Result: A Fully Implicit, Three-Dimensional, Three-Phase Simulator With Automatic History-Matching Capability

Title:
A Fully Implicit, Three-Dimensional, Three-Phase Simulator With Automatic History-Matching Capability
Authors:
N. Kalogerakis, T.B. Tan
Source:
Proceedings of SPE Symposium on Reservoir Simulation.
Publisher Information:
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), 1991.
Publication Year:
1991
Subject Terms:
02 engineering and technology, 0204 chemical engineering, 01 natural sciences, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Document Type:
Academic journal Article<br />Other literature type
DOI:
10.2523/21205-ms
DOI:
10.2118/21205-ms
Access URL:
https://onepetro.org/spersc/proceedings/91RSS/All-91RSS/SPE-21205-MS/62627
Accession Number:
edsair.doi.dedup.....18e41dae4c93cf738ac0565443748586
Database:
OpenAIRE

Further Information

The reservoir simulator described in this paper has the capability of automatically determining parameter values of reservoir properties in specified zones that will best match observed data. The observed data can be grid cell pressures, water-oil ratios, gas-oil ratios and flowing well bottom hole pressures. A modified Gauss-Newton approach is used that significantly reduces the computational time in generating new parameter estimates. As a test problem, the Second SPE Comparative Problem which is a numerically difficult three phase coning problem, was chosen. The proposed algorithm was able to converge to the original values of permeability and porosity from a wide range of initial guesses and the computational effort was equivalent to performing a few typical simulator runs.