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Over the years we have worked on conceptualization, prototyping, development, and commercial use of a variety of software applications for reservoir characterization aimed to solve actual problems of our day-to-day project work.
See below the description of some of our proprietary tools:
Standalone software that has been widely used to provide commercial service
Name | Purpose | Language | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
iMineralysis® | Petrophysical nonlinear multimineral modeling based on genetic algorithms | Fortran, CUDA, and Java | Runs on CPUs and Nvidia GPUs. Available by subscription. |
iVPC | Calculates vertical facies proportion curves from facies logs in multiple wells | Fortran and Java | |
iResFrac | Permeability enhancements related to hydraulic fractures in flow simulation grids | Fortran |
Gocad® plugins and macros that have been widely used for commercial services
Name | Purpose | Platform | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
Well log normalization | Fast regional, geologically driven well log normalization | Gocad® Macro | |
iFacies | Probabilistic geological facies mapping based on poll theory using log data and seismic data | Gocad® plugin | Works on 3D grids. Can be modified to work on log data |
iFractures | 3D orientations from structural attribute extracted from seismic data | Gocad® plugin | Works on 3D seismic data |
3D statistics of orientations (mean, mode, Fisher coefficient, families) | Gocad® plugin | Works on 3D seismic data | |
2D structural attributes (strain and curvature) | Gocad® plugin | Works on 2D maps (X,Y,Z) | |
Computation of 2D derivatives at different scales | Gocad® plugin | Works on 2D attribute maps (X,Y,attribute) | |
2D orientations from structural attributes | Gocad® plugin | Works on 2D attribute maps (X,Y,attribute) | |
2D statistics of orientations (mean, mode, Fisher coefficient, families) | Gocad® plugin | Works on 2D attribute maps (X,Y,orientations) | |
Angle visualization in 3D (discrete planes) | Gocad® plugin | Works on 2D attribute maps (X,Y,orientations) | |
iProduction | 2D (X,Y) cumulative production modeling from multiple wells | Gocad® plugin | Uses multiple 2D maps to model production |
Software solutions in beta stage
Name | Purpose | Platform | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
iSim2Seis_Log | Convert pressures and saturation into elastic parameters for seismic modeling (using log data) | Gocad® Macro | Works for CO2 only |
iSim2Seis_Grid | Convert pressures and saturation from flow simulation grids into 3D elastic parameters for seismic modeling | Gocad® Macro | Works for CO2 only |
Natural fracture reactivation | Estimates of propensity for reactivation of natural fractures after pressure increase from hydraulic stimulation using 3D seismic data | Gocad® Macro, Matlab® | Assumes general 3D fracture orientations in 3D volumes |
Effective fracture permeability | Solves the Oda equation in all cells of a 3D grid of fracture orientations with variable apertures | Gocad® Macro | Works on 3D grids used in flow simulation |
Web-based applications, widely used for commercial services
Name | Purpose | Language | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
NatFracPerm | Solves the Oda equation in one cell for effective fracture permeability incorporating aperture changes due to stress | Excel | Calculator available on SeisPetro’s website |
Slip 2D | Estimates propensity to slip of a given fracture geometry and stress state (in 2D) | Excel | Calculator available on SeisPetro’s website |
Stress polygon | Estimates the stress state for a set of geomechanical measurements | Excel | Calculator available on SeisPetro’s website |
Gocad® is a registered trademark of Aspen Tech, CUDA® is a registered trademark of Nvidia., Matlab® is a registered trademark of MathWorks, Java® is a registered trademark of Oracle, and Excel® is a registered trademark of Microsoft.
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