Society of Petroleum Engineers
Reservoir
Simulation
Symposium
23–25 February 2015 Houston, Texas, USA
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SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium
Message from the Chairperson
Dear Colleagues,
Technologies for reservoir simulation are quickly
evolving to keep pace with increasingly complex field
developments and rapid growth in unconventional
resources. In addition, advances in computing resources
and the emergence of new workflows continue to drive
simulator development. Keeping up with the latest trends has never been
more challenging.
With this backdrop of activity, we are pleased to invite you to attend the
SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium on 23–25 February 2015 at the Royal
Sonesta Hotel, Houston, Texas.
The committee received an impressive number of paper proposals for
this year’s symposium. From these proposals, we selected approximately
132 papers for presentation. Because of the wide variety of topics and
outstanding quality of the paper proposals, the symposium will have two
concurrent sessions and two poster luncheons.
Please take advantage of the training courses featuring topics specific to
reservoir simulation. Please also join us Monday evening to network with
friends and colleagues at the welcome reception.
The program committee and I look forward to seeing you at the 2015 SPE
Reservoir Simulation Symposium.
Sincerely,
Brad Mallison
Program Committee Chairperson
Chevron Energy Technology Company
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Program Committee
Jeroen C. Vink, Vice Chairperson
Shell International Exploration and Production BV
Ivar Aavatsmark
Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research
Bo Lu
BP
Bret Beckner
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co.
Long Nghiem
Computer Modelling Group Ltd.
Garfield R Bowen
Ridgeway Kite Software, Ltd.
Albert Reynolds
University of Tulsa
Hui Cao
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Peter Sammon
Computer Modelling Group Ltd.
Michael Christie
Heriot-Watt University
Gareth Shaw
Ridgeway Kite Software, Ltd.
Alberto Cominelli
Eni E&P
Hamdi A Tchelepi
Stanford University
Didier-Yu Ding
IFP Energies nouvelles
Mary Wheeler
University of Texas at Austin
Larry Fung
Saudi Aramco
Xiao-hui Wu
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co.
Jan-Dirk Jansen
Delft University of Technology
Yu-Shu Wu
Colorado School of Mines
Hector Klie
ConocoPhillips
Don Zhang
Peking University
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Brad Mallison, Chairperson
Chevron Energy Technology Company
Knut-Andreas Lie
SINTEF
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Symposium Focus
The 22nd edition of the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium will continue to provide
engineers and scientists the chance to see leading-edge technologies and discuss applications
in reservoir simulation. It will be an unparalleled opportunity to network with other technical
professionals in the field.
Who Should Attend?
• Consultants
• Managers and supervisors
• Executives
• Reservoir engineers
• Educators and students
• Research engineers
• Geologists
• Petroleum engineers
• Geoscientists
• Scientists
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This conference is the top-ranked 3-day event for anyone working with simulation tools
and techniques.
Topics Covered
Experts will discuss the following reservoir simulation issues:
• Complex recovery processes
• Optimization and field development
• Compositional simulation
• Reliable forecasting and
reservoir management
• Coupled flow and geomechanics
• Data assimilation and
uncertainty quantification
• Gridding and discretization techniques
• High performance computing
• Scalable linear and nonlinear solvers
• Simulator formulations and next-generation
frameworks
• Upscaling and multiscale methods
• Modeling unconventional resources
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SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium
Schedule of Events (As of 5 September 2014 | Subject to Change)
Sunday, 22 February
0700–0800
Training Course Registration
0800–1700
1-Day Training Course: History Matching and Conditioning Reservoir Models
to Dynamic Data
0800–1700
1-Day Training Course: Fundamentals of Reservoir Simulation
1400–1800
Speaker Check-In
1400–1800
Symposium Registration
Monday, 23 February
0700–1730
Symposium Registration
0700–1730
Speaker Check-In
0830–1200
Technical Session: Complex Recovery Processes
0830–1200
Technical Session: Scalable Linear and Nonlinear Solvers
1000–1030
Coffee Break
1200–1345
Networking Luncheon and Poster Presentations
1400–1730
Technical Session: Modeling Unconventional Resources
1400–1730
Technical Session: Gridding and Discretization Techniques
1530–1600
Coffee Break
1730–1900
Welcome Reception
Sponsored by
Tuesday, 24 February
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0700–1730
Symposium Registration
0700–1730
Speaker Check-In
0830–1200
Technical Session: Compositional Simulation
0830–1200
Technical Session: High Performance Computing
1000–1030
Coffee Break
1200–1345
Networking Luncheon and Poster Presentations
1400–1730
Technical Session: Reliable Forecasting and Reservoir Management
1400–1730
Technical Session: Upscaling and Multiscale Methods
1530–1600
Coffee Break
Schedule of Events (As of 5 September 2014 | Subject to Change)
Wednesday, 25 February
Symposium Registration
0700–1730
Speaker Check-In
0830–1200
Technical Session: Data Assimilation and Uncertainty Quantification
0830–1200
Technical Session: Simulator Formulations and Next Generation Frameworks
1000–1030
Coffee Break
1200–1345
Break on your own
1400–1730
Technical Session: Optimization and Field Development
1400–1730
Technical Session: Coupled Flow and Geomechanics
1530–1600
Coffee Break
Thursday, 26 February
0700–0800
Training Course Registration
0800–1700
2-Day Training Course: Reservoir Simulation
for Practical Decision Making – Day 1
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0700–1400
Friday, 27 February
0800–1700
2-Day Training Course: Reservoir Simulation
for Practical Decision Making - Day 2
Copyright Information
All sessions are protected by US copyright laws. Photography and video/audio recording
of any kind are strictly prohibited in the technical sessions and posters luncheons.
