Channel facies estimation based on Gaussian perturbations in the EnKF

ECMOR 2008 - 11th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Moreno, D ^a   Aanonsen, S I ^a   Evensen, G ^b   Skjervheim, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b StatoilHydro Global Exploration Technology   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; ESTIMATION; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; KALMAN FILTERS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SET THEORY;

ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; FLUVIAL RESERVOIRS; GAUSSIAN RANDOM FIELDS; INDICATOR FUNCTIONS; LEVEL SET FUNCTIONS; PRIOR DISTRIBUTION; RESERVOIR MODELING; STATISTICAL MODELING;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 85008321102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20146403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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