Developing new fields using probabilistic reservoir forecasting

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-23

  Kabir, C Shah ^a   Chawathé, Adwait ^a   Jenkins, Steve D ^b   Olayomi, Adebola Joseph ^b   Aigbe, Chris ^b   Faparusi, D B ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b CHEVRON NIGERIA LIMITED   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VISCOSITY;

GAS OIL CONTACT (GOC); RESERVOIR CONNECTIVITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR FLUID; VISCOSITY;

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 1542346770     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/87643-PA     Document Type: Article

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