A Bayesian Methodology for Estimating Relative Permeability Curves
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- Published by Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in SPE Reservoir Engineering
- Vol. 6 (02) , 259-265
- https://doi.org/10.2118/18531-pa
Abstract
Summary: Among the various properties important for simulating reservoir behavior, relative permeability curves may be the most poorly determined by current methods. This paper presents a method for obtaining improved estimates of relative permeability curves. A Bayesian-type performance index is used to incorporate prior estimates of relative permeability curves into an automatic history-matching algorithm. Estimates obtained with the method are consistent with the reservoir production and yet conform to the prior estimates.Keywords
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