A stochastic optimization algorithm for automatic history matching

SPE Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-208

  Gao, Guohua ^a   Li, Gaoming ^b   Reynolds, Albert C ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES;

PROBABILISTIC PERTURBATION; RESERVIOR SIMULATOR; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 34447257975     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90065-PA     Document Type: Article

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