Estimating channelized-reservoir permeabilities with the ensemble Kalman filter: The importance of ensemble design

SPE Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 374-388

  Jafarpour, Behnam ^a   McLaughlin, Dennis B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; FORECASTING; GEOLOGY; KALMAN FILTERS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; REACTOR CORES;

ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; ESTIMATION PERFORMANCE; GEOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITIES; GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATION METHODS; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; PERMEABILITY ESTIMATION; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67650494026     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/108941-PA     Document Type: Article

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