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GEMINI (Geo-Engineering Modeling through INternet Informatics)
University of Kansas
posted on 10/13/2005
GEMINI is designed to provide programs to quantitatively analyze and model petroleum reservoirs without cost to the user. GEMINI allows operators to assemble and analyze on-line data or input their own data for analysis.
Suggested Uses
The integrated software platform in GEMINI necessarily overcame several major obstacles: 1) data access and compilation "on-the-fly" using geospatially referenced data using maps and tables; 2) interoperability of multiple software tools that comprise a project; 3) generation and real-time editing of scientific data and to produce tables, charts, graphs, and maps; and 4) development of a project workflow to aid the user in defining a plan for analysis, negotiating the software, accessing help, and ease in editing and modifying a saved project in a collaborative setting. Other uses of software framework could include: 1) adaptation to other geospatially referenced scientific data that are, e.g., current adaptation to use graphing function to display power plant emissions for project in carbon sequestration funded by DOE (www.natcarb.org); 2) adaptation of software for use in environmental and groundwater applications to analyze and monitor subsurface fluids; 3) use in pre-processing of data for popular commercial software applications including generation of output formats that are compatible with other software; and 4) adapt as a front-end "intelligent data mining" tool to filter data for highly level, more intensive analyses. Web services are a growing presence in industry and academia resulting from: 1) proliferation of broadband and wireless internet access at increasingly lower cost and widespread network; 2) maturation of Java and Java Web Start software including 3D visualization; 3) convergence on standards such as XML data protocol and versatility of enterprise databases to be accessible via internet tools; 4) decreasing costs of hardware and software to the point that they are increasingly considered appliances; 5) expectation of clients to be connected while mobile, being able to collaborate anywhere at anytime; and 6) improved security for software use and data that is shared. New niche markets/opportunities are virtually untapped in the petroleum industry. With the advent of broadband internet in the rural areas of Kansas, the benefits and opportunities for agriculture and the petroleum industry will be substantial (e.g., Sept. 13, 2004-- http://www.hutchnews.com/days/monday/...).
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The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc/Kansas Geological Survey, has completed a public domain web application for independent petroleum operators. GEMINI is designed to provide programs to quantitatively analyze and model petroleum reservoirs without cost to the user. GEMINI allows operators to assemble and analyze on-line data or input their own data for analysis.
The software run from the web site (http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Gemini/) allows users to login and work on a project and also interact with others in the analysis who also login via secure password protection no matter where their location. Several types of data can be analyzed in GEMINI including digital logs, core analysis and photos, drill stem tests and production data. Current geological and engineering applications include modeling programs based on PfEFFER log analysis (http://www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/software/pf...), a previously funded DOE software.
Tutorial assistance is available to help users understand the software and to learn how to access reports and data provided by the University of Kansas and several participating companies. Companies who provide data and participated in the testing and evaluation of GEMINI included Anadarko, BP, Conoco-Phillips, Lario, Mull, Murfin, and Pioneer Resources.
The University of Kansas seeks to link GEMINI tools with appropriate public-domain data to facilitate on-the-fly data analysis and a national petroleum database infrastructure. Java Web-Start versions of these software tools are now being released to allow applications to run on a user's PC without the internet, once they are downloaded from the website (http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Gemini/Tools/To...).
The GEMINI website is currently accessed nearly 14,000 times per month. Since the release of GEMINI in September 2003, user-defined projects have prown to 250, averagin 13 new user projects per month. Several reservoir modeling projects previously funded by DOE are being used to demonstrate use of GEMINI to refine the reservoir characterization, improve reservoir simulations, and revise recovery strategies.
"How to use GEMINI" workshops are being offered through DOE-funded Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC), e.g. upcoming November 16: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Gemini/Workshop... domain and proprietary digital warehousing of boregole logs and core analyses, production, and well tests have and will continue to be increasingly available on the Web. These information set in otion new strategies to re-explore and re-develop mature areas to find bypassed, under produced, and previously subtle and uneconomic pay.
Web-based reservoir modeling software such as the public domain GEMINI establishes password-protected projects, workflow, and tutorials to help the online user gather data on-the-fly and perform real-time, interactive collaborative modeling of reservoirs. Java applets used in the applications require a minimal-sized PC and internet access.
Initial screening of reservoir performance and prospective pay prediction can quickly narrow the search space to focus efforts toward enhanced recovery opportunities. Once targets are identified, collaborative users can perform integrated geologic and engineering modeling including iterative approaches and scenario testing. Software tools include core analysis modeling and log analysis, production and DST analysts, PVT, volumetrics, and material balance.
The refined reservoir characterizationand associated economics can be used to identify appropriate recovery technologies. Access to web-based modeling, particularly for small independent oil and gas producers, encourages use of robust reservoir parameters and models in decision making and in fluid flow simulations. Additional functions in GEMINI provide the means to export intermediate results for use in other applications.
The software run from the web site (http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Gemini/) allows users to login and work on a project and also interact with others in the analysis who also login via secure password protection no matter where their location. Several types of data can be analyzed in GEMINI including digital logs, core analysis and photos, drill stem tests and production data. Current geological and engineering applications include modeling programs based on PfEFFER log analysis (http://www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/software/pf...), a previously funded DOE software.
Tutorial assistance is available to help users understand the software and to learn how to access reports and data provided by the University of Kansas and several participating companies. Companies who provide data and participated in the testing and evaluation of GEMINI included Anadarko, BP, Conoco-Phillips, Lario, Mull, Murfin, and Pioneer Resources.
The University of Kansas seeks to link GEMINI tools with appropriate public-domain data to facilitate on-the-fly data analysis and a national petroleum database infrastructure. Java Web-Start versions of these software tools are now being released to allow applications to run on a user's PC without the internet, once they are downloaded from the website (http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Gemini/Tools/To...).
The GEMINI website is currently accessed nearly 14,000 times per month. Since the release of GEMINI in September 2003, user-defined projects have prown to 250, averagin 13 new user projects per month. Several reservoir modeling projects previously funded by DOE are being used to demonstrate use of GEMINI to refine the reservoir characterization, improve reservoir simulations, and revise recovery strategies.
"How to use GEMINI" workshops are being offered through DOE-funded Petroleum Technology Transfer Council (PTTC), e.g. upcoming November 16: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Gemini/Workshop... domain and proprietary digital warehousing of boregole logs and core analyses, production, and well tests have and will continue to be increasingly available on the Web. These information set in otion new strategies to re-explore and re-develop mature areas to find bypassed, under produced, and previously subtle and uneconomic pay.
Web-based reservoir modeling software such as the public domain GEMINI establishes password-protected projects, workflow, and tutorials to help the online user gather data on-the-fly and perform real-time, interactive collaborative modeling of reservoirs. Java applets used in the applications require a minimal-sized PC and internet access.
Initial screening of reservoir performance and prospective pay prediction can quickly narrow the search space to focus efforts toward enhanced recovery opportunities. Once targets are identified, collaborative users can perform integrated geologic and engineering modeling including iterative approaches and scenario testing. Software tools include core analysis modeling and log analysis, production and DST analysts, PVT, volumetrics, and material balance.
The refined reservoir characterizationand associated economics can be used to identify appropriate recovery technologies. Access to web-based modeling, particularly for small independent oil and gas producers, encourages use of robust reservoir parameters and models in decision making and in fluid flow simulations. Additional functions in GEMINI provide the means to export intermediate results for use in other applications.
File Number: 2005 FY 08
Web site: http://www.kgs.ku.edu/
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