A two-stage Markov chain Monte Carlo method for seismic inversion and uncertainty quantification

GK Stuart, SE Minkoff, F Pereira - Geophysics, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Bayesian methods for full-waveform inversion allow quantification of uncertainty in the
solution, including determination of interval estimates and posterior distributions of the …

Uncertainty quantification in time-lapse seismic imaging: a full-waveform approach

M Kotsi, A Malcolm, G Ely - Geophysical Journal International, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Time-lapse seismic monitoring using full-wavefield methods aims to accurately and robustly
image rock and fluid changes within a reservoir. These changes are typically small and …

Uncertainty quantification of reservoir performance using machine learning algorithms and structured expert judgment

M Fathy, FK Haghighi, M Ahmadi - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for fossil energy necessitates forecasting of reservoir performance
and informed decision-making under various production scenarios. Although reservoir …

Characterizing fluid flow paths in the Hellisheidi geothermal field using detailed fault mapping and stress-dependent permeability

P Mahzari, A Stanton-Yonge, C Sanchez-Roa, G Saldi… - Geothermics, 2021 - Elsevier
The Husmuli zone of the SW-Iceland Hellisheidi geothermal field is currently being used for
re-injection of geothermal fluids and geothermal CO 2 for its permanent storage in the form …

Computing numerical solutions of the pseudo-parabolic Buckley–Leverett equation with dynamic capillary pressure

E Abreu, J Vieira - Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 2017 - Elsevier
We present numerical approaches for solving a pseudo-parabolic partial differential
equation, which models incompressible two phase flow in porous media taking into account …

Co-history matching: a way forward for estimating representative saturation functions

P Mahzari, A AlMesmari, M Sohrabi - Transport in Porous Media, 2018 - Springer
Core-scale experiments and analyses would often lead to estimation of saturation functions
(relative permeability and capillary pressure). However, despite previous attempts on …

An adaptive time stepping algorithm for IMPES with high order polynomial extrapolation

S Paz, A Jaramillo, RT Guiraldello, RF Ausas… - Applied Mathematical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Two-phase flows in oil reservoirs can be modeled by a coupled system of elliptic and
hyperbolic partial differential equations. The transport velocity of the multiphase fluid system …

A two-stage Markov chain Monte Carlo method for velocity estimation and uncertainty quantification

G Stuart, W Yang, S Minkoff, F Pereira - SEG International Exposition …, 2016 - onepetro.org
Bayesian seismic inversion can be used to sample from the posterior distribution of the
velocity field, thus allowing for uncertainty quantification. However, Bayesian techniques like …

Contaminant transport forecasting in the subsurface using a Bayesian framework

A Al-Mamun, J Barber, V Ginting, F Pereira… - Applied Mathematics …, 2020 - Elsevier
In monitoring subsurface aquifer contamination, we want to predict quantities—fractional
flow curves of pollutant concentration—using subsurface fluid flow models with expertise …

The Multiscale Maximum Change Algorithm for Subsurface Characterization

AA Mamun, A Ali, A Al-Mamun, F Pereira… - … Science and Its …, 2023 - Springer
The characterization of subsurface formations is a formidable task due to the high dimension
of the stochastic space involved in the solution of inverse problems. To make the task …