Towards a robust parameterization for conditioning facies models using deep variational autoencoders and ensemble smoother

SWA Canchumuni, AA Emerick… - Computers & Geosciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Ensemble-based methods have been applied with remarkable success for data assimilation
in geosciences. However, they sometimes fail to preserve the geological realism of the …

An integrated inversion framework for heterogeneous aquifer structure identification with single-sample generative adversarial network

C Zhan, Z Dai, J Samper, S Yin, R Ershadnia… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Generating reasonable heterogeneous aquifer structures is essential for understanding the
physicochemical processes controlling groundwater flow and solute transport better. The …

Ensemble-based data assimilation in reservoir characterization: A review

S Jung, K Lee, C Park, J Choe - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a review of ensemble-based data assimilation for strongly nonlinear
problems on the characterization of heterogeneous reservoirs with different production …

Machine learning assisted history matching for a deepwater lobe system

H Jo, W Pan, JE Santos, H Jung, MJ Pyrcz - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
High exploration costs resulting in sparse datasets and complicated geological structures in
deepwater depositional systems make the reservoir characterization extremely difficult. To …

Efficient assessment of reservoir uncertainty using distance-based clustering: a review

B Kang, S Kim, H Jung, J Choe, K Lee - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a review of 71 research papers related to a distance-based clustering
(DBC) technique for efficiently assessing reservoir uncertainty. The key to DBC is to select a …

Characterization of the non-Gaussian hydraulic conductivity field via deep learning-based inversion of hydraulic-head and self-potential data

Z Han, X Kang, J Wu, X Shi - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate characterization of the spatial heterogeneity of hydraulic properties such as
hydraulic conductivity (K) is essential for understanding groundwater flow and contaminant …

A deep learning‐based data assimilation approach to characterizing coastal aquifers amid non‐linearity and non‐Gaussianity challenges

C Cao, J Zhang, W Gan, T Nan… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seawater intrusion (SI) poses a substantial threat to water security in coastal regions, where
numerical models play a pivotal role in supporting groundwater management and …

Geological model sampling using PCA-assisted support vector machine for reliable channel reservoir characterization

H Jung, H Jo, S Kim, K Lee, J Choe - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
History matching is a crucial procedure for predicting reservoir performances and making
decisions. However, it is difficult due to uncertainties of initial reservoir models. Therefore, it …

Characterization of three-dimensional channel reservoirs using ensemble Kalman filter assisted by principal component analysis

B Kang, H Jung, H Jeong, J Choe - Petroleum Science, 2020 - Springer
Abstracts Ensemble-based analyses are useful to compare equiprobable scenarios of the
reservoir models. However, they require a large suite of reservoir models to cover high …

Feature extraction using a deep learning algorithm for uncertainty quantification of channelized reservoirs

K Lee, J Lim, S Ahn, J Kim - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Reservoir models are generated by geostatistics using available static data. However, there
is inherent uncertainty in the reservoir models due to limited information. A number of …