01973nab a2200193 4500 20260520002034.0 260224s2012 xxu A robust kriking model for predicting accumulative outflow from a mature reservoir considering a new horizontal well 2012 02/05/2012 ; 02/05/2012 6 p. ; 113-119 Transcripción del resumen del autor: The objective of this research is to build a response surface based on Kriging method to predict accumulativeoutflow from amaturereservoir as a function of location, direction and length of anewhorizontalwell over a planning horizon. Investigating the impacts of horizontalwell parameters on the outflow using repetitive runs of reservoir flow simulation would involve enormous computation time for evaluating possible well placement scenarios. Instead, we construct a Kriging model to build a good approximation of accumulated outflow from areservoir when anewhorizontalwell is to be drilled. Kriging method is a geostatistical approach in which the spatial correlation of samples can be estimated via a variogram or a covariance matrix. The objective of this research is to find a more accurate estimate of the covariance matrix used in the construction of Kriging model. The method includes an optimization model to smoothen the noisy experimental covariance matrix which in turn leads to enhancing the fitting process. We have observed a very good fit of the resulting Kriging model in a case study on amature oil reservoir in Iran for which a dynamic simulation model was set up previously. However, it is necessary to add the nugget effect to the model in order to yield better predictions. Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering 82-8360 ARTICULO Mohammadi, Hossein 52474 Seifi, Abbas 52475 Foroud, Toomaj 52476 187093 187093 0 0 0 0 254912 BAAB BAAB 2026-03-06 200059198 0 200059198 2026-03-06 00:16:47 2026-03-06 ARTICULO