ReservoirSimulationExamTopicsExaminApril2007

Q1 24 marks: On the simple material balance equation for a reservoir under

pressuredepletionabovethebubblepoint.Equationgiven.Simpleexplanationand
whentouseMB.Nonumericalcalculation.Chapter2,pages9&10.
Q218marks.Aboutreservoirsimulationcalculationscarriedoutattheappraisal
stageandatamaturestageofareservoirdevelopment. Theanswerinchapter1,
pages18to20.AlsoitisthesamequestionasQ1intheExam&modelsolution.
Q314marks.Typesofgriddingandexamplesofvariousreservoirprocesseswhere
theseareused.Chapter4,page14
Q416marksAquestionaboutwhatnumericaldispersionisandhowtoreduceit.
Chapter4alsosimilartoQ5intheExam&modelsolution.
Q518marksOntreatmentofawellinareservoirgridblockbythePeaceman
approach.Equationsgivenexplanationrequired.
Q616marksFrom1Dconservationequation(given)tothepressureequationfor
1D compressible flow. Some quite straightforward derivation and explanation
required.
Q7 18 marks. Given a simplified singlephase, pressure equation, derive the
corresponding finite difference equations form of coefficients in resulting
equations.ItisthesamequestionasQ6intheExam&modelsolution
Q824marks.Onthelinearequationsarisingfromfinitedifferences,andhowto
solvethem.ItispartofquestionQ6intheExam&modelsolution.
Q916marks.Calculatingeffectivepermeabilitiesinageologicalmodel.Asimple
numericalcalculationisinvolved. ItisthesamequestionasQ12intheExam&
modelsolution.
Q1016marks.Forasimplelayeredmodel,sketchtheflowpatternsatagiventime
youwouldexpectforawaterfloodwhendifferentforcesdominatethedisplacement.
Questionontheconsequencesofjustsinglephaseupscaling.Itisthesamequestion
asQ17intheExam&modelsolution.
Q1136marks.On calculating relative permeability curves from a (given) measured
capillary pressure curve. Numerical calculation using the Purcell equations (not
given). Filling in various tables followed by a sketch.PossiblyasimilartoQ15inthe
Exam&modelsolution.

MscPetroleumEnginering/MscReservoirEvaluation&ManagementReservoirSimulationApril2007