# opm-simulators
**Repository Path**: opm88/opm-simulators
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: opm-simulators
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: GPL-3.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No
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- **Created**: 2026-06-01
- **Last Updated**: 2026-06-01
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## README
# Open Porous Media Simulators
[](https://opm-project.org/)
[](#)
[](https://opm-project.org/?page_id=955)
[](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2020.05.014)
[](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12637570)
> The `opm-simulators` repository contains the OPM Flow reservoir simulator which uses automatic differentiation and standard input-formats to simulate reservoirs of industrial complexity on real assets by commercial actors. It is cooperatively developed by multiple industry-partners and academic institutions under the GPL 3 license.
>
> Flow is a fully implicit black-oil simulators which also supports CO2 storage, H2 storage, thermal simulations, solvents, as well as polymers. It works with the Eclipse formats, making it easy to integrate into existing workflows. The automatic differentiation is implemented in [opm-common](https://github.com/OPM/opm-common). The manual can be found here on the OPM [home page](https://opm-project.org/?page_id=955).
## Supported Platforms
- RHEL 8+
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and 24.04 LTS
- Debian
- Mac OS X
- WSL2
[Download binaries here](https://opm-project.org/?page_id=36)
## Building from Source
`opm-simulators` Depends on:
- [opm-common](https://github.com/OPM/opm-common)
- [opm-grid](https://github.com/OPM/opm-grid)
- [Dune and all other dependencies are listed and tracked on the home page](https://opm-project.org/?page_id=239)
[Follow the build instructions on the home page](http://opm-project.org/?page_id=36).
## In-Code Documentation
In addition to providing the [manual](https://opm-project.org/?page_id=955) we also document the source code with Doxygen, using the `make doc` command.
## Reporting Issues
Issues can either be reported here on [GitHub repository](https://github.com/OPM/opm-simulators/issues), or using the [OPM mailing list](https://opm-project.org/?page_id=358)
To help diagnose build errors, please provide a link to a build log together
with the issue description.
You can capture such a log from the build using the `script' utility, e.g.:
LOGFILE=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M-)build.log ;
cmake -E cmake_echo_color --cyan --bold "Log file: $LOGFILE" ;
script -q $LOGFILE -c 'cmake ../opm-core -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug' &&
script -q $LOGFILE -a -c 'ionice nice make -j 4 -l 3' ||
cat CMakeCache.txt CMakeFiles/CMake*.log >> $LOGFILE
The resulting file can be uploaded to for instance gist.github.com.
## Citing
To cite OPM Flow we primarily use the paper `The Open Porous Media Flow reservoir simulator` published in the `Computers & Mathematics with Applications` (CAMWA) Journal. The correctly attribute credit to later contributors, we also want the Zenodo repository containing the source code to be cited. The BibTex for both can be found below.
BibTeX for CAMWA article
```bibtex
@article{OPMFLOW,
title = {The {Open} {Porous} {Media} {Flow} reservoir simulator},
journal = {Computers \& Mathematics with Applications},
volume = {81},
pages = {159-185},
year = {2021},
note = {Development and Application of Open-source Software for Problems with Numerical PDEs},
issn = {0898-1221},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2020.05.014},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0898122120302182},
author = {Atgeirr Flø Rasmussen and Tor Harald Sandve and Kai Bao and Andreas Lauser and Joakim Hove and Bård Skaflestad and Robert Klöfkorn and Markus Blatt and Alf Birger Rustad and Ove Sævareid and Knut-Andreas Lie and Andreas Thune}
}
```
BibTeX for source code (Zenodo)
```bibtex
@software{ahmed_2025_15573878,
author = {Ahmed, Elyes and
Alvestad, Jostein and
BAO, KAI and
Baxendale, David and
Berge, Runar Lie and
Berland, Håvard and
Blatt, Markus and
Bowden, Josh and
Bueno, Jose Eduardo and
Chang, Justin and
Egberts, Paul and
Fuchs, Franz Georg and
Hægland, Håkon and
Hove, Joakim and
Kippe, Vegard and
Klöfkorn, Robert and
Krogstad, Stein and
Kvarving, Arne Morten and
Landa Marban, David and
Logstein, Jan Inge and
Lye, Kjetil Olsen and
Machado, Cintia Goncalves and
Marchiori, Giacomo and
Meyer Andersen, Tobias and
Mykkeltvedt, Trine and
Nane, Razvan and
Nebel, Lisa Julia and
Nilsen, Halvor Møll and
Qiu, Tong Dong and
Qiu, Tuoling and
Rasmussen, Atgeirr Flø and
Ritorto, Antonella and
Rustad, Alf Birger and
Sandve, Tor Harald and
Sævareid, Ove and
Skaflestad, Bård and
Skille, Torbjørn and
Tveit, Svenn and
Verveer, Peter and
Tóth, Michal and
Goodfield, Matthew and
Sæternes, Erik Hide},
title = {OPM Flow 2025.04},
month = jun,
year = 2025,
publisher = {Zenodo},
version = {2025.04},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.15573878},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15573878},
}
```
We try to keep track of all publications having used OPM Flow in their scientific papers [here](https://opm-project.org/?page_id=39). Reach out to the contact point mentioned on the page if you want your article there.
## Contributing
Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines on how to contribute to this project.