Hierarchical bayesian lithology/fluid prediction: A north sea case study

Geophysics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Rimstad, Kjartan ^a   Avseth, Per ^a,b   Omre, Henning ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Odin Petroleum   (Norway)

Author keywords

Case history; Reservoir characterization

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; HYDROCARBONS; LITHOLOGY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; POROSITY; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SEISMOLOGY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDE VARIATION WITH OFFSETS; CASE HISTORY; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN; HYDROCARBON PROSPECTS; MARKOV RANDOM FIELDS; POROSITY PREDICTIONS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT;

OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS;

AVO METHOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA INVERSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LITHOLOGY; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DATA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84858726438     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/geo2011-0202.1     Document Type: Article

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