Energy 360: Invited Perspective: Reservoir Modeling Today and Tomorrow
| Autor: | Patrick Leach, Helge Hove Haldorsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Petroleum Technology. 67:14-18 |
| ISSN: | 1944-978X 0149-2136 |
| DOI: | 10.2118/0515-0014-jpt |
| Popis: | President's column Reservoir performance forecasting is still the “Grand Central Station” of all the exploration and production (E&P) disciplines because this is where everything (the large-scale reservoir plumbing system, reservoir properties, fluid properties, wells, completions, lift curves/hydraulics, facilities, fluid handling capacities, and much more) is integrated and comes together in a life-of-field forecast. The revenue from the field development is the composite oil and gas production rates into the future multiplied by the forward oil and gas prices. The reservoir description, which I call the “subsurface plumbing system,” in a forecasting model can range from a simple homogeneous analytical tank model to an unbelievably complex dual porosity, compositional simulation model with one billion grid cells, pseudos ( from endless upscaling), and many other sophisticated features built in to try to mimic a very complex reality. I had the opportunity to discuss the state of the art and the future of reservoir modeling and reservoir performance forecasting with one of the finest members of the reservoir engineering profession, professor Larry W. Lake, of the University of Texas at Austin (UT). You have taught reservoir modeling to undergraduates and graduate students for more than 30 years. How has the reservoir modeling discipline evolved? The biggest evolution has been caused by the capacity of computers. The capacity has allowed combinations of traditional simulation with facilities, improved resolution of heterogeneity, progress in automated history matching, and uncertainty estimation to name just a few. In order for universities such as UT to understand the main reservoir modeling challenges of the E&P industry, close collaboration and a dialogue on real industry needs must happen. What is your view of the state of industry/academia collaboration? Are you collaborating more with service companies than with international oil companies, national oil companies, and independents? We at UT do well in the collaboration department and on all the major avenues of E&P. The challenge for us is the boundary between technology development and research. We do, or at least we should do, research. |
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