775 results about "Geological structure" patented technology

The invention belongs to the petroleum exploration field, and concretely relates to a compact sandstone reservoir complex netted fracture prediction method. The method comprises the steps of: building a geological structure model and a fracture growth model; testing magnitudes and directions of ancient and modern crustal stresses; completing a rock mechanic parameter experiment; testing rock mechanic parameters and fracture stress sensitivities; developing a fracture rock multistage composite rupture criterion; performing a rock deformation physical test to obtain a peak value intensity; building a relation model between single axle state stress-strain and fracture bulk density; building a relation model between triaxial state stress-strain and fracture bulk density and occurrence; building a relation model between single axle state stress-strain and fracture bulk density; calculating and stimulating fracture parameters under modern conditions; and verifying the reliability of a fracture quantitative prediction result. The method can accurately obtain compact sandstone reservoir complex netted fracture parameters, and perform quantitative characterization, is suitable for quantitative prediction of any fracture mainly with a brittle reservoir, and reduces exploitation risks and costs.

A method of predicting earth stresses in response to changes in a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir within a geomechanical system includes establishing physical boundaries for the geomechanical system, acquiring logging data from wells drilled, and acquiring seismic data for one or more rock layers. The well and seismic data are automatically converted into a three-dimensional digital representation of one or more rock layers within the geomechanical system, thereby creating data points defining a three-dimensional geological structure. The method also includes (a) applying the data points from the geological structure to derive a finite element-based geomechanical model, and (b) initializing a geostatic condition in the geomechanical model, and then running a geomechanics simulation in order to determine changes in earth stresses associated with changes in pore pressure or other reservoir characteristics within the one or more rock layers.

A method, system, and computer program product for performing oilfield surveillance operations. The oilfield has a subterranean formation with geological structures and reservoirs therein. The oilfield is divided into a plurality of patterns, with each pattern comprising a plurality of wells. Historical production / injection data is obtained for the plurality of wells. Two independent statistical treatments are performed to achieve a common objective of production optimization. In the first process, wells and / or patterns are characterized based on Heterogeneity Index results and personalities with the ultimate goal of field production optimization. In the second process, the history of the flood is divided into even time increments. At least two domains for each of the plurality of wells are determined. Each of the at least two domains are centered around each of the plurality wells. A first domain of the at least two domains has a first orientation. A second domain of the at least two domains has a second orientation. An Oil Processing Ratio is determined for each of the at least two domains, then an Oil Processing Ratio Strength Indicator is calculated. At least one Meta Pattern within the field is then identified. An oilfield operation can then be guided based either on the well and / or pattern personality or the at least one Meta Pattern.

A system and method may model physical geological structures. Seismic and geologic data may be accepted. A three-dimensional (3D) transformation may be generated between a 3D present day model having points representing present locations of the physical geological structures and a 3D past depositional model having points representing locations where the physical geological structures were originally deposited. An indication may be accepted to locally change the 3D transformation for a subset of sampling points in a first model of the models. The 3D transformation may be locally changed to fit the updated subset of sampling points. A locally altered or updated version of the first model and, e.g., second model, may be displayed where local changes to the first model are defined by the locally changed 3D transformation. The transformation may also be used to extract geobodies in the past depositional model.

In an exemplary embodiment, a method and system is disclosed for developing a subterranean geomechanics model of a complex geological environment. The method can include estimating a pore pressure field, a stress field, a geomechanics property field, and a geological structure field from a geological concept model; geostatistically interpolating vectors and tensors from the estimated fields; and combining the results from the estimated fields and the geostatistically interpolated vectors and tensors to derive a geostatistical geomechanical model of the geological environment.

A radio frequency applicator and method for heating a geological formation is disclosed. A radio frequency source configured to apply a differential mode signal is connected to a coaxial conductor including an outer conductor pipe and an inner conductor. The inner conductor is coupled to a second conductor pipe through one or more metal jumpers. One or more current chokes, such as a common mode choke or antenna balun, are installed around the outer conductor pipe and the second conductor pipe to concentrate electromagnetic radiation within a hydrocarbon formation. The outer conductor pipe and the second conductor pipe can be traditional well pipes for extracting hydrocarbons, such as a steam pipe and an extraction pipe of a steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) system. An apparatus and method for installing a current choke are also disclosed.

