Publications:
Akhil Datta-Gupta
Books/Significant Publications
Streamline Simulation: Theory and Practice, Akhil Datta-Gupta and M.
J. King, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Textbook Series is now available. You
can find it here.
The Oil Spill Recovery Institute: Past,
Present and Future, The National Academies Press,
Editor, History Matching and Conditioning Geologic Models to Dynamic Data, Society of Petroleum Engineers Reprint Series (in Progress, expected Fall 09).
Subsurface Imaging and Fluid Flow: Asymptotic and Trajectory-based
Methods, D.
W. Vasco and Akhil Datta-Gupta, Cambridge University Press (in Progress,
expected 2010).
Journal Articles
1. Elkin Arroyo-Negrete, Deepak Devegowda, Akhil Datta-Gupta, “Streamline-Assisted Ensemble Kalman Filter for Rapid and Continuous Reservoir Model Updating,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering (to appear, 2008)
2. Ma, X., Al-Harbi, M., Datta-Gupta, A. and Efendiev, Y. “A Multistage Sampling Approach to Quantifying Uncertainty During History Matching Geological Models,” SPE Journal, 13(10) (March, 2008), 77-87.
3. Stenerud, V. R., Kippe, V., Datta-Gupta, A. and Lie, K-A, “Adaptive Multiscale Streamline Simulation and Inversion for High-Resolution Geomodels,” SPE Journal, 13(10) (March, 2008), 99-111.
4. Cheng, H., Oyerinde, D., Datta-Gupta, A. and Milliken, W. “Compressible Streamlines and Three-phase History Matching,” SPE Journal, 12 (4) (December 2007).
5. Al-Huthali, A., Oyriende, D. and Akhil Datta-Gupta, “Optimal Water Flood Management Using Rate Control,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, 10 (4) (October 2007), 539-551.
6. Efendiev, Y., Datta-Gupta, A., Ma Xilian and Mallick, B, “Modified MCMC for Dynamic Data Integration Using Streamline Models,” accepted for publication, Mathematical Geology (2007).
7. Jimenez, E., Sabir, K., Datta-Gupta, A. and King, M. J., “Spatial Error and Convergence in Streamline Simulation,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering , 10(3) (June, 2007), 221-232.
8.
Cheng, H., Osako,
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
Manuscripts in Review
1. Akella, S.., Efendiev, Y.
and Datta-Gupta, A, “Ensemble Kalman Filter with
Coarse-scale Constraints,” Advances in Water Resources, Submitted (March. 2008).
Conference Proceedings
1. Ma, Xianlin., Datta-Gupta, A., and Efendiev, Y., “A Multistage MCMC method with Non-parametric Error Models for Efficient Uncertainty Quantification in History Matching,” SPE 115911 presented at the 2008 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Denver, Colorado, USA, 21–24 September 2008.
2.
Al-Huthali, A., Datta-Gupta,
A., Yuen, B. and Fontanilla, J. P., “Optimal Rate Control Under
Geologic Uncertainty,” SPE 113628 presented at the 2008 SPE Improved Oil
Recovery Symposium held in
3. Jimenez, E., Datta-Gupta, A. and King, M. J., “Streamline Tracing in Complex Faulted Systems with non-Neighbor Connections,” SPE 113628 presented at the 2008 SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A., 19–23 April 2008.
4. Maucec, M., Douma, S., Hohl, D., Jimenez, E. and Datta-Gupta, A., “Streamline-Based History Matching and Uncertainty--Markov-Chain Monte Carlo Study of an Offshore Turbidite Oil Field,” SPE 109943 presented at the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA, U.S.A., 11–14 November 2007.
5. Oyerinde, Adedayo., Datta-Gupta, A., and Milliken, W., “Experiences With Streamline-Based Three-phase History Matching,” SPE 109964 presented at the 2007 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, CA, U.S.A., 11–14 November 2007.
6. Devegowda Deepak, Arroyo, Elkin and Datta-Gupta, A., “Efficient and Robust Reservoir Model Updating Using Ensemble Kalman Filter With Sensitivity Based Covariance Localization,” SPE 106144 to be presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, TX, 26-28 February, 2007.
7. Osako, Ichiro and Datta-Gupta, A., “ A Novel Compositional Streamline Formulation with Compressiblity Effects,” SPE 106148 to be presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, TX, 26-28 February, 2007.
8. Stenerud, V. R., Kippe, V., Datta-Gupta, A. and Lie, K-A, “Adaptive Multiscale Streamline Simulation and Inversion for High-Resolution Geomodels,” SPE 106228, presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, TX, 26-28 February, 2007.
9. Devegowda Deepak, Arroyo, Elkin and Datta-Gupta, A., “Efficient and Robust Reservoir Model Updating Using Ensemble Kalman Filter With Sensitivity Based Covariance Localization,” SPE 106144 to be presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, TX, 26-28 February, 2007.
