US Patent Issued to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering on May 27 for "Semi-elimination methodology for simulating high flow features in a reservoir" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,643, issued on May 27, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).

"Semi-elimination methodology for simulating high flow features in a reservoir" was invented by Yahan Yang (Pearland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semi-elimination methodology for simulating high flow features in a reservoir and wells is disclosed. The reservoir and wells may be divided into a plurality of cells, including small cells in wells and the reservoir and bulk cells in the bulk of the reservoir, where the small cells are smaller (e.g., by pore volume) than the bulk cells. Processing of all of the cells, including all ...