Principles of Applied Reservoir Simulation

2nd ed.
ISBN: 978-0-88415-372-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 294 Seiten

Principles of Applied Reservoir Simulation and its accompanying CD offer users a fully functioning reservoir simulator. Together, the book and CD provide a hands-on introduction to the process of reservoir modeling and show how to apply reservoir simulation technology and principles.

The book begins with a reservoir engineering primer that makes information accessible to geologists, geophysicists, and hydrologists, and serves as a review for petroleum engineers. The second part of the volume, covering modeling principles, has been substantially revised and updated since the first edition.

The simulator, WINBD4, is a version of the first edition's BOAST4D flow simulator, modified for use in a Windows operating environment with a dynamic memory management system that expands the applicability of the program. It also includes a visualization feature that provides a 3D perspective of the reservoir.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fanchi, John R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to Reservoir Management; RESERVOIR ENGINEERING PRIMER: Basic Reservoir Analysis; Multiphase Flow Concepts; Derivation of the Flow Equations; Fluid Displacement; Frontal Stability; Pattern Floods; Recovery of Subsurface Resources; Economics and the Environment; RESERVOIR SIMULATION: Overview of the Modeling Process; Conceptual Reservoir Scales; Reservoir Structure; Fluid Properties; Rock-Fluid Interaction; Fundamentals of Reservoir Simulation; Modeling Reservoir Architecture; Data Preparation for a Typical Study; History Matching; Predictions; CASE STUDY: Study Objectives and Data Gathering; Model Initialization; History Matching and Predictions; WINB4D USER'S MANUAL: Introduction to WINB4D; Initializing Data; Recurrent Data; Program Output Evaluation; TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENTS: Simulator Formation; Rock and Fluid Models; Initialization; Well Models; Well Flow Index (PID); The IMPES Formulation; References; Index

Über Autor(innen)

John R. Fanchi is a Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. He has worked in the technology centers of three major oil companies (Marathon, Cities Service and Getty), and served as an international consultant. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Houston.

Über Autor(innen)

John R. Fanchi is a Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. He has worked in the technology centers of three major oil companies (Marathon, Cities Service and Getty), and served as an international consultant. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Houston.