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A 3D Representation of a Petroleum Reservoir

The color represent the cumulative change of oil saturation. Red indicates that oil has been flowing into the region and blue indicates that oil has been flowing out of the region. The spheres represent the cumulative production of the wells.

Data courtesy of IBM Kingston using Western Altas Software compositional simulator VIP-COMP. Input data for the simulator is provided by John Killough of University of Houston.