Black-oil reservoir simulator is now available

Journal Article · Mon Sep 13 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Oil Gas J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6282161

Fanchi, J R; Carroll, H B

Describes the US DOE Black Oil Applied Simulation Tool (BOAST), a program which can simulate oil and/or gas recovery by fluid expansion, displacement, gravity drainage, and capillary imbibition mechanisms. BOAST, which simulates isothermal, darcy flow in three dimensions, assumes that reservoir fluids can be described by 3 fluid phases (oil, gas, and water) of constant composition with physical properties that depend on pressure only. Given well model allows specification of rate or pressure representations of well performance; and user can shut in, add, or recomplete wells during the simulation. Included in BOAST is a pressure initialization algorithm, a bubble point tracking scheme, an automatic step control method, and a material balance check on solution stability.

• Research Organization: Keplinger and Associates Inc., Tulsa, OK
• OSTI ID: 6282161
• Journal Information: Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 80:37; ISSN OIGJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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