10-13 September 2012Biarr i tz, France

Programme

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Conference overview

Monday 10 September09:00 – 09:20 hrs Opening & Welcome by

R. Masson (University of Nice

Sophia Antipolis)

09:20 – 10:10 hrs Keynote Speech by R. Eymard (University of Paris East)

10:30 – 17:10 hrs Technical programme17:10 – 19:00 hrs Poster presentations19:00 – 20:30 hrs Icebreaker reception

Tuesday 11 September08:30 – 12:10 hrs Technical programme13:30 – 18:00 hrs Optional tour with the Petit

Train de La Rhune

Wednesday 12 September08:30 – 17:10 hrs Technical programme18:00 – 22:30 hrs Conference dinner in the

Ttipia cidrerie in the centre of Bayonne

Thursday 13 September08:30 – 12:10 hrs Technical programme12:10 hrs End of conference

(Please note that no lunch is provided on Thursday)

Friday 14 September08:30 – 14:00 hrs Optional half day field trip to

the stratigraphic section of the Bay of Loya, near the city of Hendaye

General Information

WelcomeWe would like to welcome you to the 13th European Confer-ence on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery ECMOR XIII, held from 10-13 September 2012 in Le Casino Municipal, Biarritz, a venue with beautiful view of the beach and the Atlantic Ocean.The cosmopolitan city of Biarritz is known for its impressive cliffs and rollers breaking against rocks and reefs, its superb bathing beaches and its typical Basque culture, architecture and tasty food as the pearl of the Basque coast.

Enjoy the conference!

Opening hours registration deskMonday 10 September 07:00-17:30 hrsTuesday 11 September 08:00-12:00 hrsWednesday 12 September 08:00-17:00 hrsThursday 13 September 08:00-12:00 hrs

CateringCoffee/tea breaks and lunches (on Monday to Wednesday) as well as the icebreaker reception and the conference dinner are included in the registration fee.  The coffee break area, the Fumoir & Deambulatoire, is located on the first floor of the conference centre. Lunches will be served in the Café de la Grande Plage.

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Technical Programme

Sessions Room Day Time

CO2 Injection and Sequestration Salle 2 Wednesday 12 September 15:30 – 17:10 hrs

CO2 Injection and Sequestration 2 Salle 2 Thursday 13 September 10:30 – 12:10 hrs

Compositional Simulation Salle 2 Tuesday 11 September 08:30 – 10:10 hrs

Coupled Geomechanics and Flow Salle 2 Wednesday 12 September 13:30 – 15:10 hrs

Discretization Schemes Salle 2 Monday 10 September 13:30 – 15:10 hrs

Enhanced Oil Recovery Salle 2 Monday 10 September 10:30 – 12:10 hrs

Fractured Reservoirs Salle 1 Monday 10 September 13:30 – 15:10 hrs

Geological Modeling and Discretization Schemes Salle 1 Monday 10 September 10:30 – 12:10 hrs

Grid Generation and Discretization Schemes Salle 2 Tuesday 11 September 10:30 – 12:10 hrs

High Performance Computing Salle 2 Thursday 13 September 08:30 – 10:10 hrs

History Matching 1 Salle 1 Tuesday 11 September 08:30 – 10:10 hrs

History Matching 2 Salle 1 Tuesday 11 September 10:30 – 12:10 hrs

History Matching 3 Salle 1 Wednesday 12 September 08:30 – 10:10 hrs

History Matching 4 Salle 1 Wednesday 12 September 10:30 – 12:10 hrs

Linear and Nonlinear Solvers Salle 2 Wednesday 12 September 10:30 – 12:10 hrs

Multiscale Methods Salle 2 Wednesday 12 September 08:30 – 10:10 hrs

Physics of Flow in Porous Media Salle 2 Monday 10 September 15:30 – 17:10 hrs

Poster Session Foyer Monday 10 September 17:10 – 19:00 hrs

Reservoir Characterization Salle 1 Monday 10 September 15:30 – 17:10 hrs

Upscaling and Reduced – Order Modeling Salle 1 Wednesday 12 September 13:30 – 15:10 hrs

Well and Recovery Optimization Salle 1 Thursday 13 September 08:30 – 10:10 hrs

Well and Recovery Optimization 2 Salle 1 Thursday 13 September 10:30 – 12:10 hrs

Well and Reservoir Management Salle 1 Wednesday 12 September 15:30 – 17:10 hrs

Oral presentations – Monday 10 September

Salle 1 Salle 2OPENING

09:00 Opening & Welcome - R. Masson* (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis)

09:20 Keynote Speaker - R. Eymard* (University of Paris East)

