no facies associated therewith;

/b/ associating, with said cell, a facies with a lowest quality index ordering within facies of the set of facies for which the respective proportion is not reached in the formation; and

/c/ reiterating steps /a/ to /c/ until all cells in the plurality of cells are associated with a facies; and

outputting on an output interface a complete model comprising the plurality of cells associated with facies.

2. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program comprising program instructions, the computer program being loadable into a data-processing unit and adapted to cause the data-processing unit to carry out the steps of claim 1 when the computer program is run by the data-processing unit.

3. A computer-implemented method for determination of real subsoil composition or structure for applications in hydrocarbon industries, the method comprising:

receiving a model representing the real subsoil, said model comprising at least one parametric volume describing a geological formation in said model, said volume having a plurality of cells, the number of cells in the plurality of cells being M;

for each cell in the plurality of cells, determining a quality index as a function of a respective position of the cell in the geological formation;

receiving a property distribution;

determining M random draws of property value based on the property distribution, said random draws having a respective property order so that, for any first random draw of a first property value and with a first property order and for any second random d raw of a second property value and with a second property order, if the second property value is greater than the first property value, then the second property order is strictly greater than the first property order;

associating a property value with each cell, said association comprising:

/a/ selecting a cell with a lowest quality index within cells in the plurality of cells having no property value associated therewith;

/b/ associating, to said cell, a random draw of property value in the M random draws with a lowest property order within random draws that have not been associated yet with a cell; and

/c/ reiterating steps /a/ to /c/ until all cells in the plurality of cells are associated with a property value; and

outputting on an output interface a complete model comprising the plurality of cells associated with property values.

4. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, having stored thereon a computer program comprising program instructions, the computer program being loadable into a data-processing unit and adapted to cause the data-processing unit to carry out the steps of claim 3 when the computer program is run by the data-processing unit.

5. A device for determination of real subsoil composition or structure for applications in hydrocarbon industries, the device comprising:

an interface for receiving a model representing the real subsoil, said model comprising at least one parametric volume describing a geological formation in said model, said volume having a plurality of cells;

a circuit for, for each cell in the plurality of cells, determining a quality index as a function of a respective position of the cell in the geological formation;

an interface for receiving a set of facies, each facies in said set being associated with a proportion and a quality index ordering in said formation;

a circuit for associating a facies with each cell, said association comprising:

/a/ selecting a cell with a lowest quality index within cells in the plurality of cells having no facies associated therewith;

/b/ associating, with said cell, a facies with a lowest quality index ordering within facies of the set of facies for which the respective proportion is not reached in the formation; and

/c/ reiterating step /a/ to /c/ until all cells in the plurality of cells are associated with a facies; and

an output interface for outputting a complete model comprising the plurality of cells associated with facies.

6. A device for determination of real subsoil composition or structure for applications in hydrocarbon industries, the device comprising:

an interface for receiving a model representing the real subsoil, said model comprising at least one parametric volume describing a geological formation in said model, said volume having a plurality of cells, the number of cells in the plurality of cells being M;

a circuit for, for each cell in the plurality of cells, determining a quality index as a function of a respective position of the cell in the geological formation;

an interface for receiving a property distribution;

a circuit for determining M random draws of property value based on the property distribution, said random draws having a respective property order so that, for any first random draw of a first property value and with a first property order and for any second random draw of a second property value and with a second property order, if the second property value is greater than the first property value, then the second property order is strictly greater than the first property order;

a circuit for associating a property value with each cell, said association comprising:

/a/ selecting a cell with a lowest quality index within cells in the plurality of cells having no property value associated therewith;

/b/ associating, with said cell, a random draw of property value in the M random draws with a lowest property order within random draws that have not been associated yet with a cell; and

/c/ reiterating step /a/ to /c/ until all cells in the plurality of cells are associated with a property value; and

an output interface for outputting a complete model comprising the plurality of cells associated with property values.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 67096 FRAME: 87. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 26, 2024
From: TOTALENERGIES SE (PREVIOUSLY TOTAL SA THEN TOTAL SE)
To: TOTALENERGIES ONETECH
Reel/Frame 068051/0530 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2024
From: TOTALENERGIES SE (PREVIOUSLY TOTAL SA THEN TOTAL SE)
To: TOTALENERGIES ONETECH (PREVIOUSLY TOTALENERGIES ONE TECH)
Reel/Frame 067096/0087 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 055495 FRAME: 0676. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT . Recorded Dec 13, 2022
From: MASSONNAT, GÉRARD
To: TOTAL SA
Reel/Frame 062117/0208 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: MASSONNAT, GÉRARD
To: TOTAL SE
Reel/Frame 055495/0676 →
Continuity (1)
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