geophysical calculations
is the
motivation
for
appending
"4D"
to the
program
name.
In
addition, BOAST4D includes code changes
to
improve computational
performance,
to
allow
the
solution
of
material balance problems,
and to
reduce
material
balance error.
BOAST4D
was
designed
to
run
on
DOS-based personal computers
with
486 or
better math
co-processors.
The
simulator included with
this
book
is
well-
suited
for
learning
how
to
use
a
reservoir simulator,
for
developing
an
understand-
ing
of
reservoir management concepts,
and for
solving many
types
of
reservoir
engineering problems.
It is an
inexpensive tool
for
performing studies that
require more sophistication than
is
provided
by
analytical solutions,
yet do not
require
the use of
full-featured
commercial simulators. Several example data
sets
are
provided
on
disk
to
help
you
apply
the
simulator
to a
wide range
of
practical
problems.
The
text
and
software
are
suitable
for use in a
variety
of
settings, e.g.
in
an
undergraduate course
for
petroleum engineers, earth scientists such
as
geologists
and
geophysicists,
or
hydrologists;
in a
graduate course
for
modelers;
and
in
continuing education courses.
An
Instructor's Guide
is
available
from
the
publisher.
I
developed much
of the
material
in
this book
as
course notes
for a
continuing education course
I
taught
in
Houston.
I
would like
to
thank
Bob
Hubbell
and the
University
of
Houston
for
sponsoring this
course
and Tim
Calk
of
Gulf Publishing
for
shepherding
the
manuscript through
the
publication
process.
I am
grateful
to my
industrial
and
academic employers, both past
and
present,
for the
opportunity
to
work
on a
wide variety
of
problems.
I
would also
like
to
acknowledge
the
contributions
of Ken
Harpole,
Stan Bujnowski, Jane
Kennedy,
Dwight Dauben
and
Herb Carroll
for
their work
on
earlier
versions
of
BOAST.
I
would especially
like
to
thank
my
wife,
Kathy
Fanchi,
for
her
moral
support
and
for
the
many hours
at
the
computer creating
the
graphics
and
refining
the
presentation
of
this material.
Any
written comments
or
suggestions
for
improving
the
material
are
welcome.
John
R.
Fanchi,
Ph.D.
Houston,
Texas
August
1997
XVll
TEAM LinG - Live, Informative, Non-cost and Genuine!