Conditioning multilayered geologic models to well-test and production-logging data using the ensemble Kalman Filter

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages 2903-2921

  Coutinho, Emilio J R ^a   Emerick, Alexandre A ^a   Li, Gaoming ^a   Reynolds, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KALMAN FILTERS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; WELL TESTING;

ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; MULTILAYERED RESERVOIRS; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITIES; PERMEABILITY FIELDS; PRESSURE TRANSIENT; PRODUCTION LOGGING; RESERVOIR MODELS; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EID: 78651091558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/134542-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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