Petroleum iQ
Oil and Gas Solutions

Ambercore's expertise in mathematical, scientific and graphical algorithms required to model and simulate the real world includes:

• Mathematical simulation of multi state environments
• Hydrology, flow analysis and flood modeling
• Environmental modeling of waste material
• 3D probabilistic geological modeling
• Horizontal Directional Drilling design
• Simulation of natural processes such as wind and water erosion
• Simulating the formation and movement of geological deposits

The Petroleum iQ technology combines these modeling capabilities with the power and ease of use inherent in Ambercore software and .NET based design.

The results are next generation oil and gas decision support systems which enable decision makers to:

• Derive new information from the data
• Explore "what if" scenarios on real world models
• Arrive at optimum results, while minimizing costs
• Use the customized wizard approach in Petroleum iQ which leads the user through more complex procedures while embedded intelligence handles the finer points of the analysis.

Increasing Exploration Efficiency
 
Ambercore increases oil and gas production efficiency and saves significant drilling costs through sophisticated software analysis performed on existing geophysical data. 

The Ambercore solution:

1. Improves reservoir modeling and characterization
2. Increases oil and gas production efficiency
3. Reduces risk of drilling dry holes
4. More accurately estimates location and size of oil/gas deposit accumulations

Petroleum Systems Analyses can be conducted at the basin scale to determine the likelihood that a working petroleum system exists.  Where detailed data is available, more detailed analyses can be performed down to field and reservoir scale investigations.

High resolution 3D models simulate reservoir filling using specially modified invasion percolation algorithms.  These operate on porosity and permeability values derived from seismic data to determine structural traps and accumulations where the oil and gas is located. The largest accumulations can be identified and reserve estimates obtained to quantify the amounts of oil and gas which may be present.

Increasing Productivity of Mature Oil Operations

Often even very mature existing operations still have significant potential and can be refurbished if properly assessed and developed with modern technology. 

Ambercore provides a solution allowing operators to:

1. Tap secondary deposits, and access isolated satellite fields
2. Model the effects of water injection processes 
3. Apply directional drilling design techniques to access these isolated oil reservoirs precisely

SAGD Solution

Ambercore’s solution for SAGD provides the software component for the next generation instrumented digital oilfield.  Ambercore and partners have developed capabilities that allow SAGD operations to model the past, monitor the present, simulate the future. 

With scientific modeling and simulation of the SAGD production processes coupled with a probabilistic modeling approach.  Ambercore allows:  

• Modeling of SAGD production risks
• Reduction of costs by optimizing steam requirements
• Determination of best well pair locations

Ambercore deliver multiphase combined physical and heuristic simulation including:

• Steam chamber dynamic development
• Sub-cool analysis
• Variable drawdown models
• Low-pressure operation modeling
• SOR assessments
• SAGD process stability estimate
• Effective fiber sensor calibration of petro-physical parameters, pressure and temperature

Pipeline Applications

Ambercore creates enterprise scale solutions for pipeline applications including:

• Integration of data from many sources into a 3D virtual environment
• Pipeline Inventory and Dynamic Flow Simulation capabilities
• Design and optimization of proposed pipeline routes before going into the field

Ambercore also offers hardware and 3D software solutions for pipeline & perimeter security monitoring in the form of an advanced fiber optic acoustic system for:

• Theft Prevention
• Leak Detection
• Anti-Terrorism Alert
• Accidental Damage Avoidance

Large Exploration Data Sets

The uniquely powerful Ambercore software architecture provides an engine which is the very Best in Class for high resolution 3D data processing and visualization for very large data sets such as those typical in LiDAR.

• Orders of magnitude faster than competing software
• No point number or file size limitations
• Proven to efficiently build billions of LiDAR points
• Fast visualization techniques for very large data sets
• Can compile Digital Elevation Models over 100 Gb
• Specialized regularization algorithms maximize the retention of precision

Maximize Oil Sands Open Pit Resource Recovery

Use Petroleum iQ technology to model alternative scenarios for open pit mining of oil sands:

• Demonstrate orderly and efficient development of the resource
• Model the storage of overburden in the disposal areas
• Apply different mining scenarios based on different operating criteria
• Apply cost models to determine optimum solutions
  Optimize the mining and backfill timing
• Plan the maximization of resource recovery at lease boundary
  

Slumping Model – The storage of overburden in the disposal areas can be modeled and the positive effect of co-disposal technologies can be simulated.	Geometric Model - classifies terrain into areas which are well suited, moderately suited and poorly suited for particular activities such as mining and storage of overburden.

Oil Sands Tailings and Water Management Strategy

Ambercore technology helps find optimum solutions for water and tailings management strategies. Scenarios can be modelled and displayed in 3D and disseminated to stakeholders.

Tailings management plan

• Simulate what if scenarios for tailings management
• Explore possibilities for thickened tailings and composite tailings technology
• Model the effects of tailings ponds
• Minimize the footprint of the tailings area
• Model the backup tailings management strategy

Water management plan

• Minimizing fresh water import
• Surface and groundwater modeling
• Assessment of ground and surface water effects
• Potential river valley erosion

Other Oil and Gas Applications

Ambercore has technology in areas of heat/mass transfer, hydrology and flow analysis for finding optimal solutions for oil and gas deposit exploration based upon the mathematical simulation of the interaction between oil, gas and water in multi state environments.

Reservoir location and characterization based on structural analytical technology

• Automated methods of lineament extraction and analysis
• Automated analysis of irregular and polygonal fault analysis
• Palae-valley and palae-watershed reconstruction

Combined analysis of multiple data sources such as geochemical, infrared, aero-magnetic etc.

• Extraction of compared patterns which accompany the presence of oil and / or gas in certain regions
• Recognition of oil and / or gas areas
• Obtaining high probability results by comparing morphology-structural analysis with statistical & probabilistic results

Permafrost Applications

Ambercore's scientific team has experience designing engineering solutions and simulation software for the construction of gas pipeline supports ideally suitable for permafrost conditions. The supports are built using Cryostat technology to reliably maintain stable sub zero temperatures with no maintenance.

Ambercore's technology can also be used to determine how, over time, the construction of a pipeline affects the condition of the permafrost in its immediate vicinity. Specific parts of a pipeline can be identified as danger points with regard to permafrost melting.