InterPore2024 Invited Speaker: Prof. Zhangxing (John) Chen

In anticipation of InterPore2024, we’re introducing the invited speakers in today’s and forthcoming Newsletters. This week: Zhangxing (John) Chen

Zhangxing (John) Chen
Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China / University of Calgary, Canada

Title: Reservoir Simulator Development: The Past, Present and Future

Professor Chen holds Chair Professorship at Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China and NSERC/Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair and Alberta Innovates Industrial Chair at the University of Calgary, Canada. His research interest is in Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir Simulation and Hydrogen Production.

Reservoir simulators have been developed in the past 70 years. They have been widely used to predict, understand, and optimize complex physical processes in modeling and simulation of multiphase fluid flow in petroleum reservoirs.

The speaker has engaged in the development of reservoir simulators for over 30 years. In this plenary presentation, the speaker will give an overview on the development of conventional and unconventional reservoir simulators, the incorporation of parallel and AI algorithms into these simulators, and the quantum computing potential to solve reservoir simulation problems. The present status, existing challenges, and future prospects on reservoir simulators will be… read further