Use of Geostatistical Modeling and Automatic History Matching to Estimate Production Forecast Uncertainty - A Case Study

Proceedings of the SPE International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition of Mexico

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 403-410

  Bennett, Fletcher ^a   Graf, Thomas ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PERSONNEL; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

GEOSTATISTICAL MODELING;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642523141     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/74389-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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