10:10 Break

GEOLOGICAL MODELING AND DISCRETIZATION SCHEMESG.E. Pickup (Heriot-Watt University) & D. Wessel-Berg (SINTEF Petroleum Research)

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERYP. Samier (Total) & L. Quettier (Total)

10:30 A01 - A Mortar Method Based on NURBS for Curve Interfaces - H. Florez (The University of Texas at Austin), M.F. Wheeler (The Center for Subsurface Modeling) & A. Rodriguez* (The ConocoPhillips Company)

B01 - Mathematical Modeling of Microbial Processes for Oil Recovery - C. Huang (ConocoPhillips) & J. Monteagudo* (ConocoPhillips)

10:55 A02 - Errors in the Upstream Mobility Scheme for Counter-Current Two-Phase Flow With Discontinuous Permeabilities - T.S. Mykkeltvedt* (UiB), I. Aavatsmark (UiB) & S. Tveit (UiB)

B02 - A 2D Model for the Effect of Gas Diffusion on Mobility of Foam for EOR - L.E. Nonnekes* (Delft University of Technology), S.J. Cox (Aberystwyth University) & W.R. Rossen (Delft University of Technology)

11:20 A03 - A Rigid Element Method for Building Structural Reservoir Models - G. Laurent* (Gocad Research Group - CRPG - CNRS), G. Caumon (Gocad Research Group - CRPG - CNRS), M. Jessell (LMTG - IRD) & J.J. Royer (Gocad Research Group - CRPG - CNRS)

B03 - Using Dimensionless Numbers to Assess EOR in Heterogeneous Reservoirs - B. Rashid* (Imperial College London), O. Fagbowore (Imperial College London) & A.H. Muggeridge (Imperial College London)

11:45 A04 - Predicting Faults from Curvatures of Deformed Geological Layers Viewed as Thin Plates. - J.J. Royer* (CRPG-ENSG-ASGA)

B04 - Molecular Dynamics as a Tool to Deal with Thermogravitation - G. Galliero* (University of Pau) & F.M. Montel (Total S.A.)

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FRACTURED RESERVOIRSA. Cominelli (Eni S.p.A. E&P) & S. Matthai (Montan University of Leoben)

DISCRETIZATION SCHEMES D. Gunasekera (Schlumberger) & S.H. Lee (Chevron)

13:30 A05 - A Gabriel-Delaunay Triangulation of Complex Fractured Media for Multiphase Flow Simulations - H. Mustapha* (Schlumberger)

B05 - Modeling Compositional Compressible Two-phase Flow in Porous Media by the Concept of the Global Pressure - B. Amaziane* (University of Pau & CNRS), M. Jurak (University of Zagreb) & A. Zgaljic-Keko (University of Zagreb)

13:55 A06 - Numerical Prediction of Relative Permeability in Water-Wet Naturally Fractured Reservoir Rocks - S.K. Matthai* (Reservoir Engineering), S. Bazrafkan (Reservoir Engineering), P. Lang (Reservoir Engineering) & C. Milliotte (Fractured Reservoir Dynamics)

B06 - Thermal Adaptive Implicit Method: Temperature Stability Criteria - J. Maes* (Total) & A. Moncorgé (Total)

14:20 A07 - Flows in Discrete Fracture Networks: from Fine Scale Explicit Simulations to Network Models and Reservoir Simulators - B. Noetinger* (Institut Francais du Petrole), M.D. Delorme (IFPEN), A.F. Fourno (IFPEN) & N.K. Khvoenkova (IFPEN)

B07 - Analytical Front Tracking in Numerical Modelling of Two-phase Flow in Porous Media - I. Panfilova* (LEMTA (umr7563)), J. Rihet (ENSG) & M. Panfilov (LEMTA)

14:45 A08 - Single Porosity Model for Fractured Formations - A.K. Pergament (Keldysh Institute for Applied Mathematics) & P.YU. Tomin* (Keldysh Institute for Applied Mathematics)

B08 - Trust-region Based Nonlinear Solver for Counter-current Two-phase Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media - X. Wang* (Stanford University) & H. Tchelepi (Stanford University)

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RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATIONA. Skorstad (Roxar Software Solutions AS) & P.A. Slotte (Statoil ASA)

PHYSICS OF FLOW IN POROUS MEDIAG.E. Pickup (Heriot-Watt University) & B. Noetinger (IFP Energies nou-velles)

15:30 A09 - Diagnosis and Quantification of Stress-Sensitive Reservoir Behaviour from Pressure and Rate Transient Data - R.A. Archer* (University of Auckland)

