Multidisciplinary stochastic impedance inversion: Integrating geological understanding and capturing reservoir uncertainty

Petroleum Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-294

  Rowbotham, P S ^a,b   Marion, D ^a,c   Lamy, P ^a,d   Insalaco, E ^a   Swaby, P A ^a,e   Boisseau, Y ^a,d  

^a TOTAL   (France)

^b Shell UK Exploration and   (United Kingdom)

^c Total E and P Qatar Qatargas Operating Co Ltd   (Qatar)

^d Earth Decision Sciences   (France)

^e Swaby Software Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sedimentary; Seismic inversion; Stochastic; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649351242     PISSN: 13540793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1354-079302-490     Document Type: Article

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