Architecture of a multipurpose simulator

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 221-235

  Abou Kassem, Jamal H ^a   Osman, Mohammed E ^a   Zaid, Alforgi M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Architecture; Field applications; Multipurpose simulation; Reservoir modelling; Reservoir simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

BLACK OIL SIMULATORS; MULTIPURPOSE SIMULATORS; POLYMER INJECTION SIMULATORS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0030412049     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-4105(96)00027-7     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Abou-Kassem, J.H., 1996. Practical considerations in developing numerical simulators for thermal recovery. J. Pet. Sci. Eng., 15: 281-290.
2. Abou-Kassem, J.H. and Ertekin, T., 1992. An efficient algorithm for removal of inactive blocks in reservoir simulation. J. Can. Pet. Technol., 31(2): 25-31.
3. Abou-Kassem, J.H. and Farouq Ali, S.M., 1995. Modeling of emulsion flow in porous media. J. Can. Pet. Technol., 34(6): 30-38.
4. Appleyard, J.R. and Cheshire, I.M., 1982. The cascade method for accelerated convergence in implicit simulators. Presented at Eur. Pet. Conf., London, Pap. EUR 283.
5. Appleyard, J.R. and Cheshire, I.M., 1983. Nested Factorization. Presented at Res. Sim. Symp., Soc. Pet. Eng., San Francisco, CA, Pap. SPE 12264.
6. Behie, A. and Vinsome, P.K.W., 1982. Block iterative methods for fully implicit reservoir simulation. Soc. Pet. Eng. J., 22(5): 658-668.
7. Bondor, P.L., Hirasaki, G.J. and Tham, M.J., 1972. Mathematical simulation of polymer flooding in complex reservoirs. Soc. Pet. Eng. J., 12(4): 395.
8. Carter, R.D. and Tracy, G.W., 1960. An improved method for calculating water influx. Trans. AIME (Am. Inst. Min. Eng.), 219: 415-417.
9. Ertekin, T., Abou-Kassem, J.H. and King, G.R., 1996. Basic Applied Reservoir Simulation. Soc. Pet. Eng., Richardson, TX, in press.
10. Farnstrom, K.L. and Ertekin, T., 1987. A versatile, fully implicit, black oil simulator with variable bubble-point option. Soc. Pet. Eng., Annu. Calif. Reg. Meet., Ventura, CA.
11. Kazemi, H., Vestal, C.R. and Shank, G.D., 1978. Efficient multi-component numerical simulator. Soc. Pet. Eng. J., 18(5): 355.
12. Klins, M.A., Bouchard, A.J. and Cable, C.L., 1988. A polynomial approach to the van Everdingen-Hurst dimensionless variables for water encroachment. Soc. Pet. Eng. Res. Eng., 3(1): 320-326.
13. Lutchmansingh, P.M., Ertekin, T. and Abou-Kassem, J.H., 1991. Development and application of a highly implicit multi-dimensional polymer injection simulator. AIChE (Am. Inst. Chem. Eng.) Symp. Ser., 87(280): 112-122.
14. Odeh, A.S., 1981. Comparison of solutions to a three-dimensional black oil reservoir simulation problem. J. Pet. Technol., 33(1): 13-25.
15. Sammon, P.H. and Rubin, B., 1983. Practical control of timestep selection in thermal simulation. Presented at 7th Res. Sim. Symp., Soc. Pet. Eng., San Francisco, CA, Pap. SPE 12268.
16. Todd, M.R. and Longstaff, W.J., 1972. The development, testing and application of a numerical simulator for predicting miscible performance. J. Pet. Technol., 24(7): 874.