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100 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 Bose Staal vie Aphid Lala pagal edad eM ca a a Gal Aa ah te 58 SS Hibs gps ent Gata Tat Gg Seb fy gal gland Sag IGE ST AE SRN yal GASH a) A SS Ll dell cu yey act asl Becton 9 Lead hit AD yh ae 5 gil plight de pad yall pod Hl Nie an he Th akg hyo 9b ol wae utd ell pores ana SAB SD Gaal tat Ge oe Sle GEL RNATS banal raga pp ele fee 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 Dasral, Jourual for Fngitcering ences 2009 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

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