Virtual Reality lab for Brazilian oil explorationLagoa Nova 21 May 2001 The Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), located in Lagoa Nova, Brazil, has inaugurated a Virtual Reality Laboratory for 3D visualization of geological data as a decision-making tool for exploration of oil reserves.
Featuring an SGI Reality Center 3300W visualization facility and a
Silicon Graphics Onyx2 InfiniteReality3 workstation, the UFRN
laboratory allows researchers to reduce the amount of time needed to complete
key oil research projects from several months to a matter of days. These
SGI visualization tools enable researchers to attain a higher degree of
accuracy in reservoir simulation, analysis and 3D visualization of subsurface
data.
The Virtual Reality Laboratory is ideal for 3D graphical visualization,
using stereoscopy for oil exploitation research. The State of Rio Grande do
Norte, which is an important hub of Brazilian oil production, welcomes the lab
as a way to facilitate interaction among researchers with the system..
The Agencia Nacional de Petroleo has approved several research projects
that will be implemented by UFRN:
Application of transformed wavelet and other modern techniques of
static physics for the improvement of seismic resolution in the exploitation
of oil
Alternating injection of water and gas for the enhanced recovery of
oil, an investigation of the efficiency of alternative injection methods for
the recovery of oil
Application of virtual reality in the analysis of the efficient
draining of oil and gas fields
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