10. Elkin
Arroyo-Negrete, Deepak Devegowda, Akhil Datta-Gupta, “Streamline-Assisted
Ensemble Kalman Filter for Rapid and Continuous Reservoir
Model Updating,” SPE 104255 to be presented at the 2006 SPE International Oil
& Gas Conference and Exhibition in
11. Al-Huthali, A., Oyriende, D. and Akhil Datta-Gupta, “Optimal Water Flood Management Using rate Control,” SPE 102478 to be presented at the 2006 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., 24–27 September 2006
12. Ma,
X., Al-Harbi, M., Datta-Gupta, A. and Efendiev, Y. “A
Multistage Sampling Approach to Quantifying Uncertainty During History Matching
Geological Models,” SPE 102476 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference
and Exhibition held in
13. Cheng, H., Osako, I., Datta-Gupta, A. and King, M. J. “A Rigorous Compressible Streamline Formulation for Two and Three Phase Black Oil Simulation,” SPE 96866 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, October 9-12, 2005.
14. King, M. J., Burn, K. S., Wang, P., Muralidharan, V., Alvarado, F., Ma X. and Datta-Gupta SPE, A., “Optimal Coarsening of 3D Reservoir Models for Flow Simulation,” SPE 95759 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, October 9-12, 2005.
1.
Jimznez, E., Sabir, K., Datta-Gupta, A. and King, M. J., “Spatial Error
and Convergence in Streamline Simulation,” SPE 92873 Presented at the 2005 SPE
Reservoir Simulation Symposium The Woodlands,
2. Al-Harbi, M., Cheng, H., He, Zhong and Datta-Gupta, A., “Streamline-based Production Data Integration in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs,” SPE 89914 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, September 26-29, 2004.
3. Cheng, H., Wen, X, Milliken, W. and Datta-Gupta, A., “Field Experiences with Assisted and Automatic History Matching Using Streamline Models,” SPE 89857 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, September 26-29, 2004
4.
Al-Huthali, A. and
Datta-Gupta, A., “Streamline Simulation of Water Injection in Naturally
Fractured Reservoirs,” SPE 89443 presented at the SPE/DOE fourteenth symposium
on Improved Oil Recovery,
5.
King, M. J., Osako,
6. Cheng, H, Khargoria, A., He, Z. and Datta-Gupta, A., “Fast History Matching of Finite-difference Models Using Streamline-derived Sensitivities,” SPE 89447 presented at the SPE/DOE fourteenth symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, April 17-21, 2004
7. Cheng, H., Datta-Gupta, A. and He, Zhong., “A Comparison of Travel Time and Amplitude Inversion for Production Data Integration into Geologic Models,” SPE 84570 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition , Denver, CO, October 5-8, 2003.
8. Perez, H., Datta-Gupta, A. and Misra, S., “The Role of Electrofacies, Lithofacies and Hydraulic Flow Units in Permeability Predictions from Well Logs: A Comparative Analysis Using Classification Trees,” SPE 84301 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition , Denver, CO, October 5-8, 2003.
9.
Vasco, D. W., Datta-Gupta, A., He, Z., Behrens, R.,
10. Qassab, H, Khalifa, M, Pavlas, R., Khargoria, A., He, Zhong, Lee, S. H. and Datta-Gupta, A., “Streamline-based Production Data Integration Under Realistic Field Conditions: Experience in a Giant Middle-Eastern Oil Reservoir,” SPE 84079 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition , Denver, CO, October 5-8, 2003..
11. Ates, H., Bahar, A., El-Abd, S., Charfeddine, M., Kelkar, M. and Datta-Gupta, A., “Ranking and Upscaling of Geostatistical Reservoir Models Using Streamline Simulation: A Field Case Study,” presented at the SPE 13th Middle East Oil Show & Conference tp be held in Bahrain 2-6 June 2003.
12. Malallah, A., Perez, H., Datta-Gupta, A. and Alamody, W., “Multiscale Data Integration Using Markov Random Fields and Markov Chain Monte Carlo: A Field Application in the Middle East,”SPE 81544 presented at the SPE 13th Middle East Oil Show & Conference, Bahrain 2-6 June 2003.
13. Ichiro, O., Datta-Gupta, A. and King, M. J., “Time Step Selection During Streamline Simulation via Transverse Flux Correction,” SPE 79688 presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, TX, February 3-5, 2003.
14. Vega, L., Rojas, D. and Datta-Gupta, A., “Scalability of the Deterministic and Bayesian Approaches to Production Data Integration Into Field-Scale Reservoir Models,” SPE 79666 presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, TX, February 3-5, 2003.
