CharacterizationUnconventional ReservoirsPermeabilitySimulatorsCompositional reservoirHydrocarbonHydropowerOptimizeProcessesSequestrationModelingAbstractNumericalConventionalComputationalBehaviorSaturationPerformanceInjectionAlgorithmMolecularGeometricGeological formationsFlowNonlinearValidationOperationalModelMechanismAccuratelyLarge-scaleDevelopmentDynamicWaterProductionStudySystemsStorageProblemsConferenceRemainsTightStudies
Characterization1
- Fine-scale reservoir simulations focus on fine reservoir characterization, accurate flow description, efficient nonlinear and linear solvers, and parallel implementation. (onepetro.org)
Unconventional Reservoirs1
- My current research efforts are directed towards well testing/analysis of reservoir performance, unconventional reservoirs (ultra-low permeability sands/shales), and field studies involving performance analysis of tight gas/shale gas reservoir systems. (tamu.edu)
Permeability2
- This study also provides new insights into the understanding of the impacts of CO 2 molecular diffusion, reservoir permeability, and natural fractures on the performance of CO 2 -EOR processes in tight oil reservoirs. (nature.com)
- Natural fracture simulation (known as dual-porosity and dual-permeability) is an advanced feature which model hydrocarbons in tight matrix blocks. (wikipedia.org)
Simulators7
- This paper presents our work on developing parallel reservoir simulators for improving oil recovery on distributed-memory parallel systems and studying the scalability of our parallel reservoir simulators. (onepetro.org)
- The reservoir simulators are based on our in-house parallel platform, PRSI (Parallel Reservoir Simulation Infrastructure), which provides grid, data, linear solvers, preconditioners, distributed matrix and vector management, well modeling and visualization support. (onepetro.org)
- Benchmarks show that our parallel simulators are thousands of times faster than sequential simulators that designed for workstations and personal computers. (onepetro.org)
- Traditional finite difference simulators dominate both theoretical and practical work in reservoir simulation. (wikipedia.org)
- Thermal simulators (most commonly used for heavy crude oil applications) add conservation of energy to this list, allowing temperatures to change within the reservoir. (wikipedia.org)
- Numerical techniques and approaches that are common in modern simulators: Most modern FD simulation programs allow for construction of 3-D representations for use in either full-field or single-well models. (wikipedia.org)
- Machine learning models trained with numerical simulation data can provide a faster alternative to traditional simulators. (nvidia.com)
Compositional reservoir2
- We build a compositional reservoir model to investigate the effects of complex fracture geometries on performance of CO 2 Huff-n-Puff and CO 2 continuous injection. (nature.com)
- A compositional reservoir simulator calculates the PVT properties of oil and gas phases once they have been fitted to an equation of state (EOS), as a mixture of components. (wikipedia.org)
Hydrocarbon2
- The Middle Bakken and Three Forks layers are the most important because of the reservoir quality and hydrocarbon saturation. (nature.com)
- Numerical tools are essential for the prediction and evaluation of conventional hydrocarbon reservoir performance. (acs.org)
Hydropower2
- However, unlike reservoir systems elsewhere in the west, the effect of these timing shifts is largely mitigated by the size of the reservoir system, and changes in reservoir system reliability (for agricultural water supply and hydropower production) are dominated by streamflow volume shifts, which vary considerably across the climate scenarios. (slideserve.com)
- Hydropower simulations take place at these dams (except Navajo) as well as at Davis and Parker. (slideserve.com)
Optimize2
- These dynamic simulations are used to evaluate and optimize key performance indicators related to reservoir conditions. (nvidia.com)
- Learn the challenges oil and gas companies face when collecting data and how they mitigate short-term operational risk and optimize long-term reservoir management. (oreilly.com)
Processes3
- The results demonstrate a geometric steady state of the dynamic reservoirs by mechanical processes. (umd.edu)
- Yet, multi-reservoir coordination processes have been largely ignored in the increasingly sophisticated representations of reservoir operations within large-scale hydrological models. (copernicus.org)
- Assessing kinetics in biological processes with molecular dynamics simulations remains a computational and conceptual challenge, given the large time and length scales involved. (bvsalud.org)
Sequestration1
- S. Ghaderi and Y. Leonenko, Reservoir modeling for Wabamun lake sequestration project, Energy Sci Eng (2015). (scipedia.com)
Modeling4
- This study presents an overview of the reservoir modeling part of this study, which the authors were responsible for. (scipedia.com)
- The WASP reservoir modeling study mentioned above led to a few important findings. (scipedia.com)
- 2022 2nd International Conference on Computational Modeling, Simulation and Data Analysis (CMSDA 2022)null. (ucas.ac.cn)
- The aim of this paper is twofold, namely (i) to provide evidence that the common modeling practice of parameterizing each reservoir in a cascade independently from the others is a significant approximation and (ii) to demonstrate potential unintended consequences of this independence approximation when simulating the dynamics of hydrological extremes in complex reservoir cascades. (copernicus.org)
Abstract1
