Uncertainty analysis in reservoir characterization (AAPG Memoir 96)

Uncertainty Analysis and Reservoir Modeling: Developing and Managing Assets in an Uncertain World presents a comprehensive survey of cutting-edge approaches used by industry to quantify the uncertainty in both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. Balanced between case histories and theory, the chapters in this volume equip experienced practitioners and those just entering the field with the theory, workflows and case history examples needed to make better reservoir management decisions in the uncertain world of the modern oil and gas field.

Chapter 1. Uncertainty Analysis in Reservoir Characterization and Management: How Much Should We Know. About What We Don't Know? Chapter 2. Uncertainty Analysis in Well-Log and Petrophysical Interpretations. Chapter 3. Predicting Waterflood Behavior by Simulating Earth Models with No or Limited Dynamic Data: From Model Ranking to Simulating a Billion-Cell Model. Chapter 4. Quantification of Conceptual and Parametric Uncertainties in Fractured Reservoir Models. Chapter 5. Geologic Modeling and Uncertainty Analysis of a Gulf of Mexico Reservoir. Chapter 6. Integrated Reservoir Modeling of a Pinedale Tight-gas Reservoir in the Greater Green River Basin, Wyoming. Chapter 7. Improving Reservoir Modeling through Integration of Seismic Data in Eocene Turbidites for West Brae Field, Central North Sea, United Kingdom. Chapter 8. Uncertainty Analysis in a Mature Field: Dibi Field Case Study. Chapter 9. Uncertainty Management in a Giant Fractured Carbonate Field, Oman, Using Experimental Design. Chapter 10. Coupling Spatial and Frequency Uncertainty Analyses in Reservoir Modeling: Example of Judy Creek Reef Complex in Swan Hills, Alberta, Canada. Chapter 11. Reducing Reservoir Characterization Uncertainties and Improving Field Recovery through Four-Dimensional Seismic Technology: An Integrated Four-Dimensional Seismic Interpretation Workflow. Chapter 12. Integration of Engineering and Geological Uncertainty for Reservoir Performance Prediction Using a Distance-Based Approach. Chapter 13. Proxy Models for Fast Transfer of Static Uncertainty to Reservoir Performance Uncertainty. Chapter 14. Forecast Optimization and Value of Information under Uncertainty. Chapter 15. Reservoir Characterization and Uncertainty Assessment Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter: Application to Reservoir Development. Chapter 16. History Matching of Reservoir Models by Ensemble Kalman Filtering: The State of the Art and a Sensitivity Study. Chapter 17. Integrated Shale Gas Reservoir Modeling. Chapter 18. Sensitivity Analysis of Hydraulically Fractured Shale Gas Reservoirs. Chapter 19. Reservoir Characterization and Modeling: A Look Back to See the Way Forward. Glossary.