My Geology Is Too Complex for My Grid: Grid-Free Surface-Based Geological Modelling

References

1. Belayneh, M., Geiger, S. and Matthäi, S. K.
   [2006] Numerical simulation of water injection into layered fractured carbonate reservoir analogs. AAPG Bulletin90(10), 1473–1493.
   [Google Scholar]
2. Börner, J. H., Bär, M. and Spitzer, K.
   [2015] Electromagnetic methods for exploration and monitoring of enhanced geothermal systems — A virtual experiment. Geothermics55, 78–87.
   [Google Scholar]
3. Caumon, G., Collon-Drouaillet, P., Le Carlier de Veslud, C., Viseur, S. and Sausse, J.
   [2009] Surface-Based 3D Modeling of Geological Structures. Mathematical Geosciences41(8), 927–945.
   [Google Scholar]
4. Christie, M. and Blunt, M.
   [Year] Tenth SPE comparative solution project: A comparison of upscaling techniques. SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, 308–317.
   [Google Scholar]
5. Deveugle, P. E. K., Jackson, M. D., Hampson, G. J., Farrell, M. E., Sprague, A. R., Stewart, J. and Calvert, C. S.
   [2011] Characterization of stratigraphic architecture and its impact on fluid flow in a fluvial-dominated deltaic reservoir analog: Upper Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone Member, Utah. AAPG Bulletin95(5), 693–727.
   [Google Scholar]
6. Flood, Y. S. and Hampson, G. J.
   [2015] Quantitative Analysis of the Dimensions and Distribution of Channelized Fluvial Sandbodies Within A Large Outcrop Dataset: Upper Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, Central Utah, U.S.A.Journal of Sedimentary Research85(4), 315–336.
   [Google Scholar]
7. Florez, H., Manzanilla-Morillo, R., Florez, J. and Wheeler, M. F.
   [2014] Spline-based reservoir’s geometry reconstruction and mesh generation for coupled flow and mechanics simulation. Computational Geosciences18(6), 949–967.
   [Google Scholar]
8. Geiger, S. and Matthäi, S.
   [2012] What can we learn from high-resolution numerical simulations of single- and multi-phase fluid flow in fractured outcrop analogues?Geological Society, London, Special Publications 374.
   [Google Scholar]
9. Graham, G. H., Jackson, M. D. and Hampson, G. J.
   [2015] Three-dimensional modeling of clinoforms in shallow-marine reservoirs: Part 1. Concepts and application. AAPG Bulletin99(6), 1013–1047.
   [Google Scholar]
10. Jackson, M. D., Hampson, G. J., Saunders, J. H., El-Sheikh, A., Graham, G. H. and Massart, B. Y. G.
    [2013] Surface-based reservoir modelling for flow simulation. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 387(1), 271–292.
    [Google Scholar]
11. Jacquemyn, C., Jackson, M. D. and Hampson, G. J.
    [submitted] Surface-based geological reservoir modelling using grid-free NURBS curves and surfaces. Mathematical Geosciences x, n/a-n/a.
    [Google Scholar]
12. Jacquemyn, C., Jackson, M. D., Hampson, G. J., John, C. M., Cantrell, D. L., Zűhlke, R., AbuBshait, A., Lindsay, R. F. and Monsen, R.
    [2017] Geometry, spatial arrangement and origin of carbonate grain-dominated, scour—fill and event-bed deposits: Late Jurassic Jubaila Formation and Arab-D Member, Saudi Arabia. Sedimentology x, n/a-n/a.
    [Google Scholar]
13. Livera, S. E.
    [1989] Facies associations and sand-body geometries in the Ness Formation of the Brent Group, Brent Field. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 41(1), 269–286.
    [Google Scholar]
14. Morris, J., Hampson, G. J. and Maxwell, G.
    [2003] Controls on facies architecture in the Brent Group, Strathspey Field, UK North Sea: implications for reservoir characterization. Petroleum Geoscience9(3), 209–220.
    [Google Scholar]
15. Paluszny, A., Matthai, S. K. and Hohmeyer, M.
    [2007] Hybrid finite element—finite volume discretization of complex geologic structures and a new simulation workflow demonstrated on fractured rocks. Geofluids7(2), 186–208.
    [Google Scholar]
16. Parquer, M. N., Collon, P. and Caumon, G.
    [2017] Reconstruction of Channelized Systems Through a Conditioned Reverse Migration Method. Mathematical Geosciences.
    [Google Scholar]
17. Piegl, L. A. and Tiller, W.
    [1997] The NURBS book. Springer, London.
    [Google Scholar]
18. Pyrcz, M. J., Catuneanu, O. and Deutsch, C. V.
    [2005] Stochastic surface-based modeling of turbidite lobes. AAPG Bulletin89(2), 177–191.
    [Google Scholar]
19. Ruiu, J., Caumon, G. and Viseur, S.
    [2016] Modeling channel forms and related sedimentary objects using a boundary representation based on non-uniform rational B-splines. Mathematical Geosciences48(3), 259–284.
    [Google Scholar]
20. Villamizar, C. A., Hampson, G. J., Flood, Y. S. and Fitch, P. J. R.
    [2015] Object-based modelling of avulsion-generated sandbody distributions and connectivity in a fluvial reservoir analogue of low to moderate net-to-gross ratio. Petroleum Geoscience21(4), 249–270.
    [Google Scholar]
21. Zehner, B., Börner, J. H., Görz, I. and Spitzer, K.
    [2015] Workflows for generating tetrahedral meshes for finite element simulations on complex geological structures. Computers & Geosciences79, 105–117.
    [Google Scholar]
22. Zhang, X., Pyrcz, M.J. and Deutsch, C. V.
    [2009] Stochastic surface modeling of deepwater depositional systems for improved reservoir models. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering68(1–2), 118–134.
    [Google Scholar]