Assist in the recovery of bypassed oil from reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico. Final quarterly status report, January 1, 1994--March 31, 1994 [electronic resource].

Published: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1994.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description: 8 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.), United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Summary

The objective of this research is to assist the recovery of non contacted oil from known reservoirs on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. History matching and prediction runs have been completed on the B-35-K reservoir, history matching has been completed on the B-65-G reservoir and on Reservoir 3. Modifications to BOAST II and MASTER consisted of developing codes to handle steeply dipping oil reservoirs and a radial grid format for near wellbore studies. Modifications for steeply dipping reservoirs have been successfully implemented and tested against commercial simulators in the PC version of BOAST II, renamed BOAST III. At present, modifications to BOAST II for radial grid systems are producing acceptable results in a 2-D model. A paper was presented at the 1994 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing in Phoenix, Arizona, March 6--8, 1994 on these results. Modifications have also been successfully implemented in the MASTER simulator. It is presently undergoing industry testing for validity. Laboratory investigations continued but were slowed by several unforeseen incidences involving broken apparatus and inability to receive parts due to the California earthquake. Predictive models for undeveloped oil and immiscible/miscible processes began. The methodology for determination of undeveloped potential has been completed. The design of the miscible and updip displacement models as well as the design of the economic and timing models is underway. The coding and calibration of the models will begin soon.

Report Numbers

E 1.99:doe/bc/14831--10
doe/bc/14831--10

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Petroleum

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Note

Published through SciTech Connect.
05/30/1994.
"doe/bc/14831--10"
"DE94018813"
"AC1510100"
Schenewerk, P.A.

Type of Report and Period Covered Note

Quarterly; 01/01/1994 - 03/31/1994

Funding Information

AC22-92BC14831

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