Reservoir simulation : mathematical techniques in oil recovery /

Chen, Zhangxin, 1962-

Reservoir simulation : mathematical techniques in oil recovery / Zhangxin Chen. - Philadelphia, PA : SIAM/Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, c2007. - xxviii, 219 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. - CBMS-NSF regional conference series in applied mathematics ; 77 .

1.Introduction
1.1 Petroleum reservoir simulation
1.2 Classical reservoir engineering methods
1.3 Reservoir simulation methods
etc

2. A glossary of petroleum terms
2.1 Reservoir rock properties
2.2 Reservoir fluid properties
2.3 Wettability
etc

3 Single- phase flow and numeric solution
3.1 Basic differential equation
3.2 An analytic solution
3.3 Finite difference method
etc

4 .Well modelling
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Analytical formulas
4.3 Single-layer well models
etc

5 .Two phase flow and numeric solution
5.1 Basic differential equations
5.2 An analytic solution
5.3 Numerical solution of two phase flow
etc

6. The black oil model and numerical solution
6.1 Basic differential equations
6.2 Numerical solution of the black oil model

7. Transport of multicomponents in a fluid and numerical solution
7.1 Basic differential equation
7.2 Computation of fluid viscosity
7.3 Equations of state
etc

8. Compositional flow and numerical solutions
8.1 Basic differential equations
8.2 Numerical solution of compositional flow
8.3 Solution of equilibrium relation
etc

9. Nonisothermal flow and numerical solution
9.1 Basic differential equations
9.2 Numericla solution of nonisothermal flow

10. Practical topics in reservoir simutlation
10.1 Design of study objectives
10.2 Analysis of reservoir data
10.3 Development of simulation models

Bibliography : p. 205 - 213
Index : p. 215-219

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Oil reservoir engineering--Mathematical models.
Oil reservoir engineering--Simulation methods.
Porous materials--Permeability--Mathematical models.
Transport theory--Mathematical models.

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