Critical evaluation of the ensemble Kalman filter for reservoir parameter estimation under incorrect and uncertain prior models

73rd European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition 2011: Unconventional Resources and the Role of Technology. Incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1327-1348

  Jafarpour, B ^a   Tarrahi, M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; KALMAN FILTERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

CRITICAL EVALUATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; IMPERFECT MODELING; INITIAL PERMEABILITY; PRIOR UNCERTAINTIES; RESERVOIR PARAMETERS; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052454353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/143062-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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