Reservoir characterization using stochastic initializations and the level set method

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 697-708

  Villegas, Rossmary ^a   Dorn, Oliver ^a   Moscoso, Miguel ^a   Kindelan, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

History matching; Level set technique; Reservoir characterization; Shape reconstruction; Statistical initializations

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; HISTORY; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; NUMBER THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECONSTRUCTION (STRUCTURAL); REPAIR; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RESTORATION; SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

APPLIED (CO); ELSEVIER (CO); GEOSTATISTICAL; HISTORY MATCHING (HM); INITIAL GUESSES; LEVEL SET (LS); LEVEL SET FUNCTIONS; LEVEL SET METHOD (LSM); LEVEL SET TECHNIQUES; LITHOFACIES; NUMERICA L RESULTS; PRODUCTION DATA; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION (RC); SEQUENTIAL GAUSSIAN SIMULATION (SGS); SHAPE RECONSTRUCTION; SHARP INTERFACES;

SET THEORY;

EID: 45049086193     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2008.02.026     Document Type: Article

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