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A New Simulator for Dynamic Local Grid Refinement for
Reservoir Simulation
Dr. Aimed N. Nil Al-Sabeeh
Engincering College— Basrah University
Abstract
The ability to predict the performance of & pettoleum reservoir is of iommense
importance for the petroleum inckstyy. Numerical simulation is the most povterial
{ool thal ean be used Fer reservoir perfomance prediction, [n the ciment study a new
simulator har been designed for swo phase compressible oi) water flow throuzh
Sompressible porous imedia, The new simwalator ig able to treat the ffonal
advancement and the high tate of change region by stato and dynamic local grid
sefinement A new approach is proposed ia this study 1 irace the ffoaa
‘advancement. The proposed sirmuletos as bean applied 16 several field reservoir senes
and show good performance
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Introduetion
Numerical reservoir simulation tas
gained wide acceptance as an
important decision making tool. Tes
models are routinely used for
approximate solution describing flow
and transport in oil, ges oF geotherwal
reservoir,
‘Numerical siamutation i an insteument
of extreme iraporant in the evaluaticn,
Poject and development of oil Bales
Using computer models, it is possble
tp foresce the behavier of the reservoir
and (0 optimize the produstion process.
Simulation is affected by the size of
the field, the mumber of wells, the
complenily of the geofogical mode,
end the amount of details necessary 10
‘guarantee the relicblity ef the mode!
‘The conditions of the reservoir ftuids,
Sach as pressure, temperature, phase
compositions, and concentrations of
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Sem
essolved sollds or liquids and nce
Condensable gases, may show stare
spatial variability in the vicinity of
Preduetion and injection wells. Large
spatial variations also can occur near
seservoit heterogeneities, such as fautt
and lithologie contacts,
1m momerica} simulation, fine gridding