Denver Section

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Continuing Education Short Course Offering

Streamline Simulation:  Theory and Practice

Instructor:      Akhil Datta-Gupta, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
Dates:                     Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location:                New Location, 621 Seventeenth St., Suite 1120 , Denver, CO 80293
                                (Corner of 17th and Welton) 

0.8 CEUs (Continuing Education Units) will be awarded by SPE-Americas Office for this 1-day course.

 Course Description

This course covers introductory and advanced concepts in streamline simulation and its applications. The theory of streamlines/streamtubes in multidimensions is reviewed. Applications include swept volume calculations, rate allocation/pattern balancing, field-scale simulation of tracer response, waterflooding, solvent flooding, ranking geostatistical realizations, history matching and data integration. Strengths and limitations of streamline modeling compared with finite difference simulation are discussed. PC-Windows based computer programs are used to illustrate the concepts.

Course Contents

• Streamline Simulation: Fundamentals

  ·          Streamline vs. Finite Difference: Advantages and Limitations

  ·          The Streamline Approach: Overview

  ·          Line Source and Sink Solutions

  ·          Streamfunctions and Streamtubes

  ·          The streamline time of flight and its significance

  ·          Analytical/numerical solutions along streamlines

  ·          Modeling gravity and cross-streamline mechanisms

  ·          Compressibility Effects

  ·          Mapping and Material Balance Errors

  ·          Practical Considerations and Limitations

  Streamline Simulation: Applications

  ·          Flow Visualization

  ·          Primary Recovery and Drainage Volume Calculations

  ·          Swept Volume Calculations and Optimizing Infill Wells

  ·          Pattern Balancing/Rate Allocations

  ·          Improved Waterflood Management

  ·          Waterflood Field Tracer Interpretation

  ·          Hybrid Methods: Sector Models and Streamtubes

  ·          Miscible Flood Modeling and Predictions

  ·          Model Ranking and Uncertainty Assessment

  ·          Dynamic Reservoir Characterization

  ·          Upscaling/Pseudoization

  ·          Assisted and Automatic History matching

  Advanced Topics, Discussion and Wrap-up

  ·          Fractured Reservoir Modeling and Applications

  ·          Corner Point geometry and Faults

  ·          Compositional Modeling

  ·          Time Step and Stability Considerations

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for engineers, geologists and geophysicists interested in rapid fluid flow simulation techniques, screening of geologic models, reservoir characterization, data integration and/or history matching. Some background in reservoir engineering/numerical simulation will be helpful but not required.

About the Instructor

Dr. Akhil Datta-Gupta is Professor and holder of LeSuer endowed chair in Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas at Austin and worked for BP Exploration/Research and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is the recipient of the 2009 John Franklin Carll Award of the Society of Petroleum Engineers for distinguished contribution in the application of engineering principles to petroleum development and recovery. Prior to that, he received the 2003 Lester C. Uren Award of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) for significant technical contributions in petroleum reservoir characterization and streamline-based flow simulation. He is an SPE Distinguished Member (2001), Distinguished Lecturer (1999-2000), Distinguished Author (2000), and was selected as an outstanding Technical Editor (1996). He also received the SPE Cedrick K. Ferguson Certificate twice (2000 and 2006) and the AIME Rossitter W. Raymond Award (1992).

Registration:
The registration deadline is February 12, 2010.  The registration fee is $550.00 and is fully refundable until that time.  For more details, contact Darien O’Brien, P.E. at dgobrien@mines.edu or (303) 934-5979.  Make your check payable to SPE Denver Section and mail to: Darien O’Brien, Solutions Engineering, 1632 South Lamar Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80232-7038.  Please include the course name, your FULL name (as you would like it to appear on the course completion certificate), SPE member number (if applicable), Title, Company, e-mail address, postal address, phone and fax number.  You may also register and pay on-line at http://denver.spe.org/.