Patent ID: 11875283
Assignee: CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  E | IPC E  G

Claim 15:
16. A system comprising:
a model initialization module adapted to initialize a connectivity model;
a model calibration module adapted to calibrate the connectivity model based on a plurality of reservoir simulation results;
a model prediction module adapted to:
determine a travel time between wells and reservoir cells using a fast marching method; and
determine a hydrocarbon saturation based on the travel time to construct a model prediction;

a model optimization module adapted to optimize the connectivity model using a global optimization and a local optimization;
a model verification module adapted using the optimized connectivity model to determine the location of wells in order to optimize efficiency and maintain well safety wherein one or more hydrocarbon wells are drilled at said location to optimize efficiency and maintain well safety; and
improving the efficiency of hydrocarbon recovery for drilled wells,
wherein said connectivity model reduces the computational expense and improves modeling accuracy.