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DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-00ER86114
Amount: $100,000
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Small Business |
Research Institution |
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Advanced
Resources International, Inc. |
West
Virginia University |
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9801
Westheimer, Suite 805 |
College
of Engineering and Mineral Resources |
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Houston,
TX 77042 |
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Mr.
Scott R. Reeves, Principal Investigator |
Morgantown,
WV 26506-6070 |
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Mr.
Scott R. Reeves, Business Official |
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713-780-0815 |
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With typical oil
recovery rates of around 35 percent from underground oil reservoirs, better
methods for characterizing oil fields are needed to improve the long-term
supply of domestic oil. In current
reservoir characterization practice, various pieces of seismic and small scale
sampling data is collected and integrated into geologic and reservoir
models. These data are used to
constrain the reservoir model during its production, the results of which
become the de facto reservoir
characterization for future forecasting.
This project will develop software for correlating data derived from
seismic techniques with data from oil well data logs in order to generate
high-resolution rock and fluid property distributions in three-dimensional
(3-D) space and time. In Phase I,
virtual intelligence techniques will be employed to establish the needed
correlations, utilizing both advanced magnetic resonance imaging logs and
crosswell seismic data.
Commercial
Applications and Other Benefits as described by the awardee: The technology should be used by oil
producing companies to increase oil production and recovery rates from new and
existing oil fields, and by regulatory agencies to establish field rules. Increased oil recovery and lowered
development costs are estimated to be valued in the billions of dollars.