1996•Unpublished venueOpen access
A finite element simulation system in reservoir engineering
Louisiana State Univ. and Agricultural and Mechanical Coll., Baton Rouge, LA (United States), Xiaozhong Gu, USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (US)
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Abstract
Reservoir engineering is performed to predict the future performance of a reservoir based on its current state and past performance and to explore other methods for increasing the recovery of hydrocarbons from a reservoir. Reservoir simulations are routinely used for these purposes. A reservoir simulator is a sophisticated computer program which solves a system of partial differential equations describing multiphase fluid flow (oil, water, and gas) in a porous reservoir rock. This document describes the use of a reservoir simulator version of BOAST which was developed by the National Institute for Petroleum and Energy Research in July, 1991.