Improved technique for stochastic interpolation of reservoir properties

SPE Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-57

  Painter, Scott ^a,b,c,d   Paterson, Lincoln ^a,c,e,f,g   Boult, Peter ^h  

^a SPE   (Australia)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPOLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FRACTIONAL LEVY MOTION; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STOCHASTIC INTERPOLATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 0031099509     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/30599-PA     Document Type: Article

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