Improved technique for stochastic interpolation of reservoir properties

Scott Painter, Lincoln Paterson, Peter Boult

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Abstract

Stochastic interpolation methods for generating input for reservoir simulations require accurate models for spatial variability. New models based on fractional Levy motion, a generalization of fractional Brownian motion, have strong empirical support. Stochastic interpolations based on the Levy model have a higher degree of spatial variability compared to Gaussian fractals. In two-dimensional waterflood simulations, the breakthrough curves for the Levy interpolation method are better clustered around predicted production behavior based directly on outcrop data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)48-57
Number of pages10
JournalSPE Journal
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1997

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