Patent ID: 8706541
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A method of reservoir management linking, comprising: generating, by a modeling tool with input from a submitter, a reservoir volume defining a plurality of geologic properties of a reservoir and comprising an estimated hydrocarbon volume of the reservoir, wherein the submitter is responsible for submitting the reservoir volume; transmitting, by the modeling tool, the reservoir volume to an oilfield tracking tool; receiving, from the submitter and in response to the transmitting, security credentials for the submitter; determining, based on the security credentials, that the submitter is authorized to submit the reservoir volume; storing, based on determining that the submitter is authorized, the reservoir volume and a log of the transmitting with submitter information on a storage device; sending a first notification associated with the reservoir volume to a first approver, receiving approval of the reservoir volume from the first approver; sending a second notification associated with the reservoir volume to a second approver, wherein the second approver is at least partially responsible for approving the reservoir volume stored on the storage device; receiving approval of the reservoir volume from the second approver; and publishing, based on receiving the approval from the first approver and receiving the approval from the second approver, the reservoir volume in a standardized report compliant with a disclosure regulation, wherein the first approver and the second approver are arranged in a hierarchy of approvers specifying that the first approver has priority over the second approver.