Parallel reservoir simulation with accelerated aquifer calculation

摘要

Reservoir simulation for simulation models which include a large edge aquifer region is provided with a speed up in processing reducing computer processing time. Connected aquifer grid cells in a vertical column are amalgamated to reduce the total number of active cells in the solution phase. The fine grid property data is maintained for computing distributed 3D graph, and connection factors (transmissibilities), as well as pore volume and compressibility calculation of coarsened aquifer cells during nonlinear solution phase. Since the work load in the solution phase is proportional to the total number of active cells, a significant speedup in simulation time is provided. The aquifer fine grid pressures are computed using vertical equilibrium treatment of hydraulic potential inside an amalgamated aquifer coarse cell.