Ensemble-Based Relative Permeability Estimation Using B-Spline Model

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 703-721

  Li, Heng ^a   Chen, Shengnan ^a   Yang, Daoyong ^a   Tontiwachwuthikul, Paitoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted history matching; B spline model; Ensemble Kalman filter; Relative permeability; Reservoir simulation

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED HISTORY MATCHING; B-SPLINE MODELS; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; KALMAN FILTERS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SPLINES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ESTIMATION METHOD; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL; PERMEABILITY; WATER;

EID: 78149496591     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9587-7     Document Type: Article

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