Systems and methods for generating a geological model honoring horizons and faults

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10114134
APP PUB NO 20130231903A1
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13458264

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A system and method for modeling a subsurface structure. Data representing a configuration of faults, horizons, and/or unconformities may be transformed to a depositional model comprising cells representing an estimated configuration of subsurface structure at a depositional time period when the subsurface structure was formed. Groups of cells in the depositional model may be divided into sub-meshes using iso-surfaces, where one set of iso-surfaces may represent the horizons at the depositional time period. The sub-meshes may be divided into one or more parts using the transformed geological data representing an estimated depositional configuration of the faults. For each group of cells in each sub-mesh part, the group of cells in the sub-mesh part may be represented by a single polyhedron. The polyhedrons may be transformed to generate a current model to represent the current configuration of the faults and horizons using transformed polyhedrons.

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ASPEN PARADIGM HOLDING LLC6005 ROGERDALE ROAD HOUSTON TX 77024

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Deny, Laurent Houston, US 10 139
Dulac, Jean-Claude Sugarland, US 16 249
Grosse, Olivier Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, FR 2 31
Li, Wan-Chiu Nancy, FR 6 75

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