A critical review of reservoir simulation applications in key thermal recovery processes: Lessons, opportunities, and challenges
S Yang, Z Nie, S Wu, Z Li, B Wang, W Wu… - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
After a cyclic steam stimulation (CSS) process achieved accidental success in recovering
heavy oil resources in the 1960s, thermal recovery processes started to unlock the door of in …
heavy oil resources in the 1960s, thermal recovery processes started to unlock the door of in …
A comprehensive model coupling embedded discrete fractures, multiple interacting continua, and geomechanics in shale gas reservoirs with multiscale fractures
Shale gas has become one of the primary energy resources during the past few years, and
its impact has been profound in many countries. Hydraulic fracturing treatments are required …
its impact has been profound in many countries. Hydraulic fracturing treatments are required …
Fully implicit two-phase VT-flash compositional flow simulation enhanced by multilayer nonlinear elimination
VT flash calculation, with the variable specification of volume, temperature and mole
numbers, is a newly-rising alternative to the conventional PT flash calculation for phase …
numbers, is a newly-rising alternative to the conventional PT flash calculation for phase …
A parallel framework for reservoir simulators on distributed-memory supercomputers
This paper presents our work on developing a platform for high performance reservoir
simulations, which is developed to support the implementation of various reservoir …
simulations, which is developed to support the implementation of various reservoir …
Methods in oil recovery processes and reservoir simulation
P Druetta, P Tesi, C De Persis… - Advances in Chemical …, 2016 - research.rug.nl
The exploitation of an oil field is a complex and multidisciplinary task, which demands a lot
of prior knowledge, time, and money. A good reservoir characterization is deemed essential …
of prior knowledge, time, and money. A good reservoir characterization is deemed essential …
Multigrid reduction for coupled flow problems with application to reservoir simulation
Applications in geosciences, such as reservoir modeling, continue to grow in both size and
complexity. Simulations are increasingly complex as they couple more physical phenomena …
complexity. Simulations are increasingly complex as they couple more physical phenomena …
Development of discontinuous galerkin methods and a parallel simulator for reservoir simulation
The classical discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods are designed for elliptic (parabolic)
problems and hyperbolic problems. For reservoir simulations, the pressure equation from …
problems and hyperbolic problems. For reservoir simulations, the pressure equation from …
An efficient and parallel scalable geomechanics simulator for reservoir simulation
A tetrahedron-grid based parallel geomechanics simulator is developed and presented in
this paper. Parallel computing is employed to handle large scale problems by benefiting …
this paper. Parallel computing is employed to handle large scale problems by benefiting …
[HTML][HTML] Efficient CPR-type preconditioner and its adaptive strategies for large-scale parallel reservoir simulations
With the rapid development of high performance parallel computers and the increasing
demands of large-scale reservoir simulation, the development of effective and fast solvers …
demands of large-scale reservoir simulation, the development of effective and fast solvers …
Dynamic load balancing using hilbert space-filling curves for parallel reservoir simulations
New reservoir simulators designed for parallel computers enable us to overcome
performance limitations of workstations and personal computers and to simulate large-scale …
performance limitations of workstations and personal computers and to simulate large-scale …