Development of Surrogate Reservoir Model (SRM) for fast track analysis of a complex reservoir

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-23

  Mohaghegh, Shahab D ^a   Modavi, Abi ^b,e   Hafez, Hafez ^c   Haajizadeh, Masoud ^d,f   Guruswamy, Srikant ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c ADCO   (United Arab Emirates)

^d BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

^e ExxonMobil

^f BP Norway   (Norway)

Author keywords

Middle East; Neural network; Reservoir modelling; Reservoir simulation; Surrogate model

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; FORECASTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

AUTOMATIC HISTORY MATCHING; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; MIDDLE EAST; PREDICTION AND DECISION; REAL TIME DECISION-MAKING; RESERVOIR MODELLING; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SURROGATE MODEL;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

EID: 62149129992     PISSN: 17533309     EISSN: 17533317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2009.023627     Document Type: Article

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