Frequentist meets spatialist: A marriage made in reservoir characterization and modeling

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 2425-2436

  Ma, Y Z ^a   Seto, A ^b   Gomez, E ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b Pengrowth Corp ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; HYDROCARBONS; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROPHYSICS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WELL LOGGING;

FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC; GEOSTATISTICAL MODELING; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; NON-GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR CONNECTIVITIES; SUBSURFACE HETEROGENEITY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EID: 58849116011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/115836-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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