Patent ID: 9051825
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: E21B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly containing instructions, which when executed by a computer, perform a process, including: receiving flow information related to at least one fluid in a reservoir; partitioning the flow information into partitioned flow information for each source-sink pair in a simulation of the reservoir; displaying dynamically in a real-time of the simulation a simulated 3-dimensional (3D) indicator of relevant partitioned flow information at each of one or more sources or sinks in the simulation; and updating each simulated 3D indicator to dynamically in the real-time of the simulation show changes in properties of each source-sink pair associated with the 3D indicator; wherein the simulated 3D indicator comprises a 3D pie chart, wherein the 3D pie chart comprises a multi-component 3D pie chart for representing an individual well paired with multiple other wells in source-sink pairs; wherein when the individual well comprises a source, then each pie wedge of the 3D pie chart associated with the source represents partitioned flow information for a different respective source-sink pair that includes the source; wherein when the individual well comprises a sink, then each pie wedge of the 3D pie chart associated with the sink represents partitioned flow information for a different respective source-sink pair that includes the sink; and wherein at least one wedge of the multi-component 3D pie chart is radially divided into cylinder sections by arcs at different radii, each cylinder section representing a different attribute of the source-sink pair or an associated streamline being represented by the wedge.