The invention relates to the field of coal mine safety technique, specifically to a down-hole coal and gas outburst hazard early warning system and early warning method. The coal and gas outburst synthesized early-warning system, uses the existing local area network to connect a synthesized early-warning data server, an early-warning data management system and the existing coal mine safety monitoring system; analyzes the coal and gas outburst early-warning data in the synthesized early-warning data server by an outburst early-warning module; and emits early-warning information based on the analyzed result. The inventive coal and gas outburst synthesized early warning system and early warning method can perform centralized management and comprehensive analysis of the geological structure, coal seam occurrence, gas occurrence, mining production, daily forecast indicators, outburst forecast, gas emission and other security information that originally scatter in various functional sections of coal mine on the geographical information system GIS platform, integrates the existing resources, improves the accuracy of early warning, so that the early warning is both real-time and forward-looking, and can effectively prevent the occurrence of coal and gas outburst in coal mine.

A visual analyzing and predicting method based on a virtual geological model is finished by depending on an interactive visual tool. The method mainly comprises steps of searching a multi-dimensional geological data model from a database and a file system; arranging or resetting a virtual geological scene by setting or regulating corresponding parameters and models; regulating coordinate, scale, data format and the like, of the geological model; sending results of visual calculating, analyzing, predicting and searching into a dual-display cache region; and integrally displaying geological data in a visual platform at real time. The method meets requirements of earth science application, enhances representability of geological data, improves comprehension and application environment of geological data, converts logical thinking of geologists into a trial ground having an imagery thinking of time and space in a virtual environment, helps strengthen deep recognition to complex geological phenomena, uncovers deep information and internal relation in geological data, digs out and extract knowledge unable to be obtained in a traditional mode, improves utilization rate and geospatial analytics of information, and provides a brand-new method for geologists to observe, explain, analyze and imitate geological phenomena in a three-dimensional space, predict and know geospatial distribution of geological structure in a studied area through known data, and obtain mine position, mine reserves and other important information. Furthermore, the human-computer interactive tool is simple and easy to learn to operate, saves cost, reduces blindness in application, reduces risk, conducts and makes decision for production and environment analysis and has significant economic and social benefits.

Systems and methods of performing oilfield operations for an oilfield are provided. The oilfield has a subterranean formation with geological structures and reservoirs therein. A plurality of oilfield modules are positioned in an application. Each of the oilfield modules models at least a portion or attribute of the oilfield. The oilfield modules are selectively connected via a connection. The connections may be integrated connections providing cooperation for integrated modeling therebetween and / or dynamic connections providing knowledge sharing for unified modeling therebetween whereby at least one oilfield model is generated. At least one internal database may be positioned in the application for collecting oilfield data and operatively connected to the of oilfield modules. At least one oilfield model is generated using the oilfield data and the oilfield modules.

Generally, a system for hydraulic fracturing of a geologic formation. Specifically, a transportable heating apparatus and method for the production of heated water for use in hydraulic fracturing of a geologic formation.

Systems and methods for modeling a three-dimensional (3D) geological structure to improve maximum continuity interpolation. An integration method describes local anisotropic effects and introduces interpolation techniques to perform the interpolation between two points of interest along a direction of maximum continuity and across fault surfaces.

