Real-time reservoir model updating using ensemble Kalman Filter with confirming option

SPE Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 431-442

  Wen, Xian Huan ^a   Chen, Wen H ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; KALMAN FILTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PRODUCTION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

DIFFERENT COVARIANCE FUNCTIONS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER TECHNIQUE; REAL-TIME RESERVOIR MODEL;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33846187189     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/92991-PA     Document Type: Article

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