History matching and production forecast uncertainty by means of the ensemble Kalman filter - A real field application

69th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2007: Securing The Future. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2007

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 1046-1056

  Bianco, A ^a   Cominelli, A ^a   Dovera, L ^a   Naevdal, G ^b   Valles, B ^b  

^a Eni E and P Division

^b IRIS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FORECASTING; GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POROSITY; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; GEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; POROSITY DISTRIBUTIONS; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; SEQUENTIAL GAUSSIAN SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC FRAMEWORK; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

KALMAN FILTERS;

EID: 55549084218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/107161-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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