Abstract: Some implementations relate to a method for parallelizing, by a geological data system, operations of a geostatistical simulation for a well data set via a plurality of processing elements (PEs). The method may include determining a reservoir area for the well data set. The method may include determining a set of turning band lines for the reservoir area. The method may include dividing the reservoir area into a plurality of tiles, each tile including a respective subset of the set of turning band lines. The method may include assigning at least one of the tiles to each of the PEs. The method may include determining, in parallel for each tile, intermediate results with respect to each respective subset of turning band lines. The method may include aggregating the intermediate results to form a final result of the geostatistical simulation.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of generating a basin fill model using a set of known paleogeographic characteristic parameters, for a specified basin location and time interval. The basin fill model can be used to assist in predicting the location of submarine fan deposits containing commercially valuable hydrocarbons or minerals. The generated models and predicted locations can be used in a well system operation plan. A computer program product is also disclosed that can retrieve sets of known paleogeographic data and generate multiple interim models and parameters that can be used for further predictions on where, and at what depth, valuable deposits may be found. Addi-tionally, a basin fill modeling system is disclosed that can retrieve and store known characteristic parameters for various geographic locations and time periods and utilize those characteristic parameters in algorithms to generate basin fill models and to predict where valuable submarine fan deposits are located.