A reservoir simulation system uses an analytical model to represent flow within a grid block as it enters or leaves a well. This model is called a well model. We give a description here of the theoretical background of a well model, including how the sandface pressure and saturation boundary conditions can be calculated and how the well boundary itself can be replaced (approximately) by a source function. This paper and the following companion paper, SPE 9770, present a unified viewpoint of material, some of which may be already familiar to simulator developers.
%0 Journal Article
%1 williamson1981representing
%A Williamson, A.S.
%A Chappelear, J.E.
%D 1981
%J Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal
%K petroleum reservoir simulation
%N 03
%T Representing Wells in Numerical Reservoir Simulation: Part 1 - Theory
%V 21
%X A reservoir simulation system uses an analytical model to represent flow within a grid block as it enters or leaves a well. This model is called a well model. We give a description here of the theoretical background of a well model, including how the sandface pressure and saturation boundary conditions can be calculated and how the well boundary itself can be replaced (approximately) by a source function. This paper and the following companion paper, SPE 9770, present a unified viewpoint of material, some of which may be already familiar to simulator developers.
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abstract = {A reservoir simulation system uses an analytical model to represent flow within a grid block as it enters or leaves a well. This model is called a well model. We give a description here of the theoretical background of a well model, including how the sandface pressure and saturation boundary conditions can be calculated and how the well boundary itself can be replaced (approximately) by a source function. This paper and the following companion paper, SPE 9770, present a unified viewpoint of material, some of which may be already familiar to simulator developers.},
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author = {Williamson, A.S. and Chappelear, J.E.},
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journal = {Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal},
keywords = {petroleum reservoir simulation},
number = 03,
timestamp = {2014-11-11T14:23:14.000+0100},
title = {Representing Wells in Numerical Reservoir Simulation: Part 1 - Theory},
volume = 21,
year = 1981
}