Probabilistic reservoir simulation workflow for unconventional resource play: Bakken case study

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

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 3345-3356

  Luo, Shanqiang ^a   Wolff, Martin ^a   Ciosek, Jessica ^a   Rasdi, Faisal ^a   Neal, Lane ^a   Arulampalam, Pathman ^a   Willis, Sean ^a  

^a HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FORECASTING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION;

COMPLEX FLUID FLOW; DYNAMIC UNCERTAINTY; LONG TERM PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION FORECASTS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODEL; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 80052486105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/142896-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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