This best-selling volume, written by experienced simulation users, was designed to help demystify the what's and whys of designing, editing, and analyzing reservoir simulations. A must-have handbook for anyone involved in reservoir simulation, this book will help the reader decide when and how to use simulation for forecasting performance. Appendices discuss hand-calculation methods that can be used to check simulation answers, the mathematics of simulation, and regression techniques useful in the history of a reservoir model.

Contents: Modeling concepts • Designing the reservoir model • Selecting reservoir-rock and fluid properties data • Selecting grid and timestep sizes • Selecting the numerical solution method • Well management: designing and controlling production parameters • History matching: testing the validity of the reservoir model • Forecasting future performance • Editing • Simulating special processes