Integration of subsurface applications to develop a dynamic stochastic modeling workflow

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1369-1390

  Svanes, Tarald ^a,b   Martinius, Allard W ^a,b   Hegre, JoAnn ^a,c   Maret, Jean Pierre ^a,d   Mjøs, Rune ^a,b   Molina, Juan Carlos Ustáriz ^a  

^a Centro Empresarial Sabana Grande PH   (Venezuela)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c Total Exploration UK PLC   (United Kingdom)

^d Total Exploration UK PLC ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SAND; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

OFICINA FORMATION; PREPRODUCTION PHASE; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WELL POSITIONING;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

DRILLING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144263100     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/05180402026     Document Type: Article

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