Patent ID: 6941255
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: G01V,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for modeling a reservoir system comprising: determining a property value of a physical property of at least one feature of a plurality of features of the reservoir system; defining a plurality of finite element meshes, each finite element mesh associated with one feature of the plurality of features of the reservoir system, wherein a plurality of nodes are common to at least two finite element meshes of the plurality of finite element meshes; defining a property representation associated with each finite element mesh of the plurality of finite element meshes, the property representation based on the property value of the physical property associated with the each finite element mesh, wherein for each finite element mesh of the plurality of finite element meshes, the property representation is defined by a corresponding function which is independent of other functions associated with the physical property and associated with other finite element meshes; associating an evaluator with each finite element mesh of the plurality of finite element meshes; and generating a representation of the reservoir system based each finite element mesh of the plurality of finite element meshes, wherein for each finite element mesh of the plurality of finite element meshes, the function used to define the property representation at each of the common nodes is selected according to the evaluator associated with the each finite element mesh.