A comparison of travel-time and amplitude matching for field-scale production-data integration: Sensitivity, nonlinearity, and practical implications

SPE Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-90

  Cheng, Hao ^a   Datta Gupta, Akhil ^a   He, Zhong ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDE MATCHING; PRODUCTION DATA INTEGRATION; TRAVEL TIME INVERSION;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 17744393668     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84570-PA     Document Type: Article

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