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Oil & Gas
2
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International Conference and Expo on
Journal of Industrial and Environmental Chemistry | Volume 3
Advanced reservoir modeling and management of complex reservoirs
Rafiq Islam
Emertec Research and Development Ltd., Canada
T
he petroleum industry is known to be the biggest user of
computer models. More importantly, unlike other big-
scale simulation, such as space research and weather models,
petroleummodels do not have an option of verifyingwith real
data. Because petroleum engineers do not have the luxury
of launching a ‘reservoir shuttle’ or a ‘petroleum balloon’ to
roam around the reservoir, the task of modeling is the most
daunting.Today,practicallyallaspectsofreservoirengineering
problems are solved with reservoir simulators, ranging from
well testing to prediction of enhanced oil recovery. For every
application, however, there is a custom-designed simulator.
Even though, quite often, ‘comprehensive’, ‘All-purpose’,
and other denominations are used to describe a company
simulator, every simulation study is a unique process, starting
from the reservoir description to the final analysis of results.
Simulation is the art of combining physics, mathematics,
reservoirengineering,andcomputerprogrammingtodevelop
a tool for predicting hydrocarbon reservoir performance
under various operating strategies. This course familiarizes
participants with steps involved in the development of a
reservoir simulator, ranging from formulation to history
matching. They learn about conventional approach as well
as recently introduced ‘engineering approach’. It is called the
“Engineering Approach” because it is closer to the engineer’s
thinking and to the physical meaning of the terms in the
flow equations. Both the engineering and mathematical
approaches treat boundary conditions with the same
accuracy if the mathematical approach uses second order
approximations. The engineering approach is simple and yet
general and rigorous.
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president@emertec.caJ Ind Environ Chem, Volume:3
DOI: 10.35841/2591-7331-C3-015