B09 - Bio-reactive Two-phase Transport and Population Dynamics in Underground Storage of Hydrogen: Natural Self-organisation - A. Toleukhanov* (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University)

15:55 A10 - A Spectal Approach to Conditional Simulation - I.R. Minniakhmetov* (Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology) & A.H. Pergament (Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics)

B10 - Pore-to-reservoir Modelling of Three-phase Flow Processes in Mixed-wet Carbonate Reservoirs - A. Al-Dhahli (Heriot-Watt University), M.I.J. van Dijke* (Heriot-Watt University) & S. Geiger (Heriot-Watt University)

16:20 A11 - Quantitative Use of Different Seismic Attributes in Reservoir Modeling - T. Feng* (Statoil), J. Skjervheim (Statoil) & G. Evensen (Statoil)

B11 - Modeling and Simulation of Shale Gas Production in Multi-Staged Hydraulic-Fractured Formations - S. H. Lee* (Chevron ETC), C. Jensen (Chevron ETC) & I. Lunati (UNIL, Lausanne)

16:45 A12 - Using Two-point Geo-statistics Reservoir Model Parameters Reduction - J. Leguijt* (Shell International Exploration & Production BV)

B12 - A Mathematical Model for Interpretation of Brine-Dependent Spontaneous Imbibition Experiments - P.Ø. Andersen* (University of Stavanger) & S. Evje (University of Stavanger)

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Poster presentations – Monday 10 September

FoyerPOSTER PRESENTATIONS

17:10 P02 - Multi-rate Mass-transfer Dual-porosity Modeling Using the Exact Analytical Solution for Spontaneous Imbibition - C. Maier* (Heriot-Watt University), K.S. Schmid (Heriot-Watt University) & S. Geiger (Heriot-Watt University)

P03 - A Flow and Transport Model in Porous Media for Microbial EOR Studies at Core Scale - M. A. Diaz-Viera* (Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo) & J.R. Hernandez-Perez (Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo)

P04 - Pore-scale Single and Two-phase Transport in Real Porous Medium - I.I. Bogdanov* (CHLOE, U. of Pau), J. Kpahou (CHLOE, U. of Pau) & F. Guerton (LFC-R, U. of Pau)

P05 - Importance of Fracture-Matrix Transfer by Counter-Current Imbibition (CCI) in Hierarchical Natural Fracture Patterns - G.W. Seidl (Montanuniversität Leoben), P.S. Lang* (Montanuniversität Leoben) & S.K. Matthäi (Montanuniversität Leoben)

P06 - Multi-scale Simulation of Permeability Fields and History-matching - C. Gardet* (IFP Energies nouvelles), M. Le Ravalec (IFP Energies nouvelles) & E. Gloaguen (INRS ETE)

P08 - Upscaling of Vertically Heterogeneous Reservoirs - A. Stovas* (Norwegian University of Science & Technology) & Y. Roganov (USGPI)

P09 - Homogenization of Relative Permeabilities Curves for Two-phase Flow in Porous Media Using an Optimization Method - F. McKee* (IFP Energies nou-velles), C. Preux (IFP Energies nouvelles) & C. Berthon (Université de Nantes)

P12 - Mathematical Model of Horizontal Well Acidizing - S.U. Zhuchkov* (Russneft-Research&E Center) & R.D. Kanevskaya (Russneft-Research&E Center)

P14 - Mixture Models for Sampling Conditional Facies Realizations from Multiple Training Images - M. Khodabakhshi (Texas A&M University) & B. Jafarpour* (University of Southern California)

P16 - Optimization of Dynamic 3D Hex-dominant Mesh Adapted for Basins Simulation Using the Smoothing Laplacian 2D - B. Yahiaoui* (IFP Energies nou-velles), H. Borouchaki (University of Technology of Troyes), A. Benali (IFP Energies nouvelles) & C. Bennis (IFP Energies nouvelles)

P17 - Quantification of Uncertainty in Reservoir Connectivity for Field Test Evaluation - H. Okano* (Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation)

P19 - Development of Iterative Algorithms of Increased Convergence and Accuracy for Multiphase Flow Simulation - D. Yu. Maksimov* (Keldysh Institute for Applied Mathematics) & M.A. Filatov (Lomonosov Moscow State University)

P20 - Permeability Change Estimation from Microseismic Event Activity Variations - O.Y. Melchaeva* (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology), S.B. Turuntaev (Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres RAS), E.V. Zenchenko (Institute of Geosphere Dynamics RAS) & E.I. Eremeeva (Institute of Geosphere Dynamics RAS)

