TUPREP
Tulsa University Petroleum Reservoir Exploitation
Projects
Director: Albert C. Reynolds, Jr.
Associate Director: Gaoming Li
Technical Publications, 1996-2008
- Yong Zhao, A.C. Reynolds and Gaoming Li: Generating Facies Maps by Assimilating Production Data and Seismic Data With the Ensemble Kalman Filter, paper SPE 113990, Proceedings of the 16th SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium.
- Shi Chen , Gaoming Li, Alvaro Peres and A. C. Reynolds: " A Well Test for In-Situ Determination of Relative Permeability Curves " SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, Feburary 11(1), 2008.
- Chunhong Wang, Gaoming Li, and Reynolds, A. C.: Optimal Well Placement for Production Optimization, paper SPE 111154, Proceedings of the 2007 SPE Eastern Regional Meeting.
- Kristian Thulin, Gaoming Li, Sigurd Ivar Aanonsen and Albert C. Reynolds: Estimation of Initial Fluid Contacts by Assimilation of Production Data With EnKF, paper SPE 109975, Proceedings of the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.
- Gaoming Li,. and Reynolds, A. C.: An Iterative Ensemble Kalman Filter for Data Assimilation, paper SPE 109808, Proceedings of the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.
- Chunhong Wang, Gaoming Li, and Reynolds, A. C.: Production Optimization in Closed-Loop Reservoir Management, paper SPE 109805, Proceedings of the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (to appear in SPE Journal).
- Boughrara A. A. and Reynolds, A. C.: Practical Analysis of Injection/Falloff Data of Horizontal Wells, paper SPE 109799, Proceedings of the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.
- Eydinov D., Gao, G., Li, G. and Reynolds, A. C.: Simultaneous estimation of relative permeability and porosity/permeability fields by history matching production data, Proceedings of the 2007 Canadian International Petroleum Conference June, 2007.
- Li, G., Gao, G. and Reynolds, A. C.: Uncertainty quantification of relative permeability and porosity/permeability fields with RML method, Proceedings of China special EOR Forum , 2006.
- Guohua Gao, and Gaoming Li and A. C. Reynolds: "A Stochastic Optimization Algorithm for Automatic History Matching," SPE Journal (June 2007) 196-208.
- Zhao, Y., Li, G. and Reynolds, A. C.: Characterizing measurement error in time-lapse seismic data and production data with an EM algorithm, Oil & Gas Science and Technology, Vol. 62, No. 2, p181-193, 2007.
- A. M. M. Peres, A. A. Boughrara, Shi Chen, A. A. V. Machado and A. C. Reynolds: "Approximate Analytical Solutions for the Pressure Response at a Water Injection Well," SPE J (Mar. 2007) 19-34.
- Guohua Gao, Mohammad Zafari and A. C. Reynolds: "Quantifying Uncertainty for the PUNQ-S3 Problem in a Bayesian Setting With RML and EnKF," SPE J (Dec. 2006) 506-515.
- Peres, A. M. M., Boughrara, A. and Reynolds, A. C.: Rate superposition for generating pressure falloff solutions for vertical and horizontal wells, SPE J (Sept. 2006) 364-374.
- Zhao, Y. and Reynolds, A. C.: Estimation and removal of tidal effects from pressure data, Proceedings of the SPE ATCE, San Antonio, 24-27 Sept 2006.
- Chen, S., Li, G. and Reynolds, A. C.: Analytical solution for injection-falloff-production test, Proceedings of the SPE ATCE, San Antonio, 24-27 Sept 2006.
- Zhao, Y., Li, G. and Reynolds, A. C.: Characterizing data measurement errors with the EM algorithm, Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Amsterdam, 4-7 Sept 2006.
- Reynolds, A. C., Zafari, M. and Li, G. : Iterative forms of the ensemble Kalman filter, Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Amsterdam, 4-7 Sept 2006.
- Guohua Gao and A. C. Reynolds: "An Improved Implememntation of the LBFGS Algorithm for Automatic History Matching," SPE J (March 2006) 5-17.
- Shi Chen , Gaoming Li,
Alvaro Peres
and A. C. Reynolds: " A Well Test for In-Situ Determination of Relative Permeability Curves " paper SPE
96414, Proceedings of the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, accepted for publication in SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering .
- Mohammad Zafari and A. C. Reynolds: " Assessing the Uncertainty in Reservoir Description and Performance Predictions With the Ensemble Kalman Filter ," paper SPE
95750
, Proceedings of the 2005 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, accepted for publication in SPE Journal.
- Zhang, F., Skjervheim, J.A., Reynolds, A.C. and Oliver, D.S.: “Automatic History Matching in a Bayesian Framework: Example Applications,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (2005) 8, 214.
