Systems and Methods for Dynamic Visualization of Fluid Velocity in Subsurface Reservoirs

摘要

Systems and methods for dynamically visualizing fluid velocity in subsurface reservoirs by displaying a particle at different locations on a streamline that represents a fluid path and a fluid velocity in the subsurface reservoir. The systems and methods may be used to display the actual fluid velocity or a proportionate fluid velocity for a respective streamline at predetermined incremental time steps.

主权项

1. A method for dynamically visualizing fluid velocity in a subsurface reservoir, which comprises:
a) displaying a plurality of streamlines in a streamline model, each streamline representing a fluid path in the subsurface reservoir; b) displaying a particle on each streamline at a simulation start time based on a fluid velocity for a respective streamline; c) removing the particle displayed on each streamline at the simulation start time or at another simulation time; d) displaying another particle on each streamline at another simulation time based on the fluid velocity for a respective streamline, wherein each another simulation time is the sum of a time step, multiplied by a number of times step d) is performed, and the simulation start time; and e) repeating steps c) and d) for each another simulation time that is less than a simulation end time using a computer processor.