Reservoir modeling. pt. 13. a review--and a look ahead

Journal Article · Sun Jan 03 00:00:00 EST 1971 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5693228

van Poollen, H K; Bixel, H C; Jargon, J R

Reservoir-simulation programs have allowed reaching the point in reservoir engineering where answers can be produced that could not be arrived at intuitively. Following is a partial list of problems that can be solved using models which have been discussed in this series: (1) determination of oil-field performance under depletion or various fluid- injection operations; (2) calculation of the effect of well spacing on recovery; (3) a look at various flooding patterns; (4) determination of the effect of producing rate on recovery; (5) calculation of critical rates for water and gas coning; (6) estimation of lease-line drainage; (7) calculation of gas field deliverability; (8) an estimate of the effect of nuclear stimulation on wells producing from tight gas reservoirs; (9) insight into the physical description of the oil reservoir by matching past performance; (10) modeling of small-scale laboratory experiments; and (11) use of models as research and educational tools to study various mechanisms and to generate correlations for specific types of reservoirs. In general, 4 types of errors are involved in using a reservoir simulator: (1) errors associated with the computer; (2) errors associated with the programming; (3) errors causd by using too large a grid size or time-step size; and (4) errors caused by inaccurate reservoir data.

• Research Organization: Colorado Sch Mines; Marathon Oil Co
• OSTI ID: 5693228
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Vol. 69:9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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