This page provides a listing, in reverse chronological order, of course materials that are associated to each scheduled lecture period. This may include PDFs of the final lecture notes, links to recorded lectures, and any other reference material.

Lecture 1 - Introduction to Reservoir Simulation (HTML) (PDF)

Lecture 2 Playlist

• Basic Unix Commands - File System Navigation (HTML) (PDF)

• git and Github (HTML) (PDF)

Lecture 3 - Jupyter Notebook and Python Functions (HTML) (IPYNB)

Lecture 4 - Python Lists, Tuples, and Dictionaries (HTML) (IPYNB)

Lecture 5 - Python Loops and Conditionals (HTML) (IPYNB)

Lecture 6 - Python Classes and Object-Oriented Programming (HTML) (IPYNB)

Lecture 7 - Numpy (HTML) (PDF)

Lecture 8 - SciPy (HTML) (PDF)

Lecture 9 - matplotlib (HTML) (PDF)

Lecture 10 Playlist

• Material time derivative (PDF)

• Material form of mass conservation (PDF)

• Mass conservation (PDF)

Lecture 11 Playlist

• Darcy's Law (PDF)

• Pressure Diffusivity Equation (PDF)

• Pressure Diffusivity Equation Example (PDF)

Lecture 12 Playlist

• Weak Form of Pressure Diffusivity Equation (PDF)

• 1D Discretization (PDF)

• Finite Difference Approximations (PDF)

• Spatial Discretization with Finite Differences (PDF)

• Explicit and Implicit Time Integration (PDF)

Lecture 13 - Boundary Conditions (PDF)

Lecture 14 Playlist

• Transmissibility Form of the Discrete Equations (PDF)

• Formation Volume Factor (PDF)

• Mixed Time Integration Methods (PDF)

Lecture 15 - Finite Volume Discretization in 1D (PDF)

Lecture 16 Playlist

• Finite Volume in 1D for Heterogeneous Reservoirs (PDF)

• Interblock Reservoir Properties (PDF)

• Boundary Conditions for Heterogeneous Reservoirs (PDF)

Lecture 17 - 1D Single Phase Flow Example in CMG

Lecture 18 Playlist

• Introduction to Two-Dimensional Problems (PDF)

• 2D Finite Volume Discretization (PDF)

• Boundary Conditions in 2D (PDF)

• Interblock Permeabilities (PDF)

• Irregular Domains (PDF)

Lecture 19 - Simple 2D Problem in CMG

Lecture 20 Playlist

• Peaceman correction (PDF)

• Modifications to the Discrete Equations for Wells (PDF)

• Heterogeneities and horizontal wells (PDF)

Lecture 21 Playlist

• Multiphase flow: Water Balance

• Multiphase flow: Oil Balance

• Multiphase flow: Gas Balance

• Summary of Multiphase Flow Equations

• Buckley-Leverett Theory

Lecture 22 Playlist

• IMPES - Pressure Equation

• IMPES - Saturation Equation

• IMPES - Discrete Pressure Equation

• IMPES - Discrete Saturation Equation

• IMPES - Total Transmissibility

• Discussion on Upwinding

Lecture 23 - Special Topics