An Introduction to Multiphase, Multicomponent Reservoir Simulation

by Matthew Balhoff

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323992350
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	10/25/2022
Series:	Developments in Petroleum Science , #75
Pages:	346
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.72(d)

About the Author

Matthew T. Balhoff is a Professor in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering and Director of the Center for Subsurface Energy and the Environment at UT-Austin. He co-leads the Industrial Affiliates Program on Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery. Dr. Balhoff received his BS (2000) and PhD (2005) in chemical engineering from Louisiana State University. He became an SPE Distinguished member in 2017 and is a winner of the 2017 SPE Southwestern North America Regional Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award, 2014 SPE International Young Member Service Award, and 2012 SPE International Teaching Fellow Award. Dr. Balhoff has over 70 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of numerical reservoir simulation, pore-scale modelling, enhanced oil recovery, carbon storage, and unconventional resource production. He has taught dozens of undergraduate and graduate courses on numerical reservoir simulation, reservoir engineering, and fluid properties.

Table of Contents

1. Review of Rock and Fluid Properties
2. Single Phase Flow in Porous Media
3. Finite Difference Solutions to the 1D Diffusivity Equation
4. Control Volume Approach, Heterogeneities, Gravity, and Nonlinearities
5. 2D and 3D Single-Phase Flow
6. Wells, Well Models, and Radial Flow
7. Component Transport in Porous Media
8. Numerical Solution of the Black Oil Model
9. Multiphase Compositional Modeling

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Covers the basics of reservoir simulation for students and professionals who are new to the field