Everything about Reservoir simulation

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Reservoir simulationA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Compositional Reservoir Simulation: A ReviewInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Advanced Petroleum Reservoir SimulationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Reservoir‐System Simulation and Optimization ModelsCited 393 times
5. Go sideways: MOOSE (software)A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: List of computer simulation softwareA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Reservoir‐System Simulation and Optimization Models

  Ralph A. Wurbs · 1993 · Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management · 393 citations

• Fractured Reservoir Simulation

  L. Kent Thomas, Thomas N. Dixon, Ray G. Pierson · 1983 · Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal · 256 citations

• Upscaling for Reservoir Simulation

  M.A. Christie · 1996 · Journal of Petroleum Technology · 203 citations

• A Parallel Reservoir Simulator for Large-Scale Reservoir Simulation

  A. H. Dogru, H. A. Sunaidi, L. S. Fung · 2002 · SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering · 70 citations

• Mathematical Structure of Compositional Reservoir Simulation

  John A. Trangenstein, John B. Bell · 1989 · SIAM Journal on Scientific and Statistical Computing · 67 citations

• Direct Methods in Reservoir Simulation

  H.S. Price, K.H. Coats · 1974 · Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal · 66 citations

• Geothermal reservoir simulation

  M. J. O'sullivan · 1985 · International Journal of Energy Research · 51 citations

• Coupled Geomechanics and Reservoir Simulation

  L. K. Thomas, L. Y. Chin, R. G. Pierson · 2003 · SPE Journal · 50 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Compositional Reservoir Simulation: A Review

  Larry C. Young · 2022 · SPE Journal · 44 citations

• Hypolimnetic aeration optimization based on reservoir thermal stratification simulation

  Ghazal Mehdizadeh, Mohammad Reza Nikoo, Nasser Talebbeydokhti · 2023 · Journal of Hydrology · 31 citations

• Perforation cluster spacing optimization with hydraulic fracturing-reservoir simulation modeling in shale gas reservoir

  Xian Shi, Haoyong Huang, Bo Zeng · 2022 · Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources · 18 citations

• Application of Harris Hawks Optimization with Reservoir Simulation Model Considering Hedging Rule for Network Reservoir System

  Rapeepat Techarungruengsakul, Anongrit Kangrang · 2022 · Sustainability · 15 citations

• Numerical Simulation of Gas Production and Reservoir Stability during CO2 Exchange in Natural Gas Hydrate Reservoir

  Qingping Li, Shuxia Li, Shuyue Ding · 2022 · Energies · 13 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Advanced Petroleum Reservoir SimulationShabbir Mustafiz, Jamal H. Abou-Kassem · 2010
• 📕Computational Modelling in Hydraulic and Coastal EngineeringChristopher Koutitas, Panagiotis D. Scarlatos · 2015
• Principles of applied reservoir simulationJohn R. Fanchi · 1997
• Plurigaussian simulations in geosciencesArmstrong, M., Margaret Armstrong · 2003
• 📕A microsystem sediment-water simulation study for the proposed Jordanelle Reservoir, Heber City, UtahDouglas Craft · 1983
• Soft computing for reservoir characterization and modelingFred Aminzadeh · 2002
• 📕Retention time simulation for Bushy Park Reservoir near Charleston, South CarolinaDavid E. Bower · 1993
• Basic Applied Reservoir SimulationT. Ertekin · 2001

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