Workshop I: Multiphysics, Multiscale, and Coupled Problems in Subsurface Physics - IPAM

Workshop I: Multiphysics, Multiscale, and Coupled Problems in Subsurface Physics

Part of the Long Program Computational Issues in Oil Field Applications
April 3 - 7, 2017

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, April 3, 2017

Morning Session

08:00-08:50
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
08:50-09:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00-09:50
Fredrik Saaf (Shell)
Integrated Asset Modelling: An Industry Perspective
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Thomas Hou (California Institute of Technology)
Multiscale Model Reduction and Sparse Operator Compression for Multiscale Problems
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Houman Owhadi (California Institute of Technology)
Universal Scalable Robust Solvers from Computational Information Games and fast eigenspace adapted Multiresolution Analysis

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:50
Stephane Zaleski (Université de Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie))
The simulation of droplets, bubbles and interfaces
15:10-16:00
Shahriar Afkhami (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
From mesoscopic to macroscopic computations of dynamic contact lines
16:10-16:20
Break
16:20-17:10
Birol Dindoruk (Shell)
Title not available
17:20-19:00
Poster Session & Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:50
Yalchin Efendiev (Texas A&M University - College Station)
Flow-based upscaling and generalized multiscale finite element methods for problems in heterogeneous media
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Patrick Farrell (University of Oxford)
Computational Issues in Oil Field Applications
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Konstantin Lipnikov (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Physics-preserving discretizations for subsurface flows

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:50
Olav Møyner (SINTEF Applied Mathematics)
A multiscale restriction-smoothed basis method for high contrast porous media represented on unstructured grids
15:00-15:15
Break
15:15-16:05
Ivan Yotov (University of Pittsburgh)
Biot-Stokes modeling of flow in fractured poroelastic media
16:15-17:05
Andro Mikelic (Université Claude-Bernard (Lyon I))
Phase-field modeling of a fluid-driven fracture in a poroelastic medium

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:50
Brice Lecampion (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))
Hydraulic Fractures: Modeling and realities
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Joel Ita (Shell)
Optimizing coupled mechanics-fluid flow simulation by simulating different physics at different scales in space and time
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Mary Wheeler (University of Texas at Austin)
Methodologies and Robust Algorithms for Subsurface Simulators

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:50
Brad Mallison (Chevron)
Flow diagnostics, multi-phase flow and upscaling for discrete fracture-matrix simulations
15:05-15:55
Lou Durlofsky (Stanford University)
Upscaling of Compositional Models for Single-Porosity and Discrete-Fracture-Matrix Systems
16:05-16:15
Break
16:15-17:05
Sanghyun Lee (University of Texas at Austin)
Pressurized and Fluid filled fracture propagation in porous media using phase field approach

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:50
Peter Sammon (Computer Modelling Group Ltd (CMG))
Some Aspects of Coupling Complex Wells and Networks to a Reservoir Simulator
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Hui Cao (Total)
Production system modeling from wells to surface facilities, and its coupling with reservoir
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Yu Zhang (ConocoPhillips)
From Migration to Inversion: Theory and Algorithms behind Geophysical Depth Imaging

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:50
Eric Chung (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Adaptive multiscale model reduction using generalized multiscale finite element methods
15:00-15:10
Break
15:10-16:00
Seong Lee (Chevron)
Hybrid discretization of multi-phase fluids in porous media in the presence of viscous, gravitational and capillary forces
16:10-16:20
Break
16:20-17:10
Jinchao Xu (Pennsylvania State University)
On the Lack of Accuracy of Semi-explicit Schemes for Phase-Field Simulations
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