This course aims to introduce the student to the background knowledge in numerical reservoir simulation which is a widely used tool in petroleum industry and research and guide the student to learn how to solve reservoir engineering problems through the professional use of numerical reservoir simulation.

This course also a part of the mathematics requirement of the stream. These courses involve development of flow models (partial differential equation), analytical and numerical solution. The knowledge and skills in these courses include: partial differential equations, boundary conditions, numerical differentiation and integration, matrix operations, solution of matrices using exact and iterative methods, errors associated with numerical solutions.