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TUPREP is a cooperative
industry/university research project which was organized at the end
of 1988. Our mission is to conduct fundamental and applied research
and development in the areas of well testing, reservoir
characterization and reservoir simulation. TUPREP formally began
operation on January 1, 1989. Prior to our First advisory board
meeting in May of 1989, we had received formal commitments for 1989
membership from four companies. Subsequent to 1989, the number of
member companies has fluctuated reaching a high of eleven in 1995
and a low of four in 2000.
The 2012 TUPREP membership consists of eight
companies, CMG
Reservoir Simulation Foundation, Chevron ETC, ConocoPhillips, Eni, Petrobras, Saudi Aramco, Schlumberger, Shell International and StatoilHydro,
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Although our ultimate goal is to provide techniques
for practical application, some of our research is fundamental in
nature, as our objective is to develop methodology that has a sound
theoretical basis. Our primary objective is to provide new insights,
useful information and tools to our member companies, but we are
also dedicated to equipping graduate students with up-to-date
technical knowledge and skills so they can become productive
engineers in a research and development or technical service
environment. To date, 35 Ph.D dissertations and 14 M.S. projects
have been completed with support from TUPREP and delivered to member
companies. In addition, over sixty papers have been written for
publication based on TUPREP research.
Recent TUPREP reseach topics include the
following:
- Ensemble-based methods
- Gradient-based history matching
- Optimal well controls for closed-loop reservoir management
- Optimal well placement
- Derivative-free optimization
- Application of information theory to surveillance
optimization
- Integrating pressure transient data into reservoir models
- Injection/falloff/production test
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