Prediction under uncertainty in reservoir modeling

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 143-153

  Subbey, Sam ^a   Christie, Mike ^a   Sambridge, Malcolm ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian framework; History matching; Maximum likelihood prediction; Stochastic algorithm; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN FRAMEWORK; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

ALGORITHM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL PRODUCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 6444234774     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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