P21 - Modeling the Feasibility of Gas-Water or Gas-Oil Contact Control by Microgravity Monitoring during Enhanced Oil Recovery - J. Mrlina* (Institute of Geophysics ASCR)

P22 - Interactive Sketch-based Estimation of Stimulated Volume in Unconventional Reservoirs Using Microseismic Data - R. Amorim (University of Calgary), N. Boroumand (University of Calgary), E. Vital Brazil (University of Calgary), Y. Hajizadeh* (University of Calgary), D. Eaton (University of Calgary) & M. Costa Sousa (University of Calgary)

P23 - A Solution of the Completion Problem of Symmetric Positive Definite Matrices - J. Leguijt* (Shell International Exploration & Production BV)

P25 - Comparison of High-order Numerical Schemes for Flows in Heterogeneous and Anisotropic Porous Media - V. Baron* (Université de Nantes-BRGM), Y. Coudière (Université de Nantes) & P. Sochala (BRGM)

P26 - Method of Interpretation Interference Tests of Horizontal Wells in Anisotropic Reservoir - L.A. Gaidukov (TNK-BP), D.V. Posvyanskii* (Roxar Services AS) & A.O. Potapov (Roxar Services AS)

P28 - Reservoir Spatial Heterogeneity Modeling Through Pattern-Based Stochastic Simulations - H. Mustapha* (Schlumberger), R. Dimitrakopoulos (McGill University, Canada) & S. Chatterjee (National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India)

P34 - Importance and Applicability of a Generalized Shape Factor by Modeling Dual Porosity Reservoirs - M.T. Amiry* (Montanuniversität Leoben)

P36 - Mathematical Modelling of Acid Treatment of the Bottom Hole Zone for Carbonate Reservoirs - R.R. Tukhvatullina* (Roxar) & V.S. Posvyanskii (Roxar)

P37 - Elliptic Functions in Modeling of Oil Recovery - V. Astafiev* (Samara State University), A. Kasatkin (Samara State University) & P. Roters (Samara State University)

P41 - Simulation of the Wave Action Effect on the Two-phase flow Process and the Reservoir Recovery - A.N. Cheremisin* (TNK-BP) & N.A. Cheremisin (TNK-BP)

P42 - Computational Method for Relative Permeability Curves based on the Bernoulli Generalized Porous Media Equations - S. Stepanov* (TNK-BP), N. Cheremisin (TNK-BP), S. Sokolov (TNK-BP), A. Altunin (TNK-BP) & A. Shabarov (Tyumen State University)

P45 - Rapoport -Leas Model for Two-phase Flow in Anisotropic Porous Media - M.N. Kravchenko* (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas), N.M. Dmitriev (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas) & M.N. Dmitriev (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas)

P46 - Natural Flow in Stress Sensitive Reservoirs, a Unified Approach - T.A.J Jelmert* (Norwegian University of Science and Engineering)

P47 - Alternative to Darcy’s Law for the Description of the Newtonian Fluid Flow in Porous Media - V.V. Kadet* (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil & Gas) & P.S. Chagirov (Gubkin University)

P48 - Lithotype Clustering in Multidimentional Space - I.R. Minniakhmetov* (Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology)

P49 - Analysis and Evaluation of Heat and Mass Transfer Processes in Porous Media Based on Darcy-Stefan’s Model - D. Akhmed-Zaki* (KazNU), N. Danaev (KazNU), S. Mukhambetzhanov (KazNU) & T. Imankulov (KazNU)

P50 - New Method for Connection Transmissibility Calculation - A.Y. Yushkov* (TNK-BP)

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Oral presentations – Tuesday 11 September

Salle 1 Salle 2HISTORY MATCHING 1J.D. Jansen (Delft University of Technology) & J.F.B.M. Kraaijevanger (Shell)

COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS. Matthai (Montan University of Leoben) & M.F. Wheeler (The University of Texas at Austin)

08:30 A13 - Numerical Comparison of Ensemble Kalman Filter and Randomized Maximum Likelihood - K. Fossum* (Uni CIPR), T. Mannseth (Uni CIPR), D. Oliver (Uni CIPR) & H.J. Skaug (Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen)

B13 - Tie-simplex-based Nonlinear Solver for Mass-variables Compositional Formulation - D.V. Voskov* (Stanford University) & H.A. Tchelepi (Stanford University)

08:55 A14 - Smooth Multi-scale Parameterization for Integration of Seismic and Production Data Using Second-generation Wavelets - T. Gentilhomme* (CGGVeritas, CRPG-CNRS, Nancy University), T. Mannseth (CIPR, University of Bergen), D. Oliver (CIPR, University of Bergen), G. Caumon (CRPG-CNRS, Nancy University) & R. Moyen (Hampson-Russell, CGGVeritas)

