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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

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