Unconventional Reservoir Model Predictions Using Massively-Parallel GPU Flow-Simulation

This paper discusses application of massively-parallel GPU flow-simulation for the Bakken reservoir. Compared to CPU simulation, GPUs allow larger, faster numerical models (10+ million cells).

J. R. Gilman, M. Uland*, O. Angola, R. Michelena, H. Meng, iReservoir.com Inc. and K. Esler, K. Mukundakrishnan, V. Natoli, Stone Ridge Technology