B14 - Compositional Formulation Based on Piece-wise Linear Representation in Tie-simplex Space - R. Zaydullin* (Stanford University), D.V. Voskov (Stanford University) & H.A. Tchelepi (Stanford University)

09:20 A15 - Distance Parameterization for Efficient Seismic History Matching with the Ensemble Kalman Filter - O. Leeuwenburgh* (TNO) & R. Arts (TNO)

B15 - Method of Negative Saturation and Interface Stabilization for Multiphase Compositional Flow in Porous Media - M. Panfilov* (University of Lorraine), M. Ghesmoune (University of Lorraine) & A. Abadpour (Total - Geoscience Research Centre - Aberdeen)

09:45 A16 - Preventing Ensemble Collapse and Preserving Geostatistical Variability Across the Ensemble with the Subspace EnKF - P. Sarma* (Chevron) & W.H. Chen (Chevron)

B16 - Analytical Theory and Numerical Simulation by the Method NegSat for Liquid-gas Displacement - M. Ghesmoune* (University of Lorraine) & M. Panfilov (University of Lorraine)

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HISTORY MATCHING 2I.S. Zakirov (TNK-BP) & G.S. Agaev (Statoil ASA)

GRID GENERATION AND DISCRETIZATION SCHEMESI. Aavatsmark (University of Bergen) & Y. Yang (ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company)

10:30 A17 - Multi-objective Scheme of Estimation of Distribution Algorithm for History-Matching - A. Abdollahzadeh* (Heriot-Watt University), A. Reynolds (Heriot-Watt University), M. Christie (Heriot-Watt University), D. Corne (Heriot-Watt University), G. Williams (BP) & B. Davies (BP)

B17 - Vertex-centred Discretization of Multiphase Compositional Darcy Flows on General Meshes - R. Eymard (University Paris East), C. Guichard* (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis), R. Herbin (University of Provence), R. Masson (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis) & P. Samier (Total)

10:55 A18 - Data Assimilation Using the EnKF for 2-D Markov Chain Models - Y. Zhang* (University of Bergen), D.S. Oliver (Uni CIPR), Y. Chen (IRIS) & H.J. Skaug (University of Bergen)

B18 - Comparison of a Finite Element Method and a Finite Volume Method for Flow on General Grids in 3D - H. Hægland* (Uni CIPR), I. Aavatsmark (Uni CIPR), C. Guichard (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis), R. Masson (University of Nice Sophia Antipolis) & R. Kaufmann (Uni CIPR)

11:20 A19 - An Iterative Version of the Adaptive Gaussian Mixture Filter - A.S. Stordal* (IRIS - International Research Inst. of Stavanger) & R. Lorentzen (IRIS - International Research Inst. of Stavanger)

B19 - A Monotone Non-linear Finite Volume Method for Advection-diffusion Equations and Multiphase Flows - K. Nikitin* (Institute of Numerical Mathematics RAS) & Y. Vassilevski (Institute of Numerical Mathematics RAS)

11:45 A20 - Ensemble Kalman Filter Data Assimilation to Condition a Real Reservoir Models to Well Test Observation - A. Abadpour* (Total E&P UK)

B20 - Voronoi Grids Conformal to 3D Structural Features - R. Merland* (CRPG-INPL), B. Lévy (INRIA) & G. Caumon (CRPG-INPL)

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Oral presentations – Wednesday 12 September

Salle 1 Salle 2HISTORY MATCHING 3A. Cominelli (Eni S.p.A. E&P) & H. Klie (ConocoPhillips)

MULTISCALE METHODSR. Helmig (University of Stuttgart) & P.D. Audigane (BRGM)

08:30 A21 - New Formulation of the Objective Function for Better Incorporation of 4D Seismic Data into Reservoir Models - R. Derfoul* (IFP Energies nou-velles), S. Da Veiga (IFP Energies nouvelles), C. Gout (LMI, INSA ROUEN) & C. Le Guyader (LMI, INSA ROUEN)

B21 - Adaptive Fully Implicit Multi-scale Meshless Multi-point Flux Method for Fluid Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media - A. Lukyanov* (Schlumberger)

08:55 A22 - Time Lapse Inversion Workflow Constrained by Reservoir Grid Parameterization - P. Thore* (Geoscience Research Center TOTAL E&P UK)

