出版社：SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
摘要：Exploitation of oil and gas fields is becoming increasingly more difficult and expensive. Many existing
fields start to decline and enhanced recovery techniques are required to improve production and ultimate
recovery and reduce impact on the environment. New fields often are in remote and (environmentally)
hostile locations, the reservoir rock is geologically complex (heterogeneous, fractured and faulted) and
the hydrocarbon fluids are difficult, for example, oil is ultra heavy, gas is sour or otherwise polluted.
To mitigate the risk of developing such hydrocarbon reservoirs, large scale computer simulations are
invaluable. Current simulation techniques, which were primarily developed for the more simple reservoirs
of the past, have to be extended and improved: Much larger models, with much more geological detail,
have to be simulated; Fluid chemistry and thermodynamics must be captured in more detail; Uncertainty
ranges in the simulated results have to be estimated reliably.
This presentation, discusses current simulation challenges and techniques, as well as emerging
computing strategies that are being developed in the oil and gas industry.