- Guohua Gao, Mohammad Zafari and A. C. Reynolds: "The Tengiz Field History Matching Problem Revisited ," paper SPE 90896, Proceedings of the 2004 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition.
- Reynolds, A. C., Ruijian Li, and D. S. Oliver: "Simultaneous Estimation of Absolute and Relative Permeability by Automatic History Matching of Three-Phase Flow Production Data," J. Canadian Pet. Tech. (March 2004) 37-46.
- Liu, Ning and Dean S. Oliver: "Experimental assessment of gradual deformation method," Mathematical Geology , 36(1), pp 65-77, 2004 .
- Li, R., Reynolds, A. C., and Oliver, D. S.: "History Matching of Three-Phase Flow Production Data," SPE J (Dec, 2003) 328-340.
- Oliver, D. S.: "Gaussian Co-Simulation: Modeling of the Cross-Covariance," Mathematical Geology , 35(4), pp 181-197, 2003.
- Liu, Ning and Dean S. Oliver: "Automatic history matching of geologic facies," SPE 84594, 2003 SPE ATCE , Denver, 4-7 October.
- Dong, Yannong and Dean S. Oliver: "Quantitative Use of 4D Seismic Data for Reservoir Description," SPE 84571, 2003 SPE ATCE , Denver, 4-7 October.
- Liu, Ning and Dean S. Oliver: "Evaluation of Monte Carlo methods for assessing uncertainty," SPE Journal 8(2), pp 188-195, 2003.
- Liu, Ning and Dean S. Oliver: "Conditional simulation of truncated random fields using gradient methods," presented at the 2003 IAMG annual conference, 7-12 September, Portsmouth, UK.
- Zhang, F., Reynolds, A. C., and Oliver, D. S.: “An initial guess for the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm for conditioning a stochastic channel to pressure data”, Mathematical Geology , 35(1), pp 67-88, 2003.
- Zhang, Fengjun, Skjervheim, J. A. and Reynolds, A. C.: "An Automatic History Matching Example," Proceedings of the EAGE 65th Conference and Exhibition, Stavanger, Norway, June 2003.
- Peres, A. and Reynolds, A. C.: "Theory and Analysis of Injectivity Tests on Horizontal Wells," SPE J (June 2003) 147-159.
- Li, Ruijian, A. C. Reynolds, and D. S. Oliver: "Sensitivity Coefficients for Three-Phase Flow History Matching," J. Canadian Pet. Tech. (April 2003) 70-77.
- Zhang, F., Reynolds, A. C., and Oliver, D. S.: "The Impact of Upscaling Errors on Conditioning a Stochastic Channel to Pressure Data," SPE J (March 2003) 13-21.
- Onur, M. and Reynolds, A. C.: "Nonlinear Regression: The Information Content of Pressure and Pressure-Derivative Data," SPE J (Sept. 2002) 243-249.
- Zhang, Fengjun and Reynolds, A. C.: "E48: Optimization algorithms for automatic history matching of production data," 8th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Freiberg, Germany, 3-6 September 2002.(Download pdf file)
- Oliver, D. S.: "Conditioning Channel Meanders to Well Observations," Mathematical Geology, 34(2), 181-197, 2002.
- Zhang, F., Reynolds, A. C., and Oliver, D. S.: "Evaluation of the Reduction in Uncertainty Obtained by Conditioning a 3D Stochastic Channel to Multiwell Pressure Data," Mathematical Geology, Vol. 34, No. 6 (August 2002) 715-742.
- Abacioglu, Y., Oliver, D. S., and Reynolds, A. C.: "Efficient History-Matching Using Subspace Vectors," Computational Geosciences, 5, 151-172, 2001.
- Liu, N., Betancourt, S. and Oliver, D. S.: "Assessment of Uncertainty Assessment Methods (SPE 71624)," (presented at the 2001 SPE Annual Technical Conference).
- Oliver, D. S., Reynolds, A. C., Abacioglu, Y. and Bi, Z.: "Integration of production data," Petroleum Geoscience, Vol. 7, No. SUPP, S65-S73, 2001.
- Reynolds, A. C., Ruijian Li, and D. S. Oliver:
"Simultaneous Estimation of Absolute and Relative Permeability by
Automatic History Matching of Three-Phase Flow Production Data,"
(presented at the 2001 Canadian International Petroleum Meeting)
June 2001.
- Bi, Z., Oliver, D. S., and Reynolds, A. C.:
"Conditioning 3D stochastic channels to pressure data",
Soc. Petrol. Eng. J., Vol. 5, No. 4 (2000) 474-484.
- He, N., Oliver, D. S. and Reynolds, A. C.: "Conditioning
stochastic reservoir models to well-test data,"
SPE Res. Eng. and Eval., Vol. 3, No. 1, 74-79 (Feb. 2000)
- Wu, Z., Reynolds, A. C. and Oliver, D. S.: "Conditioning
geostatistical models to two-phase production data,"
Soc. Petrol. Eng. J. Vol. 3, No. 2 (1999) 142-155.
