Best Practice for Upscaling in Reservoir Simulation (RES 420)
Best Practice for Upscaling in Reservoir Simulation (RES 420)
COURSE SCHEDULE
| Code | Date | Location | price (€)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| RES 420 | 26 - 28 Aug 2026 | Online | 1980 |
| RES 420 | 2 - 4 Sep 2026 | Online | 1980 |
| RES 420 | 3 - 5 Jun 2025 | Stavanger | 2640 |
| RES 420 | 14 - 16 Dec 2026 | Abu Dhabi | 2640 |
COURSE OVERVIEW
PetroTeach offers a three-day course on Upscaling in Reservoir Simulation. The program examines the interaction between static geological modeling and dynamic reservoir simulation, and presents strategies to improve the quality and reliability of upscaled models under different development scenarios. This course is designed to provide geologists, geophysicists, and reservoir engineers with practical insight into the challenges associated with upscaling reservoir models. It focuses on understanding the process of transforming a detailed static model into a coarser model suitable for flow simulation.
Since not all static models can be effectively upscaled, the course emphasizes the concept of upscalability and explores techniques to maximize information retention during the upscaling workflow. Various modeling strategies are reviewed, with detailed discussion on the interaction between static and dynamic models.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to design and adapt static and dynamic models to enhance the quality of upscaled simulation models and improve predictive performance across different field development scenarios.
COURSE OUTLINE
3 days
Day 1
Day 1: Using wireline data
o Introduction to upscaling
o Discussion of typical upscaling problems
o Identification of user-specific issues
o Upgridding, fundamental constraints of scale and grid design
o Upscaling static properties
Day 2
Day 2: Using mapping data
o Revision and exercise
o Upscaling dynamic properties
o Discussion on why we don’t upscale porosity or permeability
o Upscaling quality control
Day 3
Day 3: Interfacing with MS Office
o Case studies and horror stories
o The ‘un-upscalable grid’
o Practical aspects of upscaling with commercial software
INSTRUCTOR
Professor Stephen Tyson
Professor Stephen Tyson is a Chair Professor in Petroleum Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Brunei, where he leads the development of teaching and research in the discipline. Previously, he served as Chair of Subsurface Modeling at the Centre for Coal Seam Gas and as Director of the Centre for Geoscience Computing in the School of Earth Sciences at The University of Queensland.
He has more than 30 years of industry experience in reservoir characterization and modeling, covering both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. His work has been primarily focused in the Asia-Pacific region and Australia.
His current research interests include model validation, verification and acceptance criteria for static and dynamic models, upscaling, uncertainty modeling, and non-linear geostatistics. He is also an Honorary Professor in Petroleum Engineering at the University of New South Wales and serves as an EAGE instructor.
FAQ
DESIGNED FOR
The course is designed for geologists and reservoir engineers who struggle to match fluid volumes between the geological and simulation models.
COURSE LEVEL
- Intermediate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The learning objectives of this course are:
o An understanding of the benefits of upscaling
o An ability to make intelligent decisions during the static modeling workflow that will impact on the efficiency of upscaling
o An appreciation of the theoretical limitations of upscaling and the practical limitations of upscaling algorithms in commercial modeling programs
o A problem-solving and critical-thinking approach to modeling to improve upscaling effectiveness
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