Principles of applied reservoir simulation

Introduction to Reservoir Management RESERVOIR ENGINEERING PRIMER: Basic Reservoir Analysis Multiphase Flow Concepts Derivation of the Flow Equations Fluid Displacement Frontal Stability Pattern Floods Recovery of Subsurface Resources Economics and the Environment RESERVOIR SIMULATION: Overview of the Modeling Process Conceptual Reservoir Scales Reservoir Structure Fluid Properties Rock-Fluid Interaction Fundamentals of Reservoir Simulation Modeling Reservoir Architecture Data Preparation for a Typical Study History Matching Predictions CASE STUDY: Study Objectives and Data Gathering Model Initialization History Matching and Predictions WINB4D USER'S MANUAL: Introduction to WINB4D Initializing Data Recurrent Data Program Output Evaluation TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENTS: Simulator Formation Rock and Fluid Models Initialization Well Models Well Flow Index (PID) The IMPES Formulation References Index

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