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Cartesiangrid,whichtodatehasbeenthemostcommontypeofgridused,wedenotethe
blocksizeasx,yandzandthesemayormaynotbeequal.

1Dlineargridsmaybeusedtosimulate1DBuckleyLeveretttypewaterdisplacement
calculations(xdirection)orforsinglecolumnverticaldisplacements(zdirection)such
asgravitystablegasdisplacementofoil(Figures1(a)and1(b));

2DCartesiangrids: 2Dcrosssectional(x/z)gridsmaybeusedto;(a)studyvertical
sweepefficiencyinaheterogeneouslayeredsystem;(b)calculatewater/oildisplacements
inageostatisticallygeneratedcrosssection;(c)generatepseudorelativepermeabilites
(can be used to collapse a 3D calculation down to a 2D system); (d) to study the
mechanismofagasdisplacementprocesse.g.todeterminetheimportanceofgravity
etc.(Figure1(e))

2Dareal(x/y)gridsmaybeusedto;(a)calculatearealsweepefficienciesinawaterflood
oragas flood;(b)toexaminethestabilityofa nearmiscible gasinjectionwithina
heterogeneousreservoirlayer;(c)examinethebenefitsofinfilldrillinginanarealpattern
floodetc.(Figures1(c)and1(d));

3D(x/y/z)Cartesiangridsareusedtomodelaverywiderangeoffieldwidereservoir
productionprocessesandwouldoftenbethedefaulttypeofcalculationforatypicalfull
fieldsimulationofwaterflooding,gasflooding,etc
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A2Dx/zcrosssectionalmodel(withdipifnecessary)maybeusedtostudytheeffectsofvertical
heterogeneitylayeringforexampleonthesweepefficiencyorwaterbreakthroughtime.
For a nearwell coning study, an r/z grid is usually more appropriate since it more closely
resemblesthegeometryofthenearwellradialflow.
2Dx/zgridsarealsousedtogeneratepseudorelativepermeabilitiesforpossibleusein2Dareal
models.
Forfullfieldsimulations,3Dgridsaregenerallyusedwhichinmostmodelsarestillprobably
Cartesianwithvaryinggridspacinginallthreedimensions.
Othertypesofgridsuchasdistortedorcornerpointgridsarebeingappliedinsomestudiesto
modelmajorfaultsinreservoirs.

2Dx/zgridsarealsousedtogeneratepseudorelativepermeabilitiesforpossibleusein2Dareal
models.