SPE Journal
Volume 13, Number 4, December 2008

History Matching Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter on a North Sea Field Case

Vibeke Haugen, SPE, StatoilHydro ASA, Geir Nævdal, SPE, IRIS, Lars-Jørgen Natvik, StatoilHydro ASA, Geir Evensen, StatoilHydro ASA and Mohn-Sverdrup Center at the Nansen Center, Aina M. Berg, IRIS, and Kristin M. Flornes, SPE, IRISpp. 382-391Preview | PDF ( 7,306 KB )    Rights & Permission

Adjoint-Based Well-Placement Optimization Under Production Constraints

M.J. Zandvliet, SPE, M. Handels, SPE, G.M. van Essen, SPE, Delft University of Technology; D.R. Brouwer, SPE, Shell International E&P; and J.D. Jansen, SPE, Delft University of Technology and Shell International E&Ppp. 392-399Preview | PDF ( 1,816 KB )    Rights & Permission

Ensemble-Level Upscaling for Efficient Estimation of Fine-Scale Production Statistics

Yuguang Chen, SPE, Chevron Energy Technology Company, and Louis J. Durlofsky, SPE, Stanford Universitypp. 400-411Preview | PDF ( 3,834 KB )    Rights & Permission

Consistent Downscaling of Seismic Inversion Thicknesses to Cornerpoint Flow Models

Subhash Kalla, SPE, and Christopher D. White, SPE, Louisiana State U.; James Gunning, SPE; and Michael E. Glinsky, SPE, BHP-Billiton Petroleum Inc.pp. 412-422Preview | PDF ( 2,064 KB )    Rights & Permission

Tracing Streamlines on Unstructured Grids From Finite Volume Discretizations

S.F. Matringe, SPE, Stanford, R. Juanes, SPE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and H.A. Tchelepi, SPE, Stanfordpp. 423-431Preview | PDF ( 1,118 KB )    Rights & Permission

Sweep Efficiency of Miscible Floods in a High-Pressure Quarter-Five-Spot Model

E. Lewis, SPE, E.K. Dao, and K.K. Mohanty, SPE, University of Houstonpp. 432-439Preview | PDF ( 2,288 KB )    Rights & Permission

Parallel Unstructured-Solver Methods for Simulation of Complex Giant Reservoirs

Larry S.K. Fung and Ali H. Dogru, Saudi Aramcopp. 440-446Preview | PDF ( 1,454 KB )    Rights & Permission

Buoyancy-Dominated Multiphase Flow and Its Effect on Geological Sequestration of CO2

Steven L. Bryant, SPE, Srivatsan Lakshminarasimhan, Gary A. Pope, SPE, The University of Texas at Austinpp. 447-454Preview | PDF ( 7,450 KB )    Rights & Permission

Capillary Pressure and Wettability Behavior of CO2 Sequestration in Coal at Elevated Pressures

Willem-Jan Plug, SPE, Horizon Energy Partners B.V., Saikat Mazumder, SPE, Shell; and Johannes Bruining, SPE, Delft University of Technologypp. 455-464Preview | PDF ( 1,570 KB )    Rights & Permission

Mobilization of Entrapped Organic Fluids by Elastic Waves and Vibrations

Pavel P. Iassonov and Igor A. Beresnev, Iowa State Universitypp. 465-473Preview | PDF ( 1,188 KB )    Rights & Permission

Performance of Drainage Experiments With Orinoco Belt Heavy Oil in a Long Laboratory Core in Simulated Reservoir Conditions

Ruihe Wang and Jishun Qin, China National Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Corporation; Zhangxin Chen, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary; and Ming Zhao, China National Petroleum Corporationpp. 474-479Preview | PDF ( 1,507 KB )    Rights & Permission

Cyclic Mechanical and Fatigue Properties for Oil-Country Tubular-Goods Materials

T.M.V. Kaiser, V.Y.B. Yung, SPE, Noetic Engineering; and R.M. Bacon, Imperial Oil Resourcespp. 480-486Preview | PDF ( 738 KB )    Rights & Permission