Reservoir heterogeneities exist at several length scales. Reservoir properties will depend on the scale that we are analysing on the reservoir (from core to grid block). Facies are normally identified in cores and classified based on microscopic and small scale features such as lithology, grain size, texture, sedimentary structure, colour and fossil content. However, facies information is only ...

In this study, an integrated system for the comprehensive analysis of climate change, runoff, reservoir operation, and power generation was developed. In order to apply reliable climate change scenarios to the Geum River Basin, we applied representative concentration pathway (RCP) scenarios adopted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for its fifth assessment report in 2014 to the s...

With the recent interest and enthusiasm in the industry toward smart wells, intelligent fields, and real-time analysis and interpretation of large amounts of data for process optimization, our industry’s need for powerful, robust, and intelligent tools has significantly increased. Operations such as asset evaluation; 3Dand 4D-seismicdata interpretation; complex multilateral-drilling design and ...

Ecosystems provide crucial services such as clean water to humans. Numerous payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs have been implemented around the world. However, their socioeconomic and environmental consequences are rarely quantified simultaneously. In PNAS, Zheng et al. (1) present an insightful empirical analysis of socioeconomic and environmental effects of a PES program that supp...

The Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka (MASL) is responsible for planning the water allocation across five major River systems in Lanka. This includes providing to 15 hydro plants and over 32 irrigation areas. MASL has been using computer models since the1980’s meet various demands entire system establish right balance between multiple stakeholders as part calculation a seasonal plan (SOP). an eva...

A jet-type magnetically driven fluid micropump to drive conductive fluids has been designed, fabricated, and tested. The pump actuation is based on a rotary magnetic micromotor with fully integrated stator and coils operating with the rotor immersed in the fluid to be pumped, thereby driving the fluid from a inlet flow reservoir through integrated flow channels to an outlet flow reservoir. The ...

The HIV-1 reservoir is established very early after transmission when proviruses become integrated in the genome of long-lived immune cells. Three to 6 days after infection, intracellular HIV-1 DNA in CD4þ T cells and virions attached to antigen-presenting cells can be detected in regional draining lymph nodes [1]. The rapid dissemination of HIV-1 in humans corresponds to observations in nonhum...