...1 PAPER 2009-141 The Design and Development of a Drilling Simulator for Planning and Optimizing Underbalanced Drilling Operations F. SHIRKAVAND, G. HARELAND University of Calgary This paper is accepted for the Proceedings of the Canadian International Petroleum Conference (CIPC) 2009, Calgary...

... for publication in Petroleum Society journals. Publication rights are reserved. This is a pre print and subject to correction. EXTENDED ABSTRACT Abstract A number of numerical simulation studies of gas hydrate reservoirs have indicated that the pressure reduction method known as depressurization is a promising...

... bitumen viscosity decreases with increasing temperature even at low temperatures, and since the Axe Lake reservoir is highly permeable and extremely coarse grained, preliminary reservoir simulations indicated that it is possible that effective, early time, communication between production wells...

...1 PAPER 2009-017 Coupled Flow Simulation in a Deepwater Reservoir: Fault Leakage Analysis L.G. RODRIGUES, L.B. CUNHA, R.J. CHALATURNYK University of Alberta This paper is accepted for the Proceedings of the Canadian International Petroleum Conference (CIPC) 2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 16-18...

... and recommendations to instrumentation selection are provided. Using generic Canadian oil sands reservoir and rock properties, the subsurface and surface deformation including permeability changes, reservoir movements, strains and surface uplifts etc. are simulated. The method to couple the results of geostatistics...

... have proven now that geomechanics is inevitably a part of physics in this process. In this study, a classical theory of geotechnical engineering is employed to support the geomechanical part of a coupled simulator. Butler theory is also modified using model of slices to be a more realistic drainage...

... in the evaluation of fracture height growth during hydraulic fracturing. While there are analytical solutions available to estimate vertical fracture growth, a more comprehensive solution requires the use of coupled geomechanics-reservoir simulators that could also fully incorporate the effects of fluid flow...

... Upstream Oil & Gas flow in porous media enhanced recovery Fluid Dynamics Modeling & Simulation experiment 2 flue gas experiment hysteresis displacement pressure drop saturation relative permeability curve connate water saturation water saturation simulator flood Brine...

... is the possibility of the fractures to intercept producing wells yielding high water production and low recovery factors. Due to complexity and number of variables involved in water injection above formation fracturing pressure, the use of simulation tools is important to allow monitoring the growth of the fractures...

...1 PAPER 2007-152 Coupled Geomechanics Reservoir Simulation of UTF Phase A Project Using a Full Permeability Tensor J. DU, R. C.K. WONG University of Calgary This paper is to be presented at the Petroleum Society s 8th Canadian International Petroleum Conference (58th Annual Technical Meeting...

... in Petroleum Society journals. Publication rights are reserved. This is a pre-print and subject to correction. Abstract In this study, we conducted numerical simulations of steam injection into a horizontal well. A sandy shale layer with thickness of 1 meter is overlain 2 meters away from the injection well...

...1 PAPER 2007-086 Drilling Simulation Improves Field Communication and Reduces Drilling Cost in Western Canada G. HARELAND, R. NYGAARD University of Calgary B.K. VIRGINILLO Canadian Natural Resources Limited H.B. MUNRO Shell Canada Energy This paper is to be presented at the Petroleum Society s 8th...

... the production performance for coalbed methane wells. Various programs are now commercially available to model production performance for CBM wells, including reservoir simulation, semi-analytic, and empirical approaches. Programs differ in their input data, description of the physical problem, and calculation...

... pycnometer simulation viscosity data calculation mixture viscosity correlation viscosity experimental data equation setup oil-solvent system simulator pvt measurement heavy oil oil solvent system winprop fraction interaction coefficient upstream oil & gas yazdani 1...

... the construction and numerical simulation of a reservoir model with incorporation of geomechanics for a real oilfield producing under waterflooding. Firstly, the model boundaries are prolonged to highlight the reservoir geomechanical behavior in the producing area. Secondly, the reservoir model is populated...

... drilling operation gravel concentration placement simulation efficiency horizontal well upstream oil & gas gravel pack simulator perturbation factor gravel packing injection rate carrier fluid viscosity sand control directional drilling pack efficiency gravel gravel...

... of the mechanisms by means of numerical simulations. In particular, the paper focuses on capillary effects. We describe an experiment that was carried out in a 2D rectangular cell, using a 4.3 darcy sandpack partially saturated with heavy oil, with n-butane as the VAPEX solvent. The sandpack was oriented...

...: constant drainage rate from a matrix block and costant pressure in the adjacent fractures. The current work confirmed the correct formulas for shape factors by using numerical simulation for the various cases. It was found that some of the most popular formulas do not seem to be correct. A summary...

... peaceman drillstem testing grid flow regime drillstem/well testing numerical model simulator pressure transient test boundary reservoir upstream oil & gas well index simulation modeling & simulation uniform grid horizontal well transient test pressure transient response...

... Abstract A 3-D numerical simulator for horizontal well gravel packing is developed. The model was developed based on the fundamental laws of physics by solving for an overall conservation of forces during the placement of the gravel in the horizontal well bore. The equations of continuity...