Gas Injection Simulation on a Cluster of PCs (Select the image to see a larger version of the figure.)
Stochastic Permeability Field	Gas Saturation After 5 Years of Injection

Accomplishments

Now at the end of its funding, the project's research and development has significantly paid off. The IPARS framework (Integrated Parallel Accurate Reservoir Simulator), along with some of the reservoir models, has been released to affiliates. The project was originally initiated under the auspices of the ACTI Program and funded by the Office of Science. This project also has been highly leveraged by related work at both Argonne and The University of Texas at Austin throughout the its duration.

Please see the accomplishments summary page for more information.

Sponsor

• Natural Gas & Oil Technology Partnership, National Petroleum Technology Office and Office of Fossil Energy, U. S. Dept. of Energy

Original Sponsors

• Mathematical, Information, and Computational Sciences Division, Office of Computational and Technology Research of the Office of Energy Research, U. S. Dept. of Energy
• Laboratory Technology Research Division, Office of Computational and Technology Research of the Office of Energy Research, U. S. Dept. of Energy

Research Participants: Argonne National Laboratory (Mathematics and Computer Science Division) and The University of Texas at Austin (Center for Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering and Center for Subsurface Modeling)

Abstract: The simulation of petroleum reservoirs is an important component in the development of more efficient techniques in oil recovery. Current simulators used routinely in industry are fundamentally limited in the size and complexity of the problems that they can handle. Only through the use of parallel computing will the industry be able to tackle problems of current interest. This project provides the underlying R&D (the physics, mathematics, and computer science) required for the next generation of simulator codes.

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Principal Investigators

• Gary A. Pope (point of contact), gpope@mail.utexas.edu
• Bill Gropp, gropp@mcs.anl.gov
• Tom Morgan, tmorgan@mcs.anl.gov
• Kamy Sepehrnoori, kamy@pe.utexas.edu
• Barry Smith, bsmith@mcs.anl.gov
• Mary F. Wheeler, mfw@ticam.utexas.edu

Additional Information Available

• CPGE Intel Cluster (Topeka)
• Important Milestone Reached in Reservoir Simulation
• Original Project Proposal
• Project Status
• ANL and U. of Texas Project Staff
• Industry Partners
• Papers and Projects

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Last modified: April 11, 2001
URL: http://www.pe.utexas.edu/CPGE/new_generation/