Computer Modelling Group, abbreviated as CMG, is a software company that produces reservoir simulation

Reservoir simulation

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 programs for the oil and gas industry. It is based in Calgary

Calgary

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, Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

Canada

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 with branch offices in Houston, Dubai

Dubai

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, Caracas

Caracas

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 and London

London

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. The company is traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange

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 under the symbol CMG.

The company offers three simulators, a black oil simulator, called IMEX, a compositional simulator called GEM and a thermal compositional simulator called STARS.

History

The company began in 1978 as an effort to develop a simulator by Khalid Aziz of the University of Calgary

University of Calgary

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's Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineering

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 department, with a research grant from the government of Alberta. A commercial product was being sold by the late 1980s. For the first 19 years of the company's history it was a non-profit entity. In 1997 it became a regular public company when it was listed on the TSX. The company now claims over 400 clients in 49 countries.