by Matthew Balhoff
An Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir
Simulation is aimed toward graduate students and professionals in the
oil and gas industry working in reservoir simulation. It begins with a
review of fluid and rock properties and derivation of basic reservoir
engineering mass balance equations. Then equations and approaches for
numerical reservoir simulation are introduced. The text starts with
simple problems (1D, single phase flow in homogeneous reservoirs with
constant rate wells) and subsequent chapters slowly add complexities
(heterogeneities, nonlinearities, multi-dimensions, multiphase flow,
and multicomponent flow). Partial differential equations and finite
differences are then introduced but it will be shown that algebraic
mass balances can also be written directly on discrete grid blocks that
result in the same equations. Many completed examples and figures will
be included to improve understanding.
An
Introduction to Petroleum Reservoir Simulation is designed for those
with their first exposure to reservoir simulation, including graduate
students in their first simulation course and working professionals who
are using reservoir simulators and want to learn more about the
basics.
- Presents basic equations
and discretization for multiphase, multicomponent transport in
subsurface media in a simple, easy-to-understand manner
- Features illustrations that explain basic concepts and show comparison to analytical solutions and commercial simulators
- Includes dozens of completed example problems on a small number of grid blocks
- Offers
pseudocode and exercises to allow the reader to develop their own
computer-based numerical simulator that can be verified against
analytical solutions and commercial simulators