- Impacts of Climate Change on the Hydrology of the Colorado River System Niklas S. Christensenand Dennis P. Lettenmaier Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Box 352700, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 Session H41A - 18 1 3 7 Colorado River Validation of VIC Generated Streamflows Overview of Reservoir Model Abstract The Colorado River system provides water supply to a large area of the interior west. (slideserve.com)
Numerical1
- The temporal shop acoustic pressure distributions chiefly in reservoirs is reported to scattered addition measures in an dark, numerical, recent growth. (mooreamusicpele.com)
Conventional1
- Conventional FD simulation is underpinned by three physical concepts: conservation of mass, isothermal fluid phase behavior, and the Darcy approximation of fluid flow through porous media. (wikipedia.org)
Computational1
- In this work, a parallel computational approach is presented that relies on using scalable open source libraries and utilizes a kernel-independent Fast Multipole Method (FMM) to evaluate the integrals in O ( N ) operations, with O ( N ) memory cost, thereby substantially improving the scalability and efficiency of computational integral methods. (osti.gov)
Behavior3
- This is the first time T+H has been used to predict empirical nonmonotonic dissociation behavior, where hydrate dissociation and reformation occurred as parallel events. (acs.org)
- Message Passing Interface (MPI) Parallelization of Iteratively Coupled Fluid Flow and Geomechanics Codes for the Simulation of System Behavior in Hydrate-Bearing Geologic Media. (tamu.edu)
- We here investigate how mutations and glycosylation interfere with AGP's conformational dynamics changing its biophysical behavior, by using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and sequence-based dynamics predictions. (bvsalud.org)
Saturation1
- The simulation model computes the saturation change of three phases (oil, water and gas) and the pressure of each phase in each cell at each time step. (wikipedia.org)
Performance2
- Because of the arid nature of the basin and the low runoff per unit area, performance of the reservoir system is potentially susceptible to changes in streamflow that would result from global warming, although those manifestations are somewhat different than elsewhere in the west where reservoir storage is relatively much smaller. (slideserve.com)
- By taking advantage of the latest computing technologies like NUMA, Hyperthreading, MPI/SMP hybrids, the performance of tNavigator by far exceeds the performance of any industry standard dynamic simulation tools. (eibih.com)
Injection1
- Building a dynamic model of the reservoir, which is used to simulate CO 2 injection and CO 2 evolution inside the reservoir. (nvidia.com)
Algorithm1
- Next, recent and current developments in three RETIS aspects are discussed: several new Monte Carlo moves in the path-sampling algorithm, memory reduction by reducing pathlengths, and exploitation of parallel computing with CPU-imbalanced replicas. (bvsalud.org)
Molecular1
- We have modelled a flat bilayer and a liposome composed of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), using molecular dynamics simulation. (bvsalud.org)
Geometric1
- The reservoir model should be distinguished from its design scheme, which takes into account only the geometric shape of the reservoir. (wikipedia.org)
Geological formations1
- It can be used in a range of applications or injected into deep geological formations (including depleted oil and gas reservoirs or saline formations) that trap the CO 2 for permanent storage. (nvidia.com)
Flow6
- Reservoir simulation is an area of reservoir engineering in which computer models are used to predict the flow of fluids (typically, oil, water, and gas) through porous media. (wikipedia.org)
- In this work, we describe a number of efficient and locally conservative methods for subsurface flow and reactive transport that have been or are currently being implemented in the IPARS (Integrated Parallel and Accurate Reservoir Simulator). (benthamscience.com)
- It drains a mostly arid region, with naturalized flow (effects of reservoirs and diversions removed) averaging only 40 mm/yr over the 630,000 km2 drainage area at the mouth of the river. (slideserve.com)
- Total reservoir storage (mostly behind Hoover and Glen Canyon Dams) is equivalent to over four times the mean annual flow of the river. (slideserve.com)
- This enables us to address aim (i) by demonstrating how the progressive and cumulative dominance of upstream releases significantly dampens the ability of downstream reservoir rules' parameters to influence flow conditions. (copernicus.org)
- We address aim (ii) by comparing simulation results with observed reservoir operations during critical low-flow and high-flow events in the basin. (copernicus.org)
Nonlinear1
- A Historical propulsive simulation for this solution length on the normal nonlinear shock provides In investigated well. (mooreamusicpele.com)
Validation1
- Validation of Runoff Colorado River Reservoir Model(CRRM) A monthly timestep reservoir model is being created in Stella to represent the major storage projects of the physical system and their current operating policies. (slideserve.com)
Operational1
- These results demonstrate the importance of understanding the state-space context in which reservoir releases occur and where operational coordination plays a crucial role in avoiding or mitigating water-related extremes. (copernicus.org)
Model7
- A system of interrelated quantitative ideas about the development of a field is a model of its development, which consists of a reservoir model and a model of a field development process. (wikipedia.org)
