
Principles of Applied Reservoir Simulation
- 2nd Edition - July 26, 2001
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Author: John R. Fanchi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 8 8 4 1 5 - 3 7 2 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 1 4 7 9 - 6
Principles of Applied Reservoir Simulation offers users a fully functioning reservoir simulator. The book provides a hands-on introduction to the process of reservoir modeli… Read more
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Request a sales quotePrinciples of Applied Reservoir Simulation offers users a fully functioning reservoir simulator. The book provides a hands-on introduction to the process of reservoir modeling and show how to apply reservoir simulation technology and principles.The book begins with a reservoir engineering primer that makes information accessible to geologists, geophysicists, and hydrologists, and serves as a review for petroleum engineers. The second part of the volume, covering modeling principles, has been substantially revised and updated since the first edition.The simulator, WINBD4, is a version of the first edition's BOAST4D flow simulator, modified for use in a Windows operating environment with a dynamic memory management system that expands the applicability of the program. It also includes a visualization feature that provides a 3D perspective of the reservoir.
Accompanied by a CD that offers a fully functioning reservoir simulator
petroleum engineers
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
- Edition: 2
- Published: July 26, 2001
- Imprint: Gulf Professional Publishing
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780884153726
- eBook ISBN: 9780080514796
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John R. Fanchi
John R. Fanchi is a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Energy Institute at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He holds the Ross B. Matthews Chair of Petroleum Engineering and teaches courses in energy and engineering. Before this appointment, he taught petroleum and energy engineering courses at the Colorado School of Mines and worked in the technology centers of four energy companies (Chevron, Marathon, Cities Service and Getty). He is a Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and authored numerous books, including Integrated Reservoir Asset Management, Energy: Technology and Directions for the Future, Shared Earth Modeling, and Integrated Flow Modeling, all published with Elsevier.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Engineering and Energy Institute, Texas Christian University, USA