The mystique of reservoir simulation -- Simulation in the overall reservoir life cycle -- Mathematical

considerations -- Geology, petrophysics, and layering -- Geological models -- Geological and engineering

perspectives -- Multidisciplinary integration and geostatistics -- Background -- Production performance

analysis -- Reservoir fluid PVT : data screening -- Capillary pressure and relative permeability : data

screening -- Pseudo relative permeability and upscaling -- Initialization -- Integration and gridding -- Data

-- Ancillary studies -- Objectives -- Griddings -- References -- Basic data Set Building -- History matching

-- Predictions -- study Management -- Reports -- Choosing simulation software and Hardware -- Managing studies

-- Problem Areas for simulation -- selected Advanced topics -- compositional modeling : gas condensate and

volatile oil reservoirs -- Hydraulically fractured and horizontal wells -- Hydraulically fractured wells --

Horizontal wells -- Case histories -- Advanced processes -- Miscibility and minimum miscibility pressure --

Slug sizing -- Sweep effciencies -- Economics -- Monitoring/Surveillance -- Naturally fractured reservoirs --

Classical fractured reservoir engineering -- Resolving consistency problems -- Author´s model- Poddy

reservoir -- Thermal reservoir simulation -- Brief description of main processes -- Unique aspects of thermal

simulation -- Numerical difficulties with thermal simulation -- Detailed SAGD process description -- Typical

issues in bitumen-prone areas -- SAGD desing issues -- Future SAGD developments -- Problem sets -- Grid

problem set -- Coning problem set -- Cross-sectional study problem set -- Areal problem set -- Beyond this

book --