An effective methodology for evaluation of the uncertainty of petrophysical parameters: Application to a real case

Offshore Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition 2007, OMC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Viberti, D ^a   Verga, F ^a   Galli, M T ^b   Gossenberg, P ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Eni E and P   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; GAS HAZARDS; GAS INDUSTRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MINERALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PLANNING; POROSITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL LOGGING;

AUTOMATIC ALGORITHMS; HYDROCARBON ORIGINALLY IN PLACES; MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHMS; PETRO-PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; PETROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; STATISTICAL APPROACH;

OIL WELL LOGGING;

EID: 78249237026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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