An effective method to reduce grid orientation effects in steamflood simulations

Journal Article · Thu Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1985 · Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2118/13509-MS· OSTI ID:5459015

Caracotsios, M; Bertiyer, W I; Woo, P T

The velocity interpolation technique of Bertiger and Padmanabhan (1983), was formulated for block centered cartesian grids and implemented in a fully implicit steamflood simulator. A detailed numerical study shows that the technique essentially eliminates grid orientation effects in uniform grids and greatly reduces them in non-uniform symmetric ones. Furthermore, it was found that for asymmetric diagonal orientations the results agree with those of symmetric ones. However, for parallel asymmetric configurations, grid orientation effects reappear.

• Research Organization: Chevron Oil Field Research Co.
• OSTI ID: 5459015
• Journal Information: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States), Journal Name: Soc. Pet. Eng. AIME, Pap.; (United States) Vol. SPE13509; ISSN SEAPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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