The invention discloses a roadway drivage drilling induced polarization advance water probing forecasting method, device and probe. The probe is placed in a drill hole; a power supply negative electrode B is mounted in a roadway outside the drill hole and is connected with an on-site main machine by a power supply cable; a power supply positive electrode A, a measuring electrode M and a measuring electrode N of the probe are mounted inside the drill hole, and are connected with the on-site main machine by the power supply cable and a signal cable; the power supply positive electrode A and the power supply negative electrode B outside the drill hole form the power supply cable; the on-site main machine measures an electric field change signal by the measuring electrode M and the measuring electrode N of the probe; and the electric field change signal is input to the main machine to calculate and detect the apparent resistivity and apparent chargeability of a target; the probe is propelled to repeat the steps at each measuring point to measure the apparent resistivity and apparent chargeability of each point and generate a resistivity profile map and a chargeability profile map; and the rate of change of the apparent resistivity and apparent chargeability is calculated to determine an inner geological structure taking a drilling axis as a central cylindrical space.

A method to stimulate the biogenic production of a metabolite with enhanced hydrogen content that includes forming an opening in a geologic formation to provide access to a consortium of microorganisms, and injecting water into the opening to disperse at least a portion of the consortium over a larger region of a hydrocarbon deposit. The method may also include measuring a change in the rate of production of the metabolite in the formation. Also, an method to stimulate biogenic production of a metabolite that includes measuring a salinity level of formation water in a geologic formation, and injecting water into the opening to reduce the salinity level of the formation water in the formation. The method may also include measuring a change in the rate of production of the metabolite in the formation.

The invention discloses a block model building method for complex geological structure, and relates to the geological field of three-dimension modeling comprising the following steps: a, triangular meshing description is carried out on planes or fault planes; b, after step a, level intersection in block modeling for complex geological structure is converted into triangle intersection in space, whether the two triangles are intersected is judged, points of intersection are found from the two intersected triangles, and a line of intersection is obtained by connecting the points of intersection; c, geometric consistency and topological consistency are carried out on inside of each intersected triangle; d, after step c, enclosing block is extracted to obtain an interface formed by peripheral sides of the enclosing block, and is defined geological attribute to form three dimension model block. The method in the invention completely solves the problems of three dimension model input and blocking in complex geological regions, avoids using equations set with high solving difficulty and calculated amount, and is simple and practical.

A method, system and computer program product for performing a drilling operation for an oil field, the oil field having a subterranean formation with geological structures and reservoirs therein. The method involves creating a finite-difference model to simulate behavior of a drilling assembly used to drill a wellbore in the drilling operation, performing a simulation of the drilling operation using the finite-difference model, analyzing a result of the simulation, and selectively modifying the drilling operation based on the analysis.

The invention provides an apparatus and method for stimulating a borehole of a well. The invention provides an apparatus that generates low-frequency seismic type elastic waves that propagate to the geologic formation and in order to enhance the movement of fluids in the geologic formation toward a well. The apparatus may operate automatically driven by a power source that may be located on the ground surface. The regime of operation may be determined by user input. Operation of the apparatus may carried out while production of a natural resource is ongoing.

A method and apparatus for enhancing the moveout between a direct wave and a reflected wave. The method involves transmitting imaging signals into a body to be imaged and receiving the resulting signals propagated from the signal source. The step of receiving the propagated signals includes selectively adjusting the distance between the signal source and the signal receivers between successive signals. The method further comprises separating the reflected signals from the total received signals and enhanced stacking of the measured reflected signals.

The invention provides a method of receiving and / or transmitting information in a well drilled in a geological formation between a first location and a second location, the well comprising a casing communicating with the geological formation. The method comprises placing a first transducer at a first location, placing a second transducer at a second location. Transmitting an electric signal between the first and second transducers.

Disclosed is a method for strengthening a wellbore with an exposed geological formation, the method including: determining or estimating material properties of the exposed geological formation; determining changes necessary in material properties of the exposed geologic formation to achieve desired improvements in property of the exposed geologic formation; and treating the geological formation to improve material property values by injecting a formulation that hardens in-situ to form a geosynthetic composite. In another aspect, the present invention relates to an apparatus for utilizing the described method with minimal handling of chemicals which is an automated in-line chemical metering and pumping apparatus that requires no large mixing tank.

