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SPE Reservoir Characterisation and Simulation Conference and Exhibition
24-26 Jan 2023
Abu Dhabi
call for papers deadline 29 Jul 2022
SPE is firmly focused on the future of our industry. From examining new technologies in reservoir simulation to understanding fundamentals and advanced analysis, join in the discussion of challenges and opportunities, the latest news and developments, and opportunities to grow your knowledge.
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Reservoir Simulation News
Study Compares Underground Hydrogen Storage Sites
Several options exist for large-scale hydrogen underground storage: lined caverns, salt domes, saline aquifers, and depleted oil/gas reservoirs. In this paper, a commercial reservoir simulator was used to model cyclic injection/withdrawal from saline aquifers and depleted oil/gas reservoirs. The results revealed the need to contain the stored volume with an integrated approach to site selection, well locations, and operation.
Multivariate Characterization, Modeling of Paleo Zone Improves History Matching
The authors of this paper present an approach integrating characterization of paleo zones, parameterization of paleo-zone conductivity, and application of flow profiles in a history-matching study of a dual-porosity/dual-permeability model.
Reservoir Simulation Model Predicts EOR Performance on Alaska’s North Slope
The authors of this paper develop a robust history-matched reservoir simulation model capable of predicting polymerflooding performance in the first such pilot to enhance heavy oil recovery on Alaska’s North Slope.
Heavy Oil-2023
One of the more common characteristics of heavy oil reservoirs is a low primary recovery factor, which is mainly because of unfavorable mobility ratios between oil and water, negligible solution drives, and faster decline of reservoir pressures because of relatively low oil compressibility. Most of the technologies that apply to heavy oil reservoirs need to address the mobility ratio or viscous forces before any flooding.
Multiwell-Pressure History Matching in Delaware Play Helps Optimize Fracturing
The authors of this paper define a work flow that constrains solutions that match models and field observations and obtains a more-representative model for forecasting and optimizing fracture behavior.
SPE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference and Exhibition Focuses on Emerging Digital Technologies
The opening ceremony highlighted maximizing production sustainably to meet global demand, integration of simulation and optimization in a single platform with automation, and energy security.
The Fundamentals:
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Webinars
Reservoir Simulation: concepts of reservoir modeling and the steps involved in a reservoir simulation study
Reservoir Simulation 2: applying analytical and numerical simulation techniques to the development of a reservoir model
Training Courses
Fundamentals of Reservoir Simulation: fast-paced, lecture-style overview of the concepts
Foundations of Petroleum Reservoir Simulation: basic theory that forms the foundation of simulators
Reservoir Simulation for Practical Decision Making: discussion-based, covering mportant facets of reservoir modeling
Data-Driven Reservoir Modeling: the application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in fluid flow through porous media - digital transformation as it applies to the subsurface modeling in upstream E&P industry
Books
Petroleum Reservoir Simulation
The standard reference for numerical models for fluid flow in petroleum reservoirs, often referred to as "The Green Book" of reservoir simulation.
Data-Driven Reservoir Modeling
New technology and protocols for applying data analytics to solve real-world, reservoir engineering problems and reduce large amounts of data down to actionable quantities.
Deeper Dive: Trending Papers and Proceedings from OnePetro©
- Application of 3D Geomechanics Modeling to Enhance Reservoir Simulation Model Forecast in Terrigenous Fractured Reservoir
- Optimizing Well Spacing and Fracture Design Using Advanced Multi-Stage Fracture Modeling and Discrete Fractured Reservoir Simulation in Tight Oil Reservoir
- Unlocking Unconventional Reservoir with a Fully Integrated Reservoir Simulation
- Reservoir Simulation of CO2 Sequestration in Shale Reservoir
- Technology Focus: Hydraulic Fracturing Modeling
- Enhancing Optimization of Reservoir Simulation Processes in Next-Generation Reservoir Simulators
- Simulation of Radio Frequency Heating of Heavy Oil Reservoir Using Multi-Physics Coupling of Reservoir Simulation with Electromagnetic Solver
- Large Scale Reservoir Simulation Models for Regional Understanding of Inter-Field Communications - A Case Study Offshore Abu Dhabi
- A Case Study on Compositional Reservoir Simulation for a Large Tight Reservoir: A Detailed Road Map from Initialization and History Match to Prediction Simulation
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