Patent Document ID: 10036829
Application ID: 14423659
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for fault removal of a plurality faults in a subsurface geological model to populate the model with desired information, comprising: (a) ordering the plurality of faults in reverse chronological order, and selecting a fault of the plurality of faults based on the reverse chronological order; (b) removing the selected fault by iteratively solving, using a computer, an optimal control problem wherein Laplace's equation is solved for an optimal set of rigid body transformations and boundary displacement vectors on the fault's surface; (c) repeating (b) as necessary to remove any remaining faults in the plurality of faults, one at a time, in reverse chronological order, resulting in a transformation of the geological model from faulted space to continuous space; (d) populating said geological model with faults removed with selected grids or surfaces or physical property values; (e) computing a mapping of the populated geological model back to the faulted space; (f) storing the mapping and the populated geological model in the memory of the computer; and (g) causing a well to be drilled based on the mapping for the production of hydrocarbons.