Combining the ensemble Kalman filter with Markov chain Monte Carlo for improved history matching and uncertainty characterization

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 401-426

  Emerick, Alexandre A ^a   Reynolds, Albert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE MATRIX; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; KALMAN FILTERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VECTORS;

ASSISTED HISTORY MATCHING; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; GRADIENT-BASED METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; POSTERIOR COVARIANCE MATRIXES; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY CHARACTERIZATION;

MARKOV PROCESSES;

EID: 79957879667     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/141336-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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