Ranking and upscaling of geostatistical reservoir models by use of streamline simulation: A field case study

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-32

  Ates, Harun ^a   Bahar, Asnul ^a   El Abd, Salem ^b   Charfeddine, Mohsen ^b   Kelkar, Mohan ^c   Datta Gupta, Akhil ^d  

^a Kelkar and Assocs Inc   (United States)

^b ADCO   (United Arab Emirates)

^c The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; PERFORMANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; FLOW SIMULATIONS; GEOSTATISTICAL RESERVOIRS; STREAMLINE SIMULATIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

FLUID FLOW; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; UPSCALING;

EID: 14644427854     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/81497-pa     Document Type: Article

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