IP Library Granted Patent US 11,614,556
Granted Patent B2
US 11,614,556 · App. 17/092,110 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Method for determination of real subsoil geological formation

Inventors: Gérard Massonnat (Pau, FR); Nicolas Gonthier (Pau, FR)
Assignee: Total SE
G01V1/306G01V3/38G06F30/20G01V2210/644G01V2210/665
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Patent No.
US 11,614,556
App. No.
17/092,110
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for determination of a real subsoil geological formation. In at least one embodiment, the method includes receiving a model representing the real subsoil, determining a first fluvial geological formation in said model using parametric surfaces, determining a subsequent fluvial geological formation as a deformation of the first fluvial geological formation using parametric surfaces, and subtracting the first fluvial geological formation from the subsequent fluvial geological formation to create a new geological formation named point bar formation.

Claims (34)

1. A method for determination of a real subsoil geological formation, comprising:

receiving a model representing the real subsoil;

determining a first fluvial geological formation in said model using parametric surfaces;

determining a subsequent fluvial geological formation as a deformation of the first fluvial geological formation using parametric surfaces;

subtracting the first fluvial geological formation from the subsequent fluvial geological formation to create a point bar formation as a new real subsoil geological formation,

wherein the determining of the subsequent fluvial geological formation and the subtracting the first fluvial geological formation from the subsequent fluvial geological formation are reiterated to create a plurality of point bar formations, and

wherein a respective flow transmissivity parameter is associated with each one of the plurality of point bar formations, the respective flow transmissivity parameter for a given point bar formation determined during an iteration n being greater than the respective flow transmissivity parameter for a given point bar formation determined during an iteration n+1; and

outputting a complete model to a computing device, the complete model indicating the plurality of point bar formations as real subsoil geological formations, which are usable to identify at least one hydrocarbon reservoir based on the plurality of point bar formations.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining of the first fluvial geological formation is performed based on a stochastic process.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the subsequent fluvial geological formation as a deformation of the first fluvial geological formation using parametric surfaces comprises:

determining inflection points of a trajectory of the first fluvial formation, said trajectory being in the parametric surface of the first fluvial formation;

modifying the trajectory of the first fluvial formation to create a trajectory of the subsequent fluvial formation, said trajectory of the subsequent fluvial formation passing through the inflection points; and

defining a parametric surface of the subsequent fluvial formation based on the trajectory of the subsequent fluvial formation.

4. A device for determination of a real subsoil geological formation, comprising:

an interface configured to receive a model representing the real subsoil;

a circuit configured to determine a first fluvial geological formation in said model using first parametric surfaces;

a circuit configured to determine a subsequent fluvial geological formation as a deformation of the first fluvial geological formation using parametric surfaces;

a circuit configured to subtract the first fluvial geological formation from the subsequent fluvial geological formation to create a point bar formation as a new real subsoil geological formation,

wherein the determining of the subsequent fluvial geological formation and the subtracting the first fluvial geological formation from the subsequent fluvial geological formation are reiterated to create a plurality of point bar formations, and

wherein a respective flow transmissivity parameter is associated with each one of the plurality of point bar formations, the respective flow transmissivity parameter for a given point bar formation determined during an iteration n being greater than the respective flow transmissivity parameter for a given point bar formation determined during an iteration n+1; and

a circuit configured to output a complete model to a computing device, the complete model indicating the plurality of point bar formations as real subsoil geological formations, which are usable to identify at least one hydrocarbon reservoir based on the plurality of point bar formations.

5. 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 device and adapted to cause the data-processing device to perform a method for determination of a real subsoil geological formation when the computer program is run by the data-processing device, the method comprising:

receiving a model representing the real subsoil;

determining a first fluvial geological formation in said model using parametric surfaces;

determining a subsequent fluvial geological formation as a deformation of the first fluvial geological formation using parametric surfaces;

subtracting the first fluvial geological formation from the subsequent fluvial geological formation to create a point bar formation as a new real subsoil geological formation,

wherein the determining of the subsequent fluvial geological formation and the subtracting the first fluvial geological formation from the subsequent fluvial geological formation are reiterated to create a plurality of point bar formations,

wherein a respective flow transmissivity parameter is associated with each one of the plurality of point bar formations, the respective flow transmissivity parameter for a given point bar formation determined during an iteration n being greater than the respective flow transmissivity parameter for a given point bar formation determined during an iteration n+1; and

outputting a complete model to a computing device, the complete model indicating the plurality of point bar formations as real subsoil geological formations, which are usable to identify at least one hydrocarbon reservoir based on the plurality of point bar formations.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the determining of the first fluvial geological formation is performed based on a stochastic process.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein the determining the subsequent fluvial geological formation as a deformation of the first fluvial geological formation using parametric surfaces comprises:

determining inflection points of a trajectory of the first fluvial formation, said trajectory being in the parametric surface of the first fluvial formation;

modifying the trajectory of the first fluvial formation to create a trajectory of the subsequent fluvial formation, said trajectory of the subsequent fluvial formation passing through the inflection points; and

defining a parametric surface of the subsequent fluvial formation based on the trajectory of the subsequent fluvial formation.

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2021
From: MASSONNAT, GÉRARD; GONTHIER, NICOLAS
To: TOTAL SE
Reel/Frame 055960/0480 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19306449 · Nov 8, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
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