Interactive 2D basin modeling on workstations

Journal Article · · SPE Computer Applications (Society of Petroleum Engineers); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2118/20350-PA· OSTI ID:6040805

Fjeldskaar, W; Mykkeltveit, J; Johansen, H; Langfeldt, J M; Biorkum, P A; Skurve, O; Christie, O H.J. ^[1]; Tyvand, P ^[2]

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1. Rogaland Research Inst. (US)
2. Agricultural Univ. (US)

Basin modeling, the modeling of physical and chemical processes that cause oil and gas generation in sedimentary basins, is a valuable tool in the search for new reservoirs. It traditionally has been run on minicomputers or mainframes because of he demand for high processing power. With the increasing processing capability of today's PC's and workstations, the road is open for moving basin modeling to where it belonged, to the geologist doing the basin modeling. The 2D basin-modeling system presented has emphasized standardized software, with UNIX as its operating system and X-Windows for interactive graphics. Thus, the basin modeling software fits into the open environment with systems ranging from PC's to mainframes, thus making basin-modeling tools available to the geologist. The system is modular; i.e., each geological process is represented as an independent module. The user has full control over the modeling process, can modify parameters, and can monitor the results between each step of the modeling process.

• OSTI ID: 6040805
• Journal Information: SPE Computer Applications (Society of Petroleum Engineers); (USA), Journal Name: SPE Computer Applications (Society of Petroleum Engineers); (USA); ISSN SCAPE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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