ADVANCED PARALLEL "MANY-CORE" FRAMEWORK FOR RESERVOIR SIMULATION

摘要

The disclosure relates generally to a parallel computing framework designed to accelerate intensive kernel operations and address the complex physics in numerical reservoir simulations by effectively using the ‘many-core’ computing platform. Specifically, this Many-core Advanced Parallel Simulation (MAPS) uses heuristics to decide the optimal hardware configurations and optimal software components for a given problem's characteristics to efficiently design a model.

主权项

1. An apparatus for performing a simulation of a subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir, comprising:
a) a database configured to store data comprising equations that represent the thermodynamic calculations associated with black-oil, compositional and thermal flow scenarios, and field measurements of said subsurface hydrocarbon reservoir being simulated; b) a plurality of data processors, including at least one central processing unit and at least one graphical processing unit, configured to receive the stored data from the database and to execute software components; c) an integrated set of software components, capable of massive parallel computations of said stored data, executable on said plurality of data processors; d) a software program executable by said plurality of data processors, the software program containing a computer readable software instruction, comprising:
i) a set of heuristic rules configured to apply a best guess estimation to the stored data to determine the appropriation hardware and software configuration to efficiently simulate said hydrocarbon reservoir; andii) an adaptive strategy to choose successive hardware configurations as the simulation progresses; e) a memory for storing the results obtained by execution of said software components by said plurality of data processors on said stored data; and f) an output display for displaying results obtained by execution of software components by said plurality of data processors on said stored data.