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Make the most of your time at the symposium! SPE offers continuing education credits
through its global training program. Courses will feature topics specific to reservoir
simulation. Separate purchase required.
1-Day and 2-Day Training Courses
Participants are awarded 0.8 continuing education units (CEUs) for each 1-day course
and 1.6 CEUs for 2-day courses.
22 February
0800–1700
History Matching and Conditioning Reservoir Models to Dynamic Data
Akhil Datta-Gupta
This course explores ways to incorporate production data into high-resolution reservoir
models using both conventional and fast-flow simulation techniques, and it examines
the merits of various history matching workflows practiced in the industry. Both assisted
history matching and automatic history matching (inverse modeling) techniques will
also be covered. Field applications from various parts of the world will be discussed to
illustrate the current state of the art, its advantages, and limitations.
22 February
0800–1700
Fundamentals of Reservoir Simulation
J. Robert Gochnour
This course is a fast-paced, lecture-style overview of the fundamental concepts and
elements of reservoir simulation. No equations are used. Instead, we discuss various
phases of reservoir modeling, including when to use reservoir simulation, the use and
misuse of reservoir simulation, elements of a reservoir simulation model, the types of
reservoir simulators and their features. The course also covers coordinate geometries
and types of models, managing a simulation run, defining initial conditions, and history
matching and prediction.
26–27 February
0800–1700
Reservoir Simulation for Practical Decision Making
Dean C. Rietz / Miles R. Palke
This course covers all the important facets of reservoir modeling, with a considerable
amount of class time reserved for case studies. Previous models conducted by the
instructors will also be discussed. Topics include:
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• Planning a simulation study
• Developing geologic models
• Acquiring and analyzing data
• Constructing grids
• Fluid properties and rock-fluid interaction
• History matching and prediction
Technical Program (As of 5 September 2014 | Subject to Change)
Monday, 23 February
0830–1200
01 Complex Recovery Processes
Increasing energy demand requires more
complex recovery processes. Reservoir
simulation complements laboratory and
field tests to provide detailed information
for analyzing proposed mechanisms and
predictions at a variety of scales. Topics in this
session include thermal recovery, geochemical
reactions, remediation, and a variety of
displacements for enhanced oil recovery.
02 Scalable Linear and
Nonlinear Solvers
Session Chairpersons:
Hector Klie, ConocoPhillips
Hui Cao, Total E&P USA, Inc.
Robust and efficient, linear and nonlinear
solvers continue to enhance overall simulator
performance. This session features multilevel techniques for achieving flow in highly
heterogeneous formations and tightly
coupled, highly nonlinear multiphase systems
with multi-stage strategies.
Monday, 23 February
1200–1345
PL01 Monday Poster Luncheon
Session Chairpersons:
Jeroen Vink, Shell International E&P Co.
Mary Wheeler, University of Texas At Austin
Knut-Andreas Lie, SINTEF
Selected authors will present posters on
Monday and Tuesday during the luncheons.
Poster luncheons allow authors the
Monday, 23 February
1400–1730
03 Modeling
Unconventional Resources
Session Chairpersons:
Yu-Shu Wu, Colorado School of Mines
Albert Reynolds, University of Tulsa
With the boom in unconventional oil and gas,
new opportunities and challenges in reservoir
simulation have emerged. Talks in this session
will present solutions to a variety of modeling
and simulation issues associated with tight
rocks, fracturing, and oil shale.
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Session Chairpersons:
Jan Dirk Jansen, Delft University of Technology
Kristian Jessen, University of
Southern California
opportunity to inform and interact with
attendees. Additional poster presentations
may be offered during coffee breaks and the
Monday evening welcome reception.
Monday, 23 February
1400–1730
04 Gridding and
Discretization Techniques
Session Chairpersons:
Peter Sammon, Computer Modelling Group
Knut-Andreas Lie, SINTEF
The desire for integrated workflows has
influenced a renewed interest in gridding and
discretization for new simulation applications.
This session covers grid generation techniques
designed to honor complex well trajectories,
faults, and fracture networks. Complex grids
using finite difference, finite element, and
finite volume methods will compare flow in
heterogeneous and fractured reservoirs.
