Accurate, efficient quantification of uncertainty for flow in heterogeneous reservoirs using the KLME approach

SPE Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-247

  Lu, Zhiming ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OIL FIELDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HETEROGENEOUS RESERVOIRS; KARHUNEN-LOEVE DECOMPOSITION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 33745828718     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/93452-PA     Document Type: Article

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