Evolution of analyzing reservoir simulation data
Petroleum-producing companies world-wide routinely use numerical reservoir simulation as an engineering tool to manage their hydrocarbon reservoirs efficiently. The task of building models with a large number of gridblocks is not easy, and analyzing the voluminous results produced by such models is even more difficult. This paper discusses the historical evolution of techniques used to analyze reservoir simulation data over the past decade. It outlines how the advancement of workstation technology and the introduction of an X-Window system opened up an entirely new way of using mainframe computing power and workstation graphical display capabilities simultaneously. The paper also discusses Saudi Aramco`s experience in the development of sophisticated reservoir simulation postprocessing packages. The authors emphasize the need for direct communication between the programmer and end users to facilitate a user-friendly package. They present a practical example illustrating the benefit of these postprocessing packages in the construction and history matching of a large model with approximately 52,000 cells. They estimate savings in manpower and computer resources using current technology.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 170107
- Journal Information:
- SPE Computer Applications, Vol. 7, Issue 6; Other Information: DN: Paper presented at the 1994 SPE Petroleum Computer Conference, Dallas, TX (US), July 31--August 3; PBD: Dec 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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