Hydrocarbon reservoir connectivity tool using cells and pay indicators

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PATENT NO 5757663
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08533870

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A program and method for identifying connectivity of well perforation locations to cells of a reservoir description that meet selected pay criteria. First, a pay indicator is assigned to the cells that satisfy the selected pay criteria. A connectivity indicator is then assigned to the pay indicator-assigned cells that correspond to said well perforation locations. Next, a connectivity indicator is assigned to the pay indicator-assigned cells that are connected, either directly or indirectly through another said pay-indicator-assigned cell, to the well perforation location connectivity indicator-assigned cells. The result is construction of a connectivity index array for the reservoir description that differentiates the connectivity indicator-assigned cells from cells that are not assigned a connectivity indicator. The array may be used to calculate the total volume of the connectivity indicator-assigned cells, thereby estimating the drainage volume, i.e., the total producible volume, of the reservoir description.

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ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA 90071

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Chu, Jinchi Plano, TX 2 42
Lo, Tak-Sing Plano, TX 1 31

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