PGE 323M - Reservoir Engineering III

Instructor: John T. Foster, Ph.D.
Office: POB 5.118
Phone: 512-471-6972
Email: john.foster@utexas.edu

Class Location: GLT 1.102
Class Time: T-Th 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Office Hours: W 10:00 AM - 11:00 PM Virtual Zoom Link (password given in class) and by appointment (scheduling link)

Course Website: https://utexas.instructure.com/courses/1340356

Course Development Environment: spindletop.pge.utexas.edu

Course Description: Mathematical equations governing fluid flow in reservoirs; numerical methods to solve the equations; numerical reservoir simulation; treatment of wells; history matching; a simulation project performed using a commercial simulator. Restricted to students admitted to major sequence in geosystems engineering and hydrogeology or petroleum engineering.

Prerequisites: Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering 323L

Book: Most of the reservoir simulation textbooks are out-dated and/or are geared towards graduate students. There are several books that would make a good reference which are included below.

Additionally, Dr. Balhoff has a manuscript for a textbook he is writing that may be downloaded from Canvas and used as a reference.

Suggested References:

  1. Chen, Z. Reservoir Simulation: Mathematical Techniques in Oil Recovery. Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA 2007.

  2. Kassem, J.H., Ali, S., Islam, M., Petroleum Reservoir Simulation: A Basic Approach, Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, TX, 2006.

  3. Chrichlow, Henry B., Modern Reservoir Engineering: A Simulation Approach, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1979.

  4. Aziz, Khalid and Settari, Anthony, Petroleum Reservoir Simulation, Elsevier, New York, 1979.

  5. Mattax, Calvin C., and Dalton, Robert L. (eds.), Reservoir Simulation, SPE Monograph Series, 1990.

  6. Peaceman, Donald W., Fundamentals of Numerical Reservoir Simulation, Elsevier, New York, 1977.

  7. Thomas, Gordon W., Principles of Hydrocarbon Reservoir Simulation, IHRDC, Boston, 1982.

  8. Ertekin, Turgay, Jamal H. Abou-Kassem and Gregory R. King, Basic Applied Reservoir Simulation, Henry L. Doherty Memorial Fund of AIME, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, TX 2001.

  9. Smith, G. D., Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations, Clarendon Press (1978).

  10. Ertekin, T and Adewumi, M.A., Reservoir Simulation, IHRDC, Boston, MA (1995).

Grading

  • 20% Lecture Quizes

  • 40% Daily assignments

  • 40% Projects

Grade Assignment

Range Grade
>92 A
90-92 A-
88-90 B+
82-88 B
80-82 B-
78-80 C+
72-78 C
70-72 C-
60-70 D
< 60 F

Outline: Below is a general outline of what I intend to cover in the course. This is subject to change based on the needs and preparation of the students in the class. Any updates will be posted as they occur.

Lecture Description Comments
1 Introduction
1 Software tools used in the course
2 Introduction to git and GitHub
3 Introduction to Python and Python functions
4 Python - Data structures, Loops and conditional statements
5 Python - Object-oriented programming
6 Python - Numpy, Scipy, matplotlib
7 Image Nechelik Reservoir
8 Single-Phase Flow Eqns
9 Finite Differencing
10 Explicit and Implicit Method
11 Implicit Method and Transmissibility
12 CMG Tutorial
13 Crank Nicholson + Control Volume
14 Heterogeneities
15 2D Flow
16 2D Flow, wells and well models
17 Multiphase Flow
18 Project 1 in CMG
19 Multiphase Flow
20 Multiphase Flow
21 IMPES
22 Project 2 in CMG
23 Advanced Topics
24 Advanced Topics
25 Advanced Topics
26 Advanced Topics
27 Advanced Topics

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