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Technical Program (As of 5 September 2014 | Subject to Change)
Tuesday, 24 February
0830–1200
05 Compositional Simulation
PL02 Tuesday Poster Luncheon
Session Chairpersons:
Jeroen Vink, Shell International E&P Co.
Bret Beckner, ExxonMobil Upstream
Research Co.
Session Chairpersons:
Bradley Mallison, Chevron ETC
Long Nghiem, Computer Modelling Group Ltd.
Jan Dirk Jansen, Delft University
of Technology
This session will compare new phase
identification and equilibrium algorithms
for computing phase equilibrium in
compositional simulations with three
or more phases. Authors will discuss
methodologies for modeling compositional
processes from the field scale to solving
large-scale compositional systems.
06 High Performance Computing
Session Chairpersons:
Gareth Shaw, Ridgeway Kite Software
Mary Wheeler, University of Texas at Austin
Recent advances in computer hardware
have inspired new strategies for reservoir
simulation, reviving older ideas and applying
them to solvers, geomechanics, surface
couplings, and unconventional workflows.
The talks in this session specifically describe
a variety of algorithms and implementations
designed to take advantage of modern
parallel computing architectures.
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Tuesday, 24 February
1200–1345
Selected authors will present posters on
Monday and Tuesday during the luncheons.
Poster luncheons allow authors the
opportunity to inform and interact with
attendees. Additional poster presentations
may be offered during coffee breaks.
Tuesday, 24 February
1400–1730
07 Reliable Forecasting and
Reservoir Management
Session Chairpersons:
Long Nghiem, Computer Modelling Group
Bo Lu, BP
Talks in this session will introduce
methodologies using simulation that
positively support reservoir management.
Describing comprehensive, physicalbased and data-driven workflows, this
session will discuss probabilistic forecasts,
specific strategies for analyzing model
sensitivities, and quantifying differences
between models.
Technical Program (As of 5 September 2014 | Subject to Change)
08 Upscaling and
Multiscale Methods
Upscaling and multiscale methods play a
fundamental role in describing and solving
for flow and transport in heterogeneous
reservoirs. A few talks in this session focus
on nonlinear effects in compositional
upscaling and multiphase simulations while
others describe new unstructured, algebraic
approaches for the pressure equation.
09 Data Assimilation and
Uncertainty Quantification
Session Chairpersons:
Don Zhang, University of
Southern California
Pallav Sarma, Chevron Corporation
This session explores new methods for
history matching multiple models to
production data and quantifying uncertainty
in the resulting forecasts. Common themes
include preserving geologic realism during
model updates and assimilating data at
multiple scales.
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Session Chairpersons:
Didier-Yu Ding, IFP Energies Nouvelles
William Milliken, Chevron ETC
Wednesday, 25 February
0830–1200
10 Simulator Formulations and
Next Generation Frameworks
Session Chairpersons:
Alberto Cominelli, Eni E&P
Denis Voskov, Stanford University
The capability and complexity of reservoir
simulators has increased dramatically during
the past decade. This session will investigate
novel formulations for multiphase flow and
new software frameworks that generalize
existing methods, extend functionality,
and make it easier to build new simulation
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Technical Program (As of 5 September 2014 | Subject to Change)
Wednesday, 25 February
1400–1730
11 Optimization and
Field Development
Session Chairpersons:
Garfield Bowen, Ridgeway Kite Software
Xiao-hui Wu, ExxonMobil Upstream
Research Co.
Focusing on field development and
production optimization, themes in this
session focus on balancing multiple
objectives, accelerating high-dimensional
searches by exploiting different scales,
and efficiently managing ensembles of
simulation models.
12 Coupled Flow
and Geomechanics
Session Chairpersons:
Hamdi Tchelepi, Stanford University
Larry Fung, Saudi Aramco PE&D
Industry-wide interest in subsurface integrity
and the effect of production on compaction
is driving renewed activity in coupled flow
and geomechanic simulations. This session
will focus on iterative and fully-coupled
solution strategies and their application to
challenging reservoir simulation problems.
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Register by 9 February and save USD 100 on full registration.
Registration Type
By 9 February
After 9 February
SPE Member
675
775
Nonmember
875
975
Committee Member
500
500
Presenting Author
500
500
Student (with valid college ID)**
75
75
Spouse
75
75
Full Registration*
1-Day Option (Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday)***
SPE Member 1-Day
375
425
Nonmember 1-Day
475
525
Presenting Author
300
300
Training Courses
SPE Member
Nonmember
1-Day: History Matching and
Conditioning Reservoir
Models to Dynamic Data:
Sunday, 22 February
750
950
1-Day: Fundamentals of
Reservoir Simulation:
Sunday, 22 February
750
950
2-Day: Reservoir Simulation
for Practical Decision Making:
Thursday, 26 February and
Friday, 27 February
1400
1800
50
75
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luncheons, welcome reception, and one copy of the Proceedings.
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luncheons, welcome reception, and one copy of the Proceedings.
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