B22 - CVD-MPFA Based Multiscale Formulation on Structured and Unstructured Grids - E.T. Parramore* (Swansea University), M. G. Edwards (Swansea University), M. Pal (Shell) & S. Lamine (Shell)

09:20 A23 - Optimal Choice of a Surveillance Operation Using Information Theory - D.H. Le (University of Tulsa) & A.C. Reynolds* (University of Tulsa)

B23 - Multiscale Method for Two and Three-phase Flow Simulation in Subsurface Petroleum Reservoirs - M. Pal* (Shell Global Solutions International B.V.), S. Lamine (Shell Global Solutions International B.V.), K.A. Lie (SINTEF ICT, Department of Applied Math, Norway) & S. Krogstad (SINTEF ICT, Department of Applied Math, Norway)

09:45 A24 - Application of the Adaptive Gaussian Mixture Filter to History Match a Real Field Case - R. Valestrand* (IRIS - International Research Inst. of Stavanger), G. Nævdal (IRIS - International Research Inst. of Stavanger) & A.S. Stordal (IRIS - International Research Inst. of Stavanger)

B24 - A Framework for Hybrid Simulations of Two-phase Flow in Porous Media - P. Tomin (University of Lausanne), A. Ferrari (University of Lausanne), R. Kuenze (University of Lausanne) & I. Lunati* (University of Lausanne)

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HISTORY MATCHING 4A. Skorstad (Roxar Software Solutions AS) & R. Schulze-Riegert (SPT Group GmbH)

LINEAR AND NONLINEAR SOLVERS L.J. Durlofsky (Stanford University) & O. Dubrule (Total E&P)

10:30 A25 - Neural Networks and their Derivatives for History Matching and other Seismic, Basin and Reservoir Optimization Problems - J. Bruyelle* (Terra 3E) & D.R. Guérillot (Terra 3E)

B25 - An Unconditionally Stable Splitting Method Using Reordering for Simulating Polymer Injection - K.A. Lie (SINTEF), H. M. Nilsen* (SINTEF), A.F. Rasmussen (SINTEF) & X. Raynaud (SINTEF)

10:55 A26 - North Sea Chalk Reservoir – Seismic History Matching Workflow - H. Sudan* (ConocoPhillips), E. Tolstukhin (ConocoPhillips Norge) & A. Janssen (ConocoPhillips)

B26 - Algebraic Multiscale Linear Solver for Heterogeneous Elliptic Problems - Y. Wang* (Stanford University), H. Hajibeygi (Stanford University) & H. Tchelepi (Stanford University)

11:20 A27 - Efficient Solution of the Optimization Problem in Model-reduced Gradient-based History Matching - S. Szklarz* (Delft University of Technology), M. Rojas (Delft University of Technology) & M. Kaleta (Shell Global Solutions International)

B27 - How Fast Is Your Newton-Like Nonlinear Solver? - R.M. Younis* (Stanford University) & H.A. Tchelepi (Stanford University)

11:45 A28 - Deterministic Linear Bayesian Updating of State and Model Parameters - O. Pajonk* (SPT Group GmbH), B.V. Rosi ’c (Institute of Scientific Computing, TU Braunschweig) & H.G. Matthies (Institute of Scientific Computing, TU Braunschweig)

B28 - Fast Linear Solver for Pressure Computation in Layered Domains - P. van Slingerland* (Delft University of Technology) & C. Vuik (Delft University of Technology)

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UPSCALING AND REDUCED-ORDER MODELINGJ.-J. Royer (CRPG-ENSG-ASGA) & A.B. Rustad (Statoil ASA)

COUPLED GEOMECHANICS AND FLOWP. Samier (Total) & S. Mantica (Eni S.p.A. E&P)

13:30 A29 - A New Global Upscaling Technique for 3D Unstructured Grids - M. Karimi-Fard* (Stanford University) & L.J. Durlofsky (Stanford University)

B29 - Coupled Geomechanics and Flow in Fractured Porous Media - T. T. Garipov* (Stanford University), K.A. Levonyan (Stanford University), M. Karimi-Fard (Stanford University) & H.A. Tchelepi (Stanford University)

13:55 A30 - Grid Adaption for Upscaling and Multiscale Method - J.R. Natvig (SINTEF), K.-A. Lie* (SINTEF), S. Krogstad (SINTEF), Y. Yang (ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company) & X.H. Wu (ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company)

B30 - Coupled Flow-deformation Simulations of Realistic Hydraulic Fractured Systems - A.A. Rodriguez* (ConocoPhillips), H. Florez (The University of Texas) & J. Monteagudo (ConocoPhillips)

