Patent Document ID: 8994549
Application ID: 13348036
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method of facilitating oilfield operations using auditory data comprising: providing a computer database; storing auditory data to said database; storing oilfield data comprising a plurality of oilfield data types to said database; generating an auditory mapping structure wherein at least a portion of said auditory data is associated with one or more of said oilfield data types; providing an oilfield data visualization application for receiving oilfield data pertaining to one or more oilfield operations and for displaying said oilfield data upon a graphic user interface coupled to said computer database; identifying a subset of the displayed oilfield data as being an area of interest; identifying oilfield data types within said subset of oilfield data; identifying auditory data associated with said identified oilfield data types; emitting at least a portion of said identified auditory data; and wherein the oilfield data visualization application further comprises a reservoir model for simulating reservoir conditions and wherein at least a portion of the auditory data is utilized to indicate a correctness of the simulated reservoir conditions.