A method, system and computer program product for inverting boundary conditions for rock mass field in-situ stress computation for a geologic structure are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the current invention includes a method for inverting boundary conditions for rock mass field in-situ stress computation for a geologic structure, the method comprising: considering physical constraint of the geological structure; deriving and solving normal equations of penalized weighted least squares, said normal equations of penalized weighted least squares partially representing said physical constraint of the geological structure; and outputting boundary conditions and reproducing the rock mass field in-situ stress based on the result of said solved normal equations of penalized weighted least squares.

The invention discloses an analog laboratory apparatus of geological structure deformation, which is characterized by the following: setting experimental box on the base rack to display the geological structure; fixing transparent plane board on two sides of experimental box; setting to-and-fro moving pushing-board on two ends; driving the pushing-board by driving mechanism; setting sand hopper on the experimental box; assembling the sand hopper on the level reciprocal walking structure; simulating the structural deformation experiment of syndepositional growth ground; controlling the analog deformation rate of sedimentation rock formation quantatively; controlling and simulating the sedimentation rate quantatively; observing the real-time deformation condition.

The present invention provides for method and an apparatus for determining the porosity of a geological formation surrounding a cased well. The method further comprises of generating neutron pulses that release neutrons into an area adjacent the well, from a neutron source. Neutrons are sensed and a plurality of neutron detector count rates is acquired using at least two neutron source to neutron detector spacings. A timing measurement is acquired at one of the spacings to measure a first depth of investigation. A ratio of the neutron detector count rates is acquired to measure a second depth of investigation. An apparent porosity is calculated using the timing measurements and the ratios of neutron count rates. The effect of a well casing on the calculated apparent porosity is determined in response to at least one of the ratio of neutron detector count rates and the timing measurement. A cement annulus is computed based on the ratios of neutron count rates and the timing measurement. A formation porosity is calculated by performing a correction to the apparent porosity for the casing and the cement annulus.

The invention provides an earthquake physical model and a preparation method and application thereof. The materials of the earthquake physical model comprise main materials, auxiliary materials and aids, wherein the main materials are epoxy resin and rubber, and the aids are curing agent, cross-linking agent, diluent, defoaming agent and the like. A novel earthquake physical model material is synthesized by special preparing equipment and processes and used for building an earthquake physical model according to a similarity principle to simulate a real geological structure; and the earthquake physical model can be used for research on seismic wave field and researches for other purposes, particularly used for researching kinematics and kinematic characteristics of seismic waves propagating in complicated areas; moreover the earthquake physical model can provide objective bases for verification of new methods and new theories in oil-gas exploration and development.

The invention provides a novel coal and gas outburst similarity simulation test method based on a geological mechanical model test by referring a coal and gas outburst simulation test device and a geotechnical engineering multifunctional test device on the basis of the similar material simulation test concept and the technical concept of the geological mechanical model test. A large-sized three-dimensional coal and gas outburst simulation test device is designed and mainly comprises a reaction frame (1), a hydraulic load (2), a test box body (3), a roadway excavation device (4), a sealing and gas face inflating device (6) and the like. Gas is introduced into a test model of the test box body by establishing a geological structure coal test model (7), so that the geological mechanical model test and the coal and gas outburst similarity simulation test can be reasonably combined, the coal, rock, gas and complex geological structure are integrated, the coal and gas outburst mechanism under variable conditions of the complex geological structure and the coal seam gas reservoir can be explored, and a novel thought is provided for researching the coal and gas outburst mechanism.

