Current and Recent Research Areas

• Development of drift-flux models for multiphase flow in wells
• Analysis and modeling of two and three phase wellbore flow experiments
• Mechanistic modeling of multiphase flow in wells (Nick Petalas)
• Calculation of well index for NCW’s in finite difference simulators; multi-block modeling of NCW’s; near-well upscaling in radial systems
• Two phase upscaling in the near-well region
• Real time optimization of smart well control
• Optimization of NCW placement and operation; modeling of NCW’s with downhole inflow control devices
• Development of highly efficient semi-analytical techniques for NCW modeling
• Unstructured grid generation and upscaling
• 3D structured grid generation and upscaling
• Development of accurate upscaling techniques
• Improved well modeling in simulators (Yuanlin Jiang)