Conditional stochastic moment equations for uncertainty analysis of flow in heterogeneous reservoirs

SPE Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 392-400

  Li, L ^a   Tchelepi, H A ^b  

^a E and P Technology Co (EPTC)   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PROBABILITY;

CONDITIONAL COVARIANCE; CONDITIONAL STOCHASTIC MOMENT EQUATIONS; DARCY VELOCITY; STATISTICAL MOMENT EQUATION;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 0347900666     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/87337-PA     Document Type: Article

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