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Quantifying Uncertainty and Multiscale Phenomena in Subsurface Processes
Organizers:
Louis J. Durlofsky
Department of Petroleum Engineering
Stanford University
lou@pangea.stanford.edu
James G. Glimm
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
SUNY at Stony Brook
glimm@ams.sunysb.edu
David Sharp
Complex Systems
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
dhs@lanl.gov
Mary F. Wheeler
TICAM
The University of Texas at Austin
mfw@brahma.ticam.utexas.edu
C. Larrabee Winter
Department of Mathematical Modeling and Analysis
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
winter@lanl.gov
The need for accurate and reliable decisions in the subsurface geosciences presents fundamental scientific challenges. Prediction must come with estimates of levels of accuracy, limits of applicability and degrees of confidence that can be placed in the results. This workshop will present an overview of some of the main issues and their interrelationships. The following topics will be emphasized:
(1) Upscaling of multiphase flows,
(2) uncertainty quantification for the geosciences,
(3) analysis of the potential of new experimental methods for characterization of subsurface states to reduce uncertainties in prediction,
(4) integration of subsystem models into large scale computational frameworks.
| Monday | Tuesday |
| MONDAY,
JANUARY
7 All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted. |
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| 8:30 am | Coffee and Registration |
Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 9:15 am | Fadil Santosa , Robert Gulliver, and David Sharp | Welcome and Introduction |
| 9:30 am | Michael
A. Christie Heriot-Watt University |
Quantifying Uncertainty in Reservoir Performance Prediction |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break | Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 11:00 am | Jef
Caers Stanford University |
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| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
Break
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| 2:00 pm | James
G. Glimm SUNY at Stony Brook |
Prediction of Oil Production with Confidence Intervals Slides: html pdf powerpoint |
| 3:30 pm | IMA
Tea/Reception A variety of appetizers and beverages will be served. |
IMA East, 400 Lind Hall |
| TUESDAY,
JANUARY 8 All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted. |
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| 8:30am | Coffee | Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 9:30 am | C.
Larrabee Winter Los Alamos National Lab |
Random domain decomposition for stochastic flow equations Slides: pdf postscript |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break | Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 11:00 am |
Louis J. Durlofsky Stanford University |
Performance Prediction for Non-Conventional Wells in Heterogeneous Reservoirs: From Approximate Models to Detailed Simulation |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
Break
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| 2:00 pm | Michael
A. Celia Princeton University |
Upscaling and Hysteresis in Models of Soil Moisture, Evaporation, and Transpiration |
| 2:25 pm | Thomas
F. Russell University of Colorado at Denver |
Stochastic Modeling of Immiscible Flow with Moment Equations |
| 2:50 pm | Coffee Break | Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 3:20-3:45 pm | Gabriel
Wittum Universität Heidelberg |
Groundwater flow simulation and validation |
| WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY
9 All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted. |
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| 8:30 am | Coffee | Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 9:30 am |
Henning Omre Norwegian University of Science & Technology |
Improved production forecasts and history matching using approximate fluid-flow simulators |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break | Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 11:00 am |
Mary Fanett Wheeler University of Texas at Austin |
Computational Science Issues in Oil and Gas Production: Upscaling, Geologic Uncertainty and Economic Models |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
Break
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| 2:00 pm | Bradley
J. Plohr SUNY At Stony Brook |
Modeling Permeability Hysteresis in Two- and Three-Phase Flow via Relaxation |
| 3:00 pm | Coffee Break | Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 3:30 pm |
Jichun Li University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
Singular Perturbation Problems and Multiple Scales |
| 3:55-4:20 pm |
Felix Herrmann Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Regularity-adaptive basis function representation for seismic data |
| THURSDAY,
JANUARY
10 All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted. |
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| 8:30 am | Coffee | Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 9:30 am |
Dean S. Oliver University of Tulsa |
Assessing Uncertainty in Reservoir Prediction by Monte Carlo Methods |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break | Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 11:00 am | Thomas
Y. Hou Caltech |
Multiscale Computation and Modeling of Flows in Strongly Heterogeneous Porous Media |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
Break
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| 2:00 pm |
Frederico Furtado University of Wyoming |
On the interaction of heterogeneity and multiphase flow in porous media |
| 6:00 pm | Workshop Dinner | 400 Lind Hall |
| FRIDAY,
JANUARY
11 All talks are in Lecture Hall EE/CS 3-180 unless otherwise noted. |
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| 8:30am | Coffee | Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 9:30 am |
Dan Marchesin Inst de Matematica Pura e Aplicada |
Porous Media Deposition Damage from Injection of Water with Particles |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break | Reception Room EE/CS 3-176 |
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
Break
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| 11:00 am | Todd
Arbogast University of Texas at Austin |
Two-scale, locally conservative subgrid upscaling for elliptic problems Slides: pdf postscript |
| Monday | Tuesday |
LIST
OF CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS
(in addition to postdocs and long-term participants)
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Name
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Department | Affiliation |
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| Todd Arbogast | TICAM | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Doug Arnold | Institute for Mathematics & its Applications | |
| Robert Burridge | ||
| Jef Caers | Petroleum Engineering | Stanford University |
| Michael Celia | Civil and Environmental Eng. | Princeton University |
| Michael Christie | Petroleum Engineering | Heriot-Watt University |
| Doug Dokken | Mathematics | University of St. Thomas |
| Gregory S. Duane | Institute for Mathematics & its Applications | |
| Louis J. Durlofsky | Petroleum Engineering | Stanford University |
| Albert Fannjiang | Mathematics | University of California - Davis |
| Frederico C. Furtado | Mathematics | University of Wyoming |
| James Glimm | Applied Mathematics & Statistics | SUNY at Stony Brook |
| Robert Gulliver | Institute for Mathematics & its Applications | |
| Hazem Hamdan | Mathematics | Unhiversity of Minnesota |
| Thomas Y. Hou | Applied Mathematics | California Institute of Technology |
| Daniel Kern | ||
| Jichun Li | Mathematical Sciences | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Dan Marchesin | IMPA Estrada Dona Castorina, 110 | Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada |
| Rebecca Maserumuler | Mathematical Sciences | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Anna Mazzucato | Mathematics | Yale University |
| Robert O'Malley | Mathematics | University of Washington |
| Dean S. Oliver | Petroleum Engineering | University of Tulsa |
| Henning Omre | Mathematical Sciences | Norwegian University of Science & Technology |
| Jeong-Soo Park | Statistics | Chonnam National University/SRCCS |
| Bradley Plohr | Applied Mathematics | SUNY At Stony Brook |
| Thomas F. Russell | Mathematics | University of Colorado at Denver |
| Fadil Santosa | Institute for Mathematics & its Applications | |
| Kurt Scholz | Mathematics | University of St. Thomas |
| David Sharp | Complex Systems | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Michael W. Smiley | Mathematics | Iowa State University |
| Mary F. Wheeler | TICAM | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Larrabee Winter | Mathematical Modeling & Analysis | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Gabriel Wittum | IWR | Ruprecht-Karls-Universitaet Heidelberg |
| Toshio Yoshikawa | Institute for Mathematics & its Applications |
2001-2002 IMA Thematic Year on Mathematics in the Geosciences
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