History match and associated forecast uncertainty analysis - Practical approaches using cluster computing

2005 International Petroleum Technology Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1319-1328

  Landa, J L ^a   Kalia, R K ^b   Nakano, A ^b   Nomura, K ^b   Vashishta, P ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

CLUSTER COMPUTING; FORECAST UNCERTAINTY; HISTORY MATCHING PROBLEM; SIMULATION MODELS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33745286294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/10751-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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