Automatic History Matching in a Bayesian Framework, Example Applications

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 3607-3620

  Zhang, Fengjun ^a   Skjervheim, Jan Arild ^b   Reynolds, A C ^c   Oliver, D S ^d  

^a Chevron Texaco

^b PTI Scandpower A/S   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; STATISTICS;

AUTOMATIC HISTORY MATCHING; RESERVOIR MODEL PARAMETERS;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142276469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/84461-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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