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Archived News
| February, 2020 |
- 123D Sim
& Vis 4.0 prototype
- Diffusion and advection of fluid components
- Diffusion coefficients based on Stokes-Einstein
relation tying the diffusion to temperature, viscosity, and phase dependent fluid molecule size
- Iterative and direct solver
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| January, 2019 |
- 123D Sim
& Vis 3.9 prototype
- Rocks defined
by mineral composition
- Minerals include
inorganic minerals (9 pre-defined) and organic minerals (15 pre-defined)
- Compaction based on
deformation of minerals in geological time (a.k.a. viscous
creep/pressure dissolution)
- Fluid components include
water, 34 HC compounds, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulphide, nitrogen, and oxygen
- Generic kinetic modeling of
organic minerals and fluid components:
| User defined kinetics |
| Behar 2010 kinetics |
| Pepper 1995 kinetics |
| LLNL 1991 kinetics |
| IFP 1987 kinetics |
| IFP 1975 kinetics |
- Multicomponent description
of 5 fluid phases (3 free + 2 adsorbed film) and their interaction with
the solid phase
- Equation of state,
phase equilibrium, and interfacial tension based on first principles
(interaction potential considering dipole moment and temperature
dependent polarizability)
- Depth to top of
asthenosphere tied to plate movements and distance to major ridges
- Plate movements
compiled into database and depicted in input GUI
- Option for choosing
between sequential and parallel (shared & distributed memory) SuperLU solver
- Option for setting limitations on
fluid velocity (texture/specific surface area) and reaction rates (activation energy)
to adjust the turn-around time to the hardware at hand
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| InDepAna development 2013-2019 |
| July, 2013 |
- Release 123D Sim & Vis 2.6 and prior are all discontinued
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| November, 2006 |
- Wizard to estimate lithological composition
from log data with user control to exclude less likely rock types
- Real time pore-pressure forecasting
from sonic and resistivity log data
- Simultaneous plot of PP, OBG, and FG
from basin modeling along with PP-sonic, PP-resistivity, and observed PP data
- Option to include related curves on 1D plot of
grouped variables:
| brine, oil, and gas saturation |
| brine, oil, and gas pore-volume |
| all HC compounds |
| lithological composition |
| porosity, side. and comp. neutron porosity |
| bulk, rock, brine, oil, and gas density |
| p- and s-sonic travel time |
| PP, OBG, FG, PP-sonic, and PP-resistivity |
| overburden, total and hydrostatic brine pressure |
| total and hydrostatic oil pressure |
| total and hydrostatic gas pressure |
| sediment, rock, and fluid thermal conductivity |
| sediment, rock, and fluid heat capacity |
| generated and expelled HC |
| s1 and s2 |
| algal, liptinic, and humic kerogen concentration |
| transformation ratio and expulsion efficiency |
| sterane and hopane transformation ratio |
| atomic H/C and O/C ratio |
- Handling of deviated wells
including forecasting bottom hole values for given steering angles and stretch
- Handling of UTM coordinates
using World Geodetic System
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- 123D Sim
& Vis 2.6 ported to MS Visual Studio 2005
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| June, 2005 |
- 123D Sim
& Vis 2.5
- Radiogenic heat
in the upper and lower crust includes radioactive decay according
to the 238-U, 235-U, 232-Th, and 40-K decay constants
- Lower crust thermal and
lithostatic rock properties capable of reflecting a basin overlaying both a
continental and an oceanic crust
- Faster and less RAM intensive
numerical scheme for matrix-solver
- Option to speed up
simulations by using fixed relative permeability and capillary pressure
calculated at the connate water saturation
- Multicomponent description
of oil and gas phase based on Peng-Robinson or Soave-Redlich-Kwong equation
of state compiled and linked as separate DLL
- Display migration paths
in 3D for selected source rocks and selected reservoirs
- Option to use simulated
residual oil saturation when analyzing basin for reserve content
- Option to display
simulated reserves as either ellipsoids, cells, or frames
- Faster and less RAM intensive
input of simulation results in Visualization program
