Department of Reservoir Geology
Geostatistics - Reservoir models

Geostatistical methods are widely used in reservoir modelling to describe the uncertainty related to geometric structure in the geological patterns. 

Contact Peter Frykman pfr@geus.dk tel: +45 38 14 24 39 

Geostatistic model of porosity in layered chalk

Geostatistic model of fluvial channel system

References:

• Almeida, A.S. & Frykman, P. 1994: Geostatistical modeling of chalk reservoir properties in the Dan Field, Danish North Sea. In: Yarus, J.M. & Chambers, R.L. (eds): Stochastic Modeling and Geostatistics; Principles, Methods, and Case Studies. AAPG Computer Applications in Geology, No. 3 3, 273-286. Tulsa: The American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
• Vejbæk, O.V. & Kristensen, L. 2000: Downflank hydrocarbon potential identified using seismic inversion and geostatistics: Upper Maastrichtian reservoir unit, Dan Field, Danish Central Graben. Petroleum Geoscience 6(1), 1-13.
• Frykman, P. & Deutsch, C.V. 2002: Practical application of the geostatistical scaling laws for data integration. Petrophysics 43(3), 153-171.

  The last paper was awarded "Petrophysics Best Paper Award 2002", announced at the 44th Annual Symposium in Galveston, Texas, 2003, The Society of Professional Well Log Analysts (SPWLA).