Patent ID: 8706541

Claim:
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, wherein the first notification is associated with functionality that allows the first approver to approve the reservoir volume, and wherein the first approver is at least partially responsible for approving the reservoir volume stored on the storage device; 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.