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Title: HIGH RESOLUTION PREDICTION OF GAS INJECTION PROCESS PERFORMANCE FOR HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/823226· OSTI ID:823226

This report outlines progress in the second quarter of the second year of the DOE project ''High Resolution Prediction of Gas Injection Process Performance for Heterogeneous Reservoirs''. A three-dimensional streamline simulator, developed at Stanford University, has been modified in order to use analytical one-dimensional dispersion-free solutions to multicomponent gas injection processes. The use of analytical one-dimensional solutions in combination with streamline simulation is demonstrated to speedup compositional simulations of miscible gas injection processes by orders of magnitude compared to a conventional finite difference simulator. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional examples are reported to demonstrate the potential of this technology. Finally, the assumptions of the approach and possible extensions to include the effects of gravity are discussed.

Research Organization:
Stanford University (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
(US)
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-00BC15319
OSTI ID:
823226
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 31 Mar 2002
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English