SEQUENTIAL FULLY IMPLICIT WELL MODEL WITH TRIDIAGONAL MATRIX STRUCTURE FOR RESERVOIR SIMULATION - Patent 3423672

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EP 3 423 672 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	09.01.2019 Bulletin 2019/02

(21)	Application number: 17711453.5

(22)	Date of filing: 02.03.2017

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E21B 41/00^(2006.01)

E21B 49/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2017/020318

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2017/151838 (08.09.2017 Gazette 2017/36)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	MA MD

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Priority:

04.03.2016 US 201615061572

(71)	Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
	31311 Dhahran (SA)

(72)	Inventor:
	DOGRU, Ali, H. Dhahran 31311 (SA)

(74)	Representative: Williams, Michael David
	Marks & Clerk LLP 1 New York Street Manchester M1 4HD Manchester M1 4HD (GB)

(54)	SEQUENTIAL FULLY IMPLICIT WELL MODEL WITH TRIDIAGONAL MATRIX STRUCTURE FOR RESERVOIR SIMULATION