A comparative study of reservoir modeling techniques and their impact on predicted performance of fluvial-dominated deltaic reservoirs

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 729-763

  Deveugle, Peter E K ^a,b   Jackson, Matthew D ^a   Hampson, Gary J ^a   Stewart, Jonathan ^c   Clough, Martyn D ^a,b   Ehighebolo, Thaddeus ^a,d   Farrell, Michael E ^c,e   Calvert, Craig S ^c   Miller, James K ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHEVRON AUSTRALIA PTY LTD   (Australia)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^d Shell UK Limited   (United Kingdom)

^e Third Coast Ceoscience   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

GEOLOGIC HETEROGENEITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; MULTIPLE-POINT STATISTICS; OBJECT-BASED MODELING; PREDICTED PERFORMANCE; SEQUENTIAL INDICATOR SIMULATIONS; SPECTRAL COMPONENT GEOLOGIC MODELING; STATIC AND DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVITY; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; FACIES; FLUID FLOW; OUTCROP; PARASEQUENCE; PREDICTION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 84899539581     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/08281313035     Document Type: Article

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