Patent ID: 7069148

Claim:
A method of generating a prediction of values in a reservoir, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving input data characterizing the reservoir; (b) producing a computer model in response to said input data representing said reservoir, the producing step (b) of producing said computer model including the steps of, (b1) calculating said values in one dimension associated with a single layer in said reservoir, each of said values existing at a single point in space in said reservoir and at a single point in time in said reservoir, (b2) calculating said values in said one dimension associated with multiple layers in said reservoir, each of said values in each of said multiple layers existing at a single point in space in said reservoir and at a single point in time in said reservoir, (b3) calculating said values in three dimensions associated with said multiple layers in said reservoir, each of said values in each of said multiple layers in said three dimensions existing at a single point in space in said reservoir and at a single point in time in said reservoir, (b4) calculating said values in said three dimensions as a function of time, said values being associated with said multiple layers in said reservoir, each of said values in each of said multiple layers in said three dimensions existing at a single point in space in said reservoir, said each of said values in said each of said multiple layers in said three dimensions existing at any future point in time in said reservoir, said computer model being produced in response to the calculating step (b4); verifying the computer model; and using said computer model, generating said prediction of said values in said reservoir in response to the verifying step.