Patents
US 11506807 B2: Methods and systems for simulation gridding with partial faults
- Granted
- 2022-11-22
- Filed
- 2019-04-19 application 16389054
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Geologic modeling methods and systems disclosed herein employ an improved simulation meshing technique. One or more illustrative geologic modeling methods may comprise: obtaining a geologic model representing a faulted subsurface region in physical space; providing a set of background cells that encompass one or more partial faults within the subsurface region; defining a pseudo-extension from each unterminated edge of said one or more partial faults to a boundary of a corresponding background cell in said set; using the pseudo-extensions and the background cell boundaries to partition the subsurface region into sub-regions; deriving a simulation mesh in each sub-region based on the horizons in each sub-region; and outputting the simulation mesh.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg221122.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY 1,118 patents | US company or organization | Spring, TX | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hao Huang | The Woodlands, TX | 16 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01V | Geophysics; gravitational measurements; detecting masses or objects; tags | G01V1/302 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F30/20 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06T | Image data processing or generation, in general | G06T17/05 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
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