- Reynolds, A. C., He, N. and Oliver, D. S.:
"Reducing uncertainty in geostatistical description with well testing
pressure data," in Reservoir Characterization-Recent Advances,
R. A. Schatzinger and J. F. Jordan, eds., AAPG (1999) 149-162.
- Bi, Z., Oliver, D. S., and Reynolds, A. C.: "Conditioning 3D
Stochastic Channels to Pressure Data," SPE 56682,
Proceedings of the 1999 SPE Annual Technical Conf. and
Exhib.
- Banerjee, R., Thompson, L. G. and Reynolds,
A. C.: "Injection/falloff testing in heterogeneous reservoirs,"
SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 6 (Dec.
1998) 519-527.
- Oliver, D. S.: "Calculation of the inverse
covariance on bounded grids," Proceedings of Sixth European
Conf. on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Edinburgh, Scotland, 8-11 Sept.
1998.
- Oliver, D. S.: "Calculation of the inverse of
the covariance," Mathematical Geology, Vol. 20, No. 2 (1998)
911-933.
- Oliver, D. S.: "The sensitivity of
tracer concentration to nonuniform permeability and porosity,"
Transport in Porous Media, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Feb. 1998)
155-175.
- He, N., Reynolds, A. C., and Oliver D. S.:
"Three-dimensional reservoir description from multiwell pressure
data," Soc. Pet. Eng. J., Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sept. 1997)
312-327.
- Onur, M. and Reynolds, A. C.: "Well
testing applications of the numerical Laplace transform of sampled
data," SPE Res. Evaluation and Eng. (June 1998)
268-277.
- Bonet-Cunha, L., Oliver, D. S., Redner, R.
A., and Reynolds, A. C.: "A hybrid Markov chain Monte Carlo method
for generating permeability fields conditioned to multiwell pressure data
and prior information," Soc. Pet. Eng. J., Vol. 3, No. 3
(Sept. 1998) 261-271.
- Oliver, D. S., Cunha, L., and Reynolds, A.
C.: "Markov chain Monte Carlo methods for conditioning a
permeability field to pressure data," Mathematical Geology,
Vol. 29, No. 1 (1997) 61-91.
- Thompson, L. G. and Reynolds, A. C.:
"Well testing for radially heterogeneous reservoirs under single and
multiphase flow conditions," SPE Formation Evaluation, Vol.
12, No. 1 (March 1997) 57-64.
- Thompson, L. G. and Reynolds, A. C.:
"Pressure transient analysis for gas condensate reservoirs,"
In Situ, Vol. 21, No. 2 (1997) 101-144.
- Abacioglu, Y., Reynolds, A. C. and Oliver,
D. S.: "Estimating heterogeneous anisotropic permeability fields
from multiwell interference tests: A field example," SPE 38654,
Proceedings of the 1997 SPE Annual Technical Conf. and
Exhib.
- Oliver, D. S.: "A comparison of the
value of interference and well-test data for mapping permeability and
porosity," In Situ, Vol. 20, No. 1 (1996) 41-59.
- Oliver, D. S.: "Multiple realizations
of the permeability field from well test data," Soc. Petrol. Eng.
J., Vol. 1. No. 2 (June 1996) 145-154.
- Reynolds, A. C., He, N., Chu, L. and
Oliver, D. S.: "Reparameterization techniques for generating
reservoir descriptions conditioned to variograms and well-test pressure
data," Soc. Pet. Eng. J., Vol. 1, No. 4 (Dec. 1996)
413-426.
- Carvalho, R., Thompson, L. G., Redner, R.
A. and Reynolds, A. C.: "Simple procedures for imposing constraints
for Nonlinear Least Squares Optimization," Soc. Petrol. Eng.
J., Vol. 1, No. 4 (Dec. 1996) 395-402.
- Brekke, K. and Thompson, L. G.:
"Horizontal well productivity and risk assessment," SPE 36578,
presented at the SPE 71st Annual Tech. Conf., 6-9 October 1996.
- Oliver, D. S.: "On conditional
simulation to inaccurate data," Mathematical Geology, Vol.
28, No. 1 (1996) 811-817.
- Oliver, D. S., He, N. and Reynolds, A. C.:
"Calibration of permeability fields to head data." Presented at
5th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, Leoben,
Austria, 3-6 Sept. 1996.
OTHER REPORTS, 2001-2004
- Final Report to DOE Project: "Mapping Reservoir Properties and Facies Through Integration of Static and Dynamic Data" 2004. (Download pdf file)
- Annual Report to DOE Project, 2003. (Download pdf file)
- Annual Report to DOE Project, 2002. (Download pdf file)
- Annual Report to DOE Project, 2001. (Download pdf file)
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