Patents Assigned to ELF Ep
  • Patent number: 6618695
    Abstract: Method for gradually deforming, totally or locally, a Gaussian or similar type stochastic model of a heterogeneous medium such as an underground zone, constrained by a series of parameters relative to the structure of the medium. The method comprises drawing a number p, at least equal to two, of independent realizations of at least part of the selected medium model from all the possible realizations, and linear combination of these p realizations with p coefficients such that the sum of their squares is equal to 1. This linear combination constitutes a new realization of the stochastic model and it gradually deforms when the p coefficients are gradually modified. More generally, the method can comprise several iterative gradual deformation stages, with combination at each stage of a composite realization obtained at the previous stage with q new independent realizations drawn from all the realizations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignees: Institut Francais du Petrole, ELF Ep
    Inventors: Lin-Ying Hu, André Haas, Frédéric Roggero