DISCRETISATION Basically, the gridding process is simply one of chopping the reservoir into a (large) number of smaller spatial

blocks which then comprise the units on which the numerical block to block flow calculations are performed. More formally, this process of dividing up the reservoir into such blocks is known as spatial discretisation. Recall that we also divide up time into discrete steps (denoted t) and this related process is known as temporal discretisation. n r!" grid is fre#uently used when modelling coning either of water or gas into a producer. in coning studies, a logarithmically spaced grid is often used for the grid block si"e, r$ a logarithmic spacing divides up the grid such that (ri! ri%&) is constant where ri ' (ri% ri%&) as shown in (igure ). (or e*ample, if we take rw ' +., ft and the first grid block si"e is, r& ' &ft, then this sets (ri! ri%&) ' - since r+ ' rw ' +.,ft and r& ' &.,ft.$ hence r) ' -*&.,ft. ' ..,ft. and r) ' -ft., r- ' &-.,ft and r- ' /ft., and so on.