14:20 A31 - Reduced-order Modeling for Thermal Recovery Processes - M.A.H. Rousset* (Stanford University), C.K. Huang (ConocoPhillips), H. Klie (ConocoPhillips) & L.J. Durlofsky (Stanford University)

B31 - Stress Dependent Anisotropy of Relative Permeabilities in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs - P. Lang* (Montan University of Leoben), S. Steinecker (Fractured Reservoir Dynamics), S. Bazr Afkan (Montan University of Leoben) & S.K. Matthäi (Montan University of Leoben)

14:45 A32 - Enabling Optimal Production Strategies under Uncertainties via Non-Intrusive Model Reduction Methods - H. Chen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Q. Wang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), H. Klie* (ConocoPhillips) & K. Willcox (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

B32 - Numerical Convergence Study of Iterative Coupling for Coupled Flow and Geomechanics - A.M. Mikeli ’c (Universite de Lyon, Lyon F-69003, France), B.W. Wang (The University of Texas at Austin) & M.F.W. Wheeler* (The University of Texas at Austin)

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WELL AND RESERVOIR MANAGEMENTD. Gunasekera (Schlumberger) & P. Sarma (Chevron)

CO2 INJECTION AND SEQUESTRATION D.R. Guérillot (Terra 3E) & R.K. Romeu (Petrobras/Cenpes)

15:30 A33 - Reservoir Management Using Two-stage Optimization with Streamline Simulation - T. Wen* (Stanford University), M.R. Thiele (Streamsim Technologies/Stanford University), D. Echeverría Ciaurri (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center), K. Aziz (Stanford University) & Y. Ye (Stanford University)

B33 - A Numerical Method for Chemical Equilibrium Calculations in Multiphase Systems - A.M.M. Leal* (Imperial College London), M.J. Blunt (Imperial College London) & T.C. LaForce (CSIRO)

15:55 A34 - Response Surface Approaches for Large Decision Trees: Decision Making Under Uncertainty - H. Gross* (Chevron)

B34 - Simulation of Near-Well Pressure Build-up in Models of CO2 Injection - G.E. Pickup* (Heriot-Watt University), M. Jin (Heriot-Watt University) & E.J. Mackay (Heriot-Watt University)

16:20 A35 - A Workflow for Decision Making Under Uncertainty - D. Busby* (IFP Energies nouvelles), S. Da Veiga (IFP Energies nouvelles) & S. Touzani (IFP Energies nouvelles)

B35 - Upscaled Models for CO2 Migration in Geological Formations with Structural Heterogeneity - S.E. Gasda* (Uni CIPR), H.M. Nilsen (SINTEF) & H.K. Dahle (University of Bergen)

16:45 A36 - Estimation of Production Rates Using Transient Well Flow Modeling and the Auxiliary Particle Filter - R. Lorentzen* (IRIS - International Research Inst. of Stavanger), A.S. Stordal (IRIS - International Research Inst. of Stavanger), G. Nævdal (IRIS - International Research Inst. of Stavanger), H.A. Karlsen (University of Bergen) & H.J. Skaug (University of Bergen)

B36 - Mixed Multiscale Methods for Compressible Flow - S. Krogstad (SINTEF), K.-A. Lie* (SINTEF) & B. Skaflestad (SINTEF)

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Family membersAll registered family members have access to the icebreaker reception and conference dinner.A family member tour is organized on Monday.  An English speaking guide will meet the tour participants at the conference registration desk in the Casino Municipal at 10:00 hrs.  During the guided walking tour of Biarritz the participants will have the chance to enjoy a piece of pastry and a hot drink at the Miremont tearoom, a famous tearoom of Biarritz which has been a meeting place for royals and other eminent personalities.  The tour will be concluded at the renowned Museum of the Sea with more than 150 species of fish and invertebrates in 50 aquariums. Par-ticipants will have the chance to visit the museum on their own.

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Oral presentations – Thursday 13 September

Salle 1 Salle 2WELL AND RECOVERY OPTIMIZATIONJ.D. Jansen (Delft University of Technology) & J.F.B.M. Kraaijevanger (Shell)

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTINGS. Matthai (Montan University of Leoben) & H. Klie (ConocoPhillips)

08:30 A37 - Generalized Field Development Optimization: Coupled Well-Placement and Control under Geologic Uncertainty - L. Li (Texas A&M University) & B. Jafarpour* (University of Southern California)

B37 - GAMPACK (GPU Accelerated Algebraic Multigrid Package) - K.P. Esler* (Stone Ridge Technology), V. Natoli (Stone Ridge Technology) & A. Samardzic (Stone Ridge Technology)

