Reservoir Simulation Fundamentals
Instructed by Dr. Leonardo Patacchini (Stone Ridge Technology)
21 March 2022
This course is included in the workshop registration fee.
The aim of this course is to review a wide selection of reservoir simulation concepts needed to build and run a dynamic model. Topics of discussion include introduction to reservoir simulation and the underlying mathematics, grids, aquifers, PVT data, rock and fluid data, initial conditions, time dependent data, and troubleshooting. Given the one-day course format, the material will be covered at an overview level with opportunities to delve deeper into topics when questions are asked.
Participants’ profile
The course is highly beneficial for early to middle career subsurface professionals: reservoir geologists, reservoir engineers, petroleum engineers, petrophysicists and managers.
Course Outline:
Session 1: Numerics and gridding 9:00 am – 10:30 am
- Introduction to reservoir simulation
- Numerical schemes and solvers
- Reservoir simulation grids
Session 2: Physical models 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
- PVT
- Rock-fluid
- Initialization of simulation studies
Session 3: Advancing the simulator through time 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
- Well models and controls
- Discrete events handling
- Coupling to surface facility models
- Numerical tunings and performance
About the instructor
Leonardo Patacchini, joined as the Regional Director (Europe and Middle East) of SRT in February 2019 after a decade with TOTAL as a Reservoir Engineer based in France, the United Arab Emirates and Scotland. Leonardo has an Engineering degree in Physics from Ecole Polytechnique (France) and a PhD in Applied Plasma Physics from MIT.
