Introduction to reservoir simulation and mathematical basics
• The need for reservoir simulation
• Conservation equations and dividing the reservoir into grid blocks
• Setting up conservation equations and solving sets of linear equations
• When to use reservoir simulation and when to use simpler methods
Analytic solutions to the transport equations - Buckley-Leverett analysis
• Waterflooding in a one-dimensional system
• Solutions to the flow equations and implications for waterflood analysis
• Recovery plots
• Worked examples and guidelines on how to use analytical methods
Grid-based simulation
• Strengths of grid-based methods
• Numerical dispersion and grid orientation
• How large a model to run?
• Upscaling
• Example applications
Streamline-based simulation
• Why use streamlines?
• Basic methodology – tracing streamlines and including gravity
• Examples using streamlines – well placement and history matching
• Strengths and weaknesses of streamline-based simulation
Topics in reservoir simulation
• Dual porosity modeling to represent fractured reservoirs at the field scale
• History matching
• Well placement
• Gas injection and enhanced oil recovery
• Facilities coupling
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