SBIR/STTR Research Award
THREE DIMENSIONAL FORWARD AND INVERSE SEISMIC MODELING OF COMPLEX OIL RESERVOIRS
Award amount
$498,656Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- DRAGFFDYMT53
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS AND PROTOTYPE COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR DETAILED STRATIGRAPHIC AND LITHOLOGICAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF OIL RESERVOIRS BY SEISMIC METHODS. THE ACCURATE, HIGH RESOLUTION DETERMINATION OF THE ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF THE RESERVOIR MATERIALS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN OBTAINING ROCK PROPERTIES OF DIRECT INTEREST TO THE ENGINEER IN RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT AND ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY TASKS. THIS PROJECT EXTENDS AND FURTHER DEVELOPS TECHNIQUES FOR CONSIDERING COMPLEX GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES IN EXPLORATION SEISMOLOGY BY COMBINING NOVEL GEOMETRICAL MODELING, SOPHISTICATED WAVE PROPAGATION SIMULATION, SEISMIC RAY TRACING, FULL ELASTIC WAVE FINITE ELEMENT SOLVERS, AND NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Develop Advanced Cumulative Damage Models for Multi-Strike RC Bunkers
- A Multiscale-Multiphysics Tool for Linking Coupon to Component Behavior of CMCs in Relevant Service Environment
- Weapons Effects FRMs for Contact or Embedded detonations in Fixed Targets
- Simulation of Mechanical System Kinematic Operation Subsequent to High Intensity Loading
- Development of Characterization of Failure Modes for Mechanical Components
Research funding history
82 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2015). Reported award amounts total $21,696,566. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services