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

Claim 0:
1. A method for improving hydrocarbon recovery from an oil and gas field, comprising:
initializing a connectivity model;
calibrating the connectivity model based on a plurality of reservoir simulation results;
determining a travel time between wells and reservoir cells using a fast marching method;
determining a hydrocarbon saturation based on the travel time to construct a model prediction;
wherein the connectivity model uses a global optimization and a local optimization;
determining the location of wells in order to optimize efficiency and maintain well safety;
drilling one or more hydrocarbon wells at said locations in order to optimize efficiency and maintain well safety; and
improving the efficiency of hydrocarbon recovery for said one or more hydrocarbon wells,
wherein said connectivity model reduces the computational expense and improves modeling accuracy.