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| January, 2004 |
- 123D Sim
& Vis 2.4
- Top horizons given as
Two-Way-Travel-Time added to stratum and area dependent input
variables assigned via ZMap or input wells
- Auxiliary wizard to estimate lithologic composition based on log data from:
| FDC, Bulk Density |
| IBHC, C-Sonic Travel Time |
| SNP, Side. Neutron Porosity |
| CNL, Comp. Neutron Porosity |
| GR, Gamma API |
| POR, Porosity |
| LKH, Perm Horizontal |
| TOC, Initial TOC |
| OIL, Oil Saturation |
| GAS, Gas Saturation |
- Special 1D version of 123D Sim & Vis 2.4 is also available
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| September, 2003 |
- 3D modeling of rock movements
based on solid viscous flow of minerals
- Multicomponent description
of oil and gas phase based on Peng-Robinson or Soave-Redlich-Kwong equation
of state
- Requirements to RAM per
grid cell is slightly less than 16,000 bytes
- Condensate added to
reserve analysis tool using flash calculations of reservoir fluid distribution
- Quality of oil quantified
by simulating API gravity and GOR from VLE calculations
- Kerogen maturity now also
expressed by H/C and O/C ratio as defined by van Krevelen
- Special 1D version of 123D Sim & Vis 2.3 is now available
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| April, 2003 |
- 123D Sim
& Vis 2.3
- Graphics added to user
interface for model building
- Point & click editor for
chronostratigraphy and import of ZMaps
- Top horizons added to stratum
and area dependent input variables assigned via ZMap or input wells
- Capillary boundaries mapable
in model building user interface prior to simulation start
- Culture data readable in
MapGen format
- Simulated paleo heat flow and
and present day porosity output to ZMap files for optional import in
a follow-up simulation
- Generated and expelled
hydrocarbon mass per area for each stratum added to output list
- Sonic properties of sediment
optionally derived from pressure-stress averaged compressibility of rock,
brine, oil, and gas
- Radiogenic heat sources
included in fast 1D vertical conductive heat solver
- Boundary conditions for
oil and gas saturation set to a Neuman type boundary condition of
zero gradient
- Empirical porosity solver
based on porosity rate instead of porosity gradient
- Requirements to RAM per
grid cell reduced to 7,000 bytes
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| July,
2002 |
- 4 times faster matrix-solver
for sequential simulation
- Six options
for kinetic modeling of the oil and gas phase:
| LLNL, 1991 discrete kinetics |
| IFP, 1987 discrete kinetics |
| IFP, 1975 discrete kinetics |
| User defined discrete kinetics |
| BP, 1995 Gaussian kinetics |
| User defined Gaussian kinetics |
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| February,
2002 |
- Option for
importing ZMap dataset of chronostratigraphic
thickness and lithological composition
- Four options
for modeling the oil and gas phase:
| Generation
& Migration |
| In Situ
Generation |
| Batch
Generation |
| Ignore |
- Option for
exporting input dataset to Permedia's MPath model
- Oil
viscosity related to both temperature and
standard oil density
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| August, 2001 |
- 123D Sim
& Vis 2.2
- Compaction
model based on conservation of momentum for the
solid rock phase. This new model is based on
solid viscous flow using temperature dependent
viscosity of minerals. It's an alternative to the
empirical compaction-effective stress curves.
- Intrinsic
permeability, relative permeability, and
capillary pressure from mineral dependent texture
data.
- Subsidence
plot with color map of simulated variables
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| April, 2001 |
- 123D Sim
& Vis 2.1
- Gulf of
Mexico Basin study
- Ported to
Windows 2000
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| November, 2000 |
- 123D Sim
& Vis 2.0
- Apatite
fission track annealing with a direct link to
AFTSolve� from Donelick Analytical, Inc.
- Optional
choices between LLNL, IFP, or user defined
Arrhenius’ type kinetics for algal,
liptinic, and humic kerogen
- 3D thermal
modeling includes radiogenic heat in the crust
and lithosphere originating from minerals
concentration of U, Th, and K based on
Schlumberger (1995) default values or input from
Gamma logs
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| January, 2000 |
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