08:55 A38 - A Derivative-Free Methodology with Local and Global Search for the Joint Optimization of Well Location and Control - O.J. Isebor* (Stanford University), L.J. Durlofsky (Stanford University) & D. Echeverría Ciaurri (IBM)

B38 - Multi-core and GPU Parallelization of a General Purpose Reservoir Simulator - Y. Zhou* (Stanford University) & H. Tchelepi (Stanford University)

09:20 A39 - Well Placement Optimization under Uncertainty with CMA-ES Using the Neighborhood - Z. Bouzarkouna* (Total (Formerly IFP Energies nou-velles)), D.Y. Ding (IFP Energies nouvelles) & A. Auger (INRIA)

B39 - HPC-Based Optimal Well Placement - A.I. Ermolaev (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil & Gas) & A.M. Kuvichko* (Gubkin Russian State University of Oil & Gas)

09:45 A40 - Optimization of Well Trajectory under Uncertainty for Proactive Geosteering - Y. Chen* (IRIS - International Research Inst. of Stavanger), R.J. Lorentzen (IRIS - International Research Inst. of Stavanger) & E.H. Vefring (IRIS - International Research Inst. of Stavanger)

B40 - A Multilevel Multiscale Finite Volume Method - R. Künze* (Institute of Geophysics, UNIL), I. Lunati (Institute of Geophysics, UNIL) & S.H. Lee (Chevron ETC)

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WELL AND RECOVERY OPTIMIZATION 2 L.J. Durlofsky (Stanford University) & H.A. Tchelepi (Stanford University)

CO2 INJECTION AND SEQUESTRATION 2I. Aavatsmark (University of Bergen) & H.M. Nilsen (Sintef)

10:30 A41 - Adjoint-Based Optimization of a Foam EOR Process - M. Namdar Zanganeh (Xodus Group), J.F.B.M. Kraaijevanger* (Shell Global Solutions International), H.W. Buurman (Shell Global Solutions International), J.D. Jansen (TU Delft) & W.R. Rossen (TU Delft)

B41 - The Gravitational Instability of a Diffusive Boundary Layer; Towards a Theoretical Minimum for Time of Onset of Convecti - D.W.B Wessel-Berg* (SINTEF Petroleum Research)

10:55 A42 - High Order Adjoint Derivatives using ESDIRK Methods for Oil Reservoir Production Optimization - A. Capolei* (DTU), E.H. Stenby (DTU) & J.B. Jørgensen (DTU)

B42 - Efficiency of Dissolution Trapping in Geological Carbon Storage - M.T. Elenius* (Uni Research), J.M. Nordbotten (University of Bergen, Department of Mathematics) & H. Kalisch (University of Bergen, Department of Mathematics)

11:20 A43 - Simultaneous Optimization of Well Placement and Control Using a Hybrid Global-local Strategy - T. D. Humphries* (Memorial University of Newfoundland), R.D. Haynes (Memorial University of Newfoundland) & L.A. James (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

B43 - Evolution of Seismic Responses due to CO2 Injection in Carbonates Including Chemical Reactions and Rock-Physics Model - L.G. Rodrigues* (Petrobras), J.P. Nunes (Petrobras) & D.R. Guérillot (Terra 3E)

11:45 A44 - Ensemble Based Multi-Objective Production Optimization of Smart Wells - R.M. Fonseca* (Delft University of Technology), O. Leeuwenburgh (TNO) & J.D. Jansen (Delft University of Technology)

B44 - Classification of Digital Rocks by Machine Learning - J. Ma* (Heriot-Watt University), Z. Jiang (Heriot-Watt University), K. W (Heriot-Watt University), Q. Tian (the University of Texas at San Antonio) & G.D. Couples (Heriot-Watt University)

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The Technical Programme is sponsored by IFP

Social Programme

Icebreaker receptionMonday 10 September, 19:00 – 20:30 hrsThe Icebreaker reception will be held on Monday evening im-mediately after the Poster session.  A perfect opportunity to meet friends and colleagues together with typical French fin-ger food and drinks. The Icebreaker reception will take place at the Café de la Grande Plage at the conference venue.

Conference dinnerWednesday 12 September, 18:00 – 22:30 hrsThe conference dinner in the typical Basque cidrerie in the cen-tre of Bayonne offers Basque food and unlimited consumption of cidre, a traditional drink of the Basque people. Buses will depart at 18:00 hrs in front of the Casino Municipal. Upon arrival to Bay-onne participants will have one hour at leisure to see the histori-cal centre of the city, including the Old Castle, the Cloister and the Cathédrale Sainte-Marie, an imposing, elegant Gothic building.