NSERC / Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair in Reservoir Simulation

NSERC / Energi Simulation 油藏模拟工业研究主席

• 批准号: 365863-2017
• 负责人: Chen, Zhangxing
• 金额: $ 31.18万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Industrial Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=694924
• 关键词: NSERC; Energi; Simulation; Industrial; Research

The long-term goal of this five-year Chair is to provide a reliable tool to explore and validate the best novelrecovery processes that are both economically viable and environmentally sensitive and reduce water use andgreenhouse gas emissions. This research is vital to the viability of the oil and gas industry, one of Canada'smost important industrial sectors, which has been operating under low commodity prices for two years. Thenew processes to explore were identified by industry as requiring validation prior to field testing. Accuratereservoir models and efficient simulators developed in this program are the tools required to study andoptimize oil recovery processes with successful prediction of reservoir behaviours and environmental impacts.Essential features of flow and transport processes in petroleum reservoirs will be reflected in new mathematicalmodels. New numerical models can reliably generate solutions without false information. Accurate algorithmsand computational codes will then be developed to support the greening of heavy oil and oil sands recoveryprocesses and the renewal of a more sustainable oil and gas industry. This can only be achieved when eachnovel recovery process is carefully modelled and reliable simulations demonstrate the validity of the process.

这一五年期主席的长期目标是提供一个可靠的工具，探索和验证既经济可行又对环境敏感的最佳新型回收进程，并减少用水量和温室气体排放。这项研究对石油和天然气行业的生存至关重要，石油和天然气行业是加拿大最重要的工业部门之一，两年来一直在低大宗商品价格下运营。工业界认为，要探索的新工艺需要在现场测试之前进行验证。该项目开发的精确油藏模型和高效模拟器是研究和优化采油过程所需的工具，成功地预测了油藏动态和环境影响。油藏流动和运移过程的基本特征将反映在新的数学模型中。新的数值模型可以可靠地生成解，而不会产生虚假信息。然后将开发准确的算法和计算代码，以支持重油和油砂开采过程的绿化以及更新更可持续的石油和天然气行业。只有对每个新的回收过程进行仔细的建模，并通过可靠的模拟证明该过程的有效性，才能实现这一点。