Reparameterization techniques for generating reservoir descriptions conditioned to variograms and well-test pressure data

SPE Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 413-426

  Reynolds, A C ^a,d,e   He, Nanqun ^a,d   Chu, Lifu ^b,d,f   Oliver, D S ^c  

^a The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

^b SPE   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^e U of Tulsa ^*

^f SPE Pressure Transient Testing Technical Committee

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL TESTING; POROSITY;

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR MODEL; REPARAMETERIZATION; SUBSPACE METHOD;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 0030349281     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/30588-PA     Document Type: Article

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