Parallel history matching and associated forecast at the center for interactive smart oilfield technologies

Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, PDPTA'05

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 369-372

  Nomura, Ken Ichi ^a   Kalia, Rajiv K ^a   Nakano, Aiichiro ^a   Vashishta, Priya ^a   Landa, Jorge L ^b  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

History Matching and Forecast; Inverse Problem; Massive Data Sets; Monte Carlo Method; Parallel and Distributed Computing; Smart Oilfield

Indexed keywords

BEST MATCHES; HISTORY MATCHING AND FORECAST; MASSIVE DATA SETS; MODEL PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL TESTS; OILFIELD PRODUCTIONS; PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING; PARALLELIZATION; REMOTE PROCEDURE CALLS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODELS; SMART OILFIELD; TIGHTLY-COUPLED; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER NETWORKS; FORECASTING; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MESSAGE PASSING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PILES; PRODUCTION; REACTOR CORES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 63049121071     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

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