Using visualization and parallel computing for interactive reservoir characterization

Abstract

The use of modular visualization and immersive virtual environments to inspect and analyze multiple geostatistical descriptions of a reservoir is presented. Constrained geostatic simulations are performed in parallel on an IBM SP2 and displayed in real time either on graphic workstation or in an immersive environment. The rendering and volume manipulation is performed using a modular visualization environment. Realizations are rendered in a distributed computing environment by defining execution groups, assigned to a set of workstations, of visualization tasks that can be created or modified interactively through visual modular program. Geostatistical realizations are transferred to the execution groups of the visualization environment by message passing.