Errors in history matching

SPE Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 352-361

  Tavassoli, Zohreh ^a   Carter, Jonathan N ^a   King, Peter R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OBJECTIVE FUNCTION; RESERVOIR HISTORY MATCHING; RESERVOIR MODEL;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

EID: 4744374911     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/86883-PA     Document Type: Article

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