Extended Reality Innovations for Reservoir Engineering

油藏工程的扩展现实创新

• 批准号: 554596-2020
• 负责人: Chen, Zhangxing
• 金额: $ 5.46万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=721342
• 关键词: Extended; Reality; Innovations; Reservoir; Engineering

The primary objective of the oil and gas industry is to find hydrocarbon deposits and determine economical strategies for recovery. In pursuit of this goal, oil and gas professionals must perform complex tasks on 3D representations of the subsurface. These complex tasks also require the analysis of large quantities and varieties of data within the context of these representations. Immersive, extended reality (XR) technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have undergone a renaissance over the last few years and high-quality hardware is now widely available. What remains unsolved is how to apply these technologies to improve workflows in industry. Immersive applications have many benefits that are thought to be applicable to reservoir engineering. This project combines the research expertise of Dr. Zhangxing (John) Chen and Dr. Frank Maurer with the experienced team at CMG Ltd. to unlock these benefits. Dr. Chen has extensive experience in modelling and simulation for reservoir engineering, and his team has successfully developed several extended reality prototypes for reservoir engineering that have been well received by industry. Dr. Maurer brings extensive research expertise in human-computer interaction for immersive analytics applications. CMG Ltd. is a leader in the development of reservoir simulation and analysis software. This team is uniquely positioned to uncover how extended reality can provide value for the field of reservoir engineering. Their collective expertise allows them to determine the best way to apply immersive technologies effectively to reservoir engineering workflows to provide greater efficiencies when analyzing complex scientific data sets. This project will develop techniques to utilize extended reality for improved understanding of scenarios, more efficient workflows and greater collaboration while advancing the energy industry in Canada to the forefront of understanding how to apply these exciting new visual and interactive technologies to real-world problems.

石油和天然气工业的主要目标是找到碳氢化合物矿床并确定经济的开采策略。为了实现这一目标，石油和天然气专业人员必须在地下的3D表示上执行复杂的任务。这些复杂的任务还需要在这些表示的上下文中分析大量和各种数据。增强现实（AR）和虚拟现实（VR）等沉浸式延展实境（XR）技术在过去几年中经历了复兴，高质量的硬件现在已广泛使用。尚未解决的问题是如何应用这些技术来改善工业中的工作流程。沉浸式应用具有许多被认为适用于油藏工程的益处。该项目将Zhangxing（John）Chen博士和Frank Maurer博士的研究专长与CMG Ltd.经验丰富的团队相结合，以释放这些优势。陈博士在油藏工程建模和模拟方面拥有丰富的经验，他的团队已经成功开发了几款油藏工程延展实境原型，受到业界的好评。Maurer博士为沉浸式分析应用带来了人机交互方面的广泛研究专业知识。CMG有限公司是油藏模拟和分析软件开发的领导者。该团队具有独特的优势，可以揭示延展实境如何为油藏工程领域提供价值。他们的集体专业知识使他们能够确定将沉浸式技术有效应用于油藏工程工作流程的最佳方式，以便在分析复杂的科学数据集时提供更高的效率。该项目将开发利用延展实境的技术，以提高对场景的理解，更有效的工作流程和更大的协作，同时将加拿大的能源行业推向了解如何将这些令人兴奋的新视觉和交互技术应用于现实世界问题的最前沿。