A Parallel Stochastic Framework for Reservoir Characterization and History Matching

The spatial distribution of parameters that characterize the subsurface is never known to any reasonable level of accuracy required to solve the governing PDEs of multiphase flow or species transport through porous media. This paper presents a numerically cheap, yet efficient, accurate and parallel...

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Main Authors: Sunil G. Thomas, Hector M. Klie, Adolfo A. Rodriguez, Mary F. Wheeler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Mathematics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/535484
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Summary:The spatial distribution of parameters that characterize the subsurface is never known to any reasonable level of accuracy required to solve the governing PDEs of multiphase flow or species transport through porous media. This paper presents a numerically cheap, yet efficient, accurate and parallel framework to estimate reservoir parameters, for example, medium permeability, using sensor information from measurements of the solution variables such as phase pressures, phase concentrations, fluxes, and seismic and well log data. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the method.
ISSN:1110-757X
1687-0042