Advanced Reservoir Simulation

Overview of the historic and current scientific challenges and specialized topics in the field of reservoir simulation. Topics depend on current research activities of teaching staff involved and may involve (aspects of) discretization and gridding, linear solvers and preconditioning, (nonlinear) solution strategies, thermal simulation, compositional simulation, coupled flow and mechanics , model-based optimization, data assimilation and uncertainty quantification.

Summative assessment:
Written critical review of a scientific paper related to one of the course topics, and/or programming of Python-based code for the solution of an actual geo-energy challenge combining two or more advanced topics from the course. Discussion of the review and/or the code (oral exam) with two of the staff members involved in teaching the course. Topic to be related to the course content and to be approved by the responsible instructor, not later than one week after the last lecture. Critical review and/or code to be submitted not later than one month thereafter. A successful completion of the module requires a minimum grade of 5.8 for the written review and/or code and the oral exam (one mark for all assessment elements combined).

Formative assessment:
Instructor feedback on participation in class discussions based on pre reading.

For more information on grading, see article 14 in the Rules and Guidelines (RGBE):
https://www.tudelft.nl/en/student/faculties/ceg-student-portal/education/education-information/educational-rules-and-regulations