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University of Wyoming

Flow in Porous Media with Emphasis on Modeling Oil Reservoirs

 

Date: June 18-29, 2007

Location: University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Deadline: For applications/abstracts of talks: April 1, 2007.

 

Description

Oil production and the factors involved in the process are of prime importance in today's world. The understanding and modeling of the physical and chemical processes are necessary to increase oil production. It is also a very difficult subject since oil reservoirs are very complex. Simulation of flow inside a porous medium involves dealing with several phases, multiple scales and heterogeneity. Among the topics to be covered are the physical and chemical properties of reservoirs, mathematical and numerical models of multiphase flow in porous media, and geostatistics and stochastic differential equations.

Main Speakers

  • Zhangxin Chen (Southern Methodist University)

  • Martin Diaz (Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo)

  • Malgorzata Peszynska (Oregon State University)

  • Mohammad Piri (University of Wyoming)

Topics

  • Physical and chemical processes in porous media.

  • Mathematical modeling of flow and transport in porous media.

  • Numerical methods for flow in porous media.

  • Stochastic models of porous media.

  • Oil reservoir modeling.

  • Enhanced oil recovery.

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    Goals

    • Provide a comprehensive, contemporary survey of simulations of multiphase flow in porous media delivered by leading experts.

    • Provide an environment where graduate student and faculty participants can have discussions with, and receive mentoring from the invited speakers.

    • Equip participants with a proper understanding of  the technological problems and questions associated with oil reservoir modeling.

    • Provide participants an opportunity to work in groups on research projects.

    • Provide an encouraging environment to foster professional connections and collaborations.

    • Enhance public awareness of the important role that mathematics plays  in solving real life problems.

    For more information:

    B. Chen-Charpentier, Department of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071;