Principles of Applied Reservoir Simulation

John R. Fanchi is a Professor in the Department of Engineering and Energy Institute at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He holds the Ross B. Matthews Chair of Petroleum Engineering and teaches courses in energy and engineering. Before this appointment, he taught petroleum and energy engineering courses at the Colorado School of Mines and worked in the technology centers of four energy companies (Chevron, Marathon, Cities Service and Getty). He is a Distinguished Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and authored numerous books, including Integrated Reservoir Asset Management, Energy: Technology and Directions for the Future, Shared Earth Modeling, and Integrated Flow Modeling, all published with Elsevier.

1. Introduction to Reservoir Simulation2. Geologic Modeling3. Rock Properties4. Petroelastic Modeling and Geomechanical Modeling5. Rock-Fluid Interaction6. Fluid Properties and Model Initialization7. Multiphase Fluid Flow Equations8. Wells9. Fundamentals of Reservoir Simulation10. Reservoir Management Modeling System11. Overview of the Modeling Process 12. Traditional Model Study13. Modern Flow Modeling Workflows14. Fracture and Cleat Systems15. Enhanced Recovery and Unconventional Resource Modeling

Appendix A1: Initialization DataAppendix A2: Recurrent DataAppendix B: Example IFLO Input Data SetAppendix C: Unit Conversion Factors