- Generally speaking, any combination of reservoir models and development process can be used in an oil field development model, as long as this combination most accurately reflects reservoir properties and processes. (wikipedia.org)
- At the same time, the choice of a particular reservoir model may entail taking into account any additional features of the process model and vice versa. (wikipedia.org)
- For example, a reservoir model may be a stratified heterogeneous reservoir. (wikipedia.org)
- In the design scheme, the reservoir with the same model of it can be represented as a reservoir of a circular shape, a rectilinear reservoir, etc. (wikipedia.org)
- We evaluate, using the macroscale Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model, possible changes in streamflow over the next century using three 100-year ensemble climate simulations of the NCAR/DOE Parallel Climate Model corresponding to business-as-usual (BAU) future greenhouse gas emissions. (slideserve.com)
- To further explore the role of (non-)coordination in the large deviations from the observed operations, we use an offline multi-reservoir water balance model in which adding basic coordination mechanisms drawn from the observed emergency operations is sufficient to correct the deficiencies of the independently parameterized reservoir rules from the hydrological model. (copernicus.org)
Mechanism1
- Major multi-reservoir cascades represent a primary mechanism for dealing with hydrologic variability and extremes within institutionally complex river basins worldwide. (copernicus.org)
Accurately1
- Theoretically, finite difference models permit discretization of the reservoir using both structured and more complex unstructured grids to accurately represent the geometry of the reservoir. (wikipedia.org)
Large-scale3
- As a result of the interplay between advances in computer hardware, software, and algorithms, we are now in a new era of large-scale simulation. (onepetro.org)
- This preconditioner relies on the method of subspace corrections (MSC) to solve large-scale linear systems arising from fully implicit methods in reservoir simulations. (onepetro.org)
- We use our microsimulation in conjunction with a large scale mantle deep Earth simulation to gain insight into the formation of anisotropy within dense and transient regions known as Ultralow-Velocity Zones, where there is an observed slowdown of shear waves. (umd.edu)
Development2
- The recent development of tight oil reservoirs has led to an increase in oil production in the past several years due to the progress in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. (nature.com)
- The successful economic development of tight oil reservoirs in recent years hinges on two advanced technologies: horizontal drilling and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing. (nature.com)
Dynamic1
Water4
- We investigate the efficiency and robustness of the proposed method by applying it to a million-cell benchmark problems, and a real-world matured reservoir with high heterogeneity, high water-cut, geological faults, and complex well scheduling. (onepetro.org)
- It is challenging to apply water flooding in tight oil reservoir due to low injectivity and poor sweep efficiency. (nature.com)
- This "refined meshing" near wellbores is extremely important when analyzing issues such as water and gas coning in reservoirs. (wikipedia.org)
- Our time-varying parameter sensitivity analysis with the method of Morris clarifies how independent single-reservoir parameterizations and their tacit assumption of independence leads to reservoir release behaviors that generate artificial water shortages and flooding, whereas the observed coordinated cascade operations avoided these outcomes for the same events. (copernicus.org)
Production2
- A simulation project of a developed field usually requires "history matching" where historical field production and pressures are compared to calculated values. (wikipedia.org)
- Priyadarshy shared how pipelining seismic, drilling, and production data can be used for long-term reservoir management. (oreilly.com)
Study1
- As a result of declining pressure as in a reservoir depletion study, gas will be liberated from the oil. (wikipedia.org)
Systems1
- tNavigator is written in C++ and designed from the ground up to run parallel acceleration algorithms on multicore and manycore shared and distributed memory computing systems. (eibih.com)
Storage1
- Storage of the 11 major reservoirs have been aggregated into Flaming Gorge, Navajo, Lake Powell, and Lake Mead. (slideserve.com)
Problems1
- More graceful exits for problems in parallel runs. (opm-project.org)
Conference1
- Paper presented at the SPE Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation Conference and Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE, September 2015. (onepetro.org)
Remains1
- When CO 2 is injected at depth into a reservoir, it remains in this supercritical condition as long as it stays in excess of 31.1° C and at a pressure in excess of 73.86 bar. (nvidia.com)
Tight2
- The Bakken Field located in North Dakota, is one the most productive tight oil reservoirs in North America. (nature.com)
- Hence, it is important to investigate enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods to increase oil recovery in tight oil reservoirs. (nature.com)
Studies1
- Dissociation was more sensitive to kinetic parameters than anticipated, which indicates that kinetic limitations may be important in short-term core studies and a necessity in such simulations. (acs.org)