The invention discloses a method for generating a tetrahedron gridding for a three-dimensional geological structure, which is used for geologic body attribute modeling and oil-deposit numerical simulation computation and analysis. The invention is characterized in that an automatic reliable recovering method for geologic restrained boundary segments and layering gridding is supplied and the tetrahedron gridding under the restraining of inputting a three-dimensional geological structured model is generated, on the basis of a standardized settling for inputting a three-dimensional geological surface gridding model and the Delaunay triangulation gridding generating method based on a point set, and by utilizing a topologic principle and detecting constraint conditions and crossing conditions of the elements such as edges, sides and bodies in an antithetical Voronoi diagram of a Delaunay tetrahedron gridding as well as establishing a corresponding point adding rule. The method is easily realized, has high reliability and has no specific demand on complexity of an initial surface model and the classification of the gridding. By using the method, the problem of gridding the tetrahedron under a complex geological structure is solved, thereby being convenient to perform further analysis and simulation computation on the three-dimensional geological model on such a basis.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional geological model constructing and integrating method for a mountain city area, and belongs to the field of three-dimensional geological models. The construction of the three-dimensional geological model for the mountain city area is achieved through the method; due to the fact that the features of the geological structure of the mountain city area are combined, according to the process of constructing a sectional framework, drawing a section and constructing a geological model and the method for constructing the geological model by utilizing the section, the construction of the three-dimensional geological model for the mountain city area is completed more accurately. According to the three-dimensional geological model constructing and integrating method, visualization integration of the three-dimensional regional geological model is further achieved, and a data basis is provided for application analysis of geological topics. Moreover, with regard to the result data of the formed three-dimensional regional geological model, visual integration simulation on a three-dimensional digital city platform is achieved, and real-time geological analysis of the three-dimensional geological model can be achieved in a three-dimensional scene.

The invention is provides a method of logging rock core. A digital photograph of core from a borehole is taken and the image is first processed. This involves calibration and correction, or un-distortion, of the digital image. A reference frame is included in the photograph to facilitate processing. The two-dimensional image is then used as a virtual three-dimensional model of the core enabling length and angle measurements to be logged. These include linear rock interval measurements as well as angular measurements of geological structures. The method is implemented using a software program which enables suitable hardware. The software program will be provided on a suitable computer readable medium. Manually logged data of the same kind is imported for comparison to data logged using the software program. All of this data can be displayed on the image and incrementally on a Stereonet as it is logged. A permanent visual record and reliable means of rapidly assessing the accuracy and quality of the data is provided. The invention also provides for automation of a significant part of the image processing and logging. The reference frame is preferably provided by a rock core tray frame having suitable indicators with known dimensions. The frame is rectangular with orthogonal lines on an upper surface. The mid-points of these lines are marked and spaced apart brackets provide for elevated lines superimposed on the orthogonal lines.

The invention provides a method for improving imaging velocity model precision by utilizing well data. The method mainly comprises the following steps: seismic data obtained through field acquisition is processed, then, the technological means of velocity model analysis and migration imaging is adopted to reconstruct an image, further, on the basis of a velocity model, grid chromatography inversion velocity modeling is performed to obtain an optimized best velocity model, and finally, whole deviation is performed by utilizing the fused and optimized velocity model V excellent. The optimized and real velocity model for accurately describing the actual underground geological structure is utilized to perform whole deviation of the seismic data of an entire target area, so that the seismic data of the target area can be imaged well, and a reliable and clear seismic section is provided for further comprehensive geological research.

A borehole survey method is provided for processing continuous measurements of the earth's magnetic and gravitational fields obtained while drilling a borehole. The present invention improves borehole acquisition of targeted geological structures by substantially reducing continuous measurement errors attributable to noise, shock and vibrations from turning the drill bit against rock.< / PTEXT>

The invention discloses a tunnel construction large-scale integrated geophysics advanced detection model test device, which comprises tunnel surrounding rock, a main tunnel model, a model test case, a water-containing geological structure device, a numerical control automation construction device and a main control chamber. The model test device is a large-scale integral geophysics advanced detection model test device meeting the detection of a seismic wave method, an electromagnetic method and a direct current power method, the geophysics advanced detection model test device can be utilized for studying the geophysics response characteristics of the water-containing geological structure device in front of a tunnel face, in addition, various geophysics advanced detection forward and inversion methods of the water-containing geological structure device are verified, the relationship between some geophysics detection method results and the water inflow is studied, and the test foundation is laid for the water inflow prediction and the advanced prediction of the water-containing geological construction device in actual engineering.