Conditioning Fractal (fBm/fGn) Porosity and Permeability Fields to Multiwell Pressure Data

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 577-612

  Zeybek, Ayse Donmez ^a   Onur, Mustafa ^b  

^a Al Mutlaq Compound   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Conditional simulation; fBm; fGn; Fractal; Pressure data; Uncertainty evaluation

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE;

EID: 0742305775     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026234718851     Document Type: Article

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