The Mathematics of reservoir simulation

Richard E. Ewing9780898711929, 0898711924

The emergence of complex enhanced recovery procedures in the field of hydrocarbon extraction techniques has emphasized the need for sophisticated mathematical tools, capable of modeling intricate chemical and physical phenomena and sharply changing fluid interfaces. This volume explains which problems need to be addressed, why they are difficult, what has been done previously to treat these difficulties, and which new techniques appear to possess potential for obtaining good simulation results.

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Table of contents :
THE MATHEMATICS OF RESERVOIR SIMULATION……Page 1
CONTENTS……Page 6
CONTRIBUTORS……Page 8
FOREWORD……Page 10
PREFACE……Page 12
CHAPTER I Problems Arising in the Modeling of Processes for Hydrocarbon Recovery……Page 16
CHAPTER II Finite Element and Finite Difference Methods for Continuous Flows in Porous Media……Page 48
CHAPTER III A Front Tracking Reservoir Simulator, Five-Spot Validation Studies and the Water Coning Problem……Page 120
CHAPTER IV Statistical Fluid Dynamics:The Influence of Geometry on Surface Instabilities……Page 150
CHAPTER V Some Numerical Methods for Discontinuous Flows in Porous Media……Page 174