Abstract: In the digital age, reservoir simulation holds the key for the development, production, and formulation of the overall management strategy of petroleum reservoirs. Simulation is meant to replicate real-world processes or events based on physical or digital models.Reservoir simulation attempts to replicate real-world processes and events that take place in the reservoir based on available information. A typical simulation study forecasts well production rates, water–oil ratio, and gas–oil ratio with time. Reservoir pressure and fluid saturations at various locations and periods are predicted.Reservoir simulation models can be categorized in various ways such as model geometry (1D, 2D, 3D, radial), number of fluid phases studied (oil, gas, water), reservoir processes (phase and compositional changes of reservoir fluid, thermal, nonthermal), and target of study (individual wells, specific reservoir area or sector, entire field). Reservoir simulation models can be classified as:•Black oil model•Compositional model•Thermal model•Chemical model•Streamline simulation
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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