A Methodology for History Matching and the Assessment of Uncertainties Associated with Flow Prediction

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 3663-3676

  Landa, Jorge L ^a   Güyagüler, Bariş ^a  

^a Chevron Texaco Explor Prod TC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

HISTORY MATCHING; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142276466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84465-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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