15. He, Zhong, Parikh, H., Datta-Gupta, A., Perez, J. and Pham, T., “Identifying Reservoir Compartmentalization and Flow Barriers Using Primary Production: A Streamline Approach,” SPE 77589 presented at the 2002 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, Sept. 29-Oct. 2.
16. He, Zhong and Datta-Gupta, A. "Streamline-based Production Data Integration Under Changing Field Conditions," SPE 71333 presented at the 2001 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition,, New Orleans, LA, Sept. 30-Oct. 3,
17. Illiassov, P., Datta-Gupta, A. and Vasco, D. W., " Field-scale Characterization of Permeability and Saturation Distribution Using Partitioning Tracer Tests: The Ranger Field, Texas," SPE 71320 presented at the 2001 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition,, New Orleans, LA, Sept. 30-Oct. 3
18. Mathisen, T., Lee, S. H. and Datta-Gupta, A., “Improved Permeability Estimates in Carbonate Reservoirs Using Electrofacies Characterization: A Case Study of the North Robertson Unit, West Texas,” SPE 70034 in Proceedings of the Permian Basin Oil and Gas Recovery Conference, Midland, TX 15-16 May, 2001.
19. Idrobo,
E. A., Choudhury, M. K. and Datta-Gupta, A., “Swept
Volume Calculations and Ranking of Geostatistical
Reservoir Models Using Streamline Simulation,” SPE 62557 presented at the 2000
SPE/AAPG Western Regional Meeting,
20. Kulkarni, K. N., Datta-Gupta, A. and Vasco, D. W., “A
Streamline Approach to Integrating Transient Pressure Data Into High-Resolution
Reservoir Models,” SPE 65120 in Proceedings of the SPE European Petroleum
Conference,
21. Lee, S. H., Malallah, A., Datta-Gupta, A. and Higdon, D., “Multiscale Data Integration Using Markov Random Fields,” SPE 63066, in Proceedings of the 2000 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, 1-4, October 2000.
22. Mishra, S., Choudhary, M. K. and Datta-Gupta, A., “A Novel Approach for Reservoir Forecasting Under Uncertainty,” SPE 62926, in Proceedings of the 2000 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dallas, TX, 1-4, October 2000.
23. Idrobo, E. A., Malallah, A., Datta-Gupta, A. and Parra, J. O., “Characterizing Fluid Saturation Distribution Using Cross-well Seismic and Well Data: A Geostatistical Study,” SPE 56515 in Proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, 3-6 October, 1999.
24. Lee,
S. H. and Datta-Gupta, A., “Electrofacies
Characterization and Permeability Predictions in Carbonate Reservoirs: Role of
Multivariate Analysis and Non-parametric Regression,” SPE 56658 in Proceedings
of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition,
25. Yoon, S. S., Malallah, A., Datta-Gupta, A., Vasco, D. W. and Behrens, R. A., “A Multiscale Approach to Production Data Integration Using Streamline Models, SPE 56653 in Proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Houston, TX, 3-6 October, 1999.
26. Kulkarni, K. N. and Datta-Gupta, A., “Estimating Relative
Permeability from Production Data: A Streamline Approach,” SPE 56751 in
Proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition,
27. Yoon, S., Barman, I., Datta-Gupta, A. and Pope, G. A., “In-Situ Characterization of Residual NAPL Distribution Using Streamline-Based Inversion of Partitioning Tracer Tests,” SPE 52729 in Proceedings of the 1999 SPE/EPA Exploration and Production Environmental Conference, Austin, TX, 28 February - 3 March, 1999.
28. Vasco, D. W., Yoon, S. and Datta-Gupta, A. "Integrating Dynamic Data into High Resolution Reservoir Models Using Streamline-Based Analytic Sensitivity Coefficients," SPE 49002, in Proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, 27-30 September, 1998.
29. Cobenas R. H., Datta-Gupta, A. and Aprilian
S. S., "A Closer Look at Non-Uniqueness During Dynamic Data Integration
into Reservoir Characterization," SPE 39669, in Proceedings of
SPE/DOE Symposium on Improved Oil
Recovery,
30. Barman
31. Xue,
G. and Datta-Gupta, A., "Structure Preserving Inversion: An Efficient
Approach to Conditioning Stochastic Reservoir Models to Dynamic Data," SPE
38727, in Proceedings of of the SPE Annual Technical
Conference and Exhibition,
32. Peddibhotla, S., Datta-Gupta A. and Xue, G., “Multiphase streamline Modeling in Three Dimensions: Further generalizations and a Large-scale Field Example,” SPE 38003, in Proceedings of the 14th SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Dallas (June, 1997).
33. Datta-Gupta,
A., Xue, Guoping and Lee, Sangheon,
“Non-parametric Transformations for Data Correlation and Integration: From
Theory to Practice,” in Proceedings of the Fourth International Reservoir
Characterization Conference,
34. Xue, G. and Datta-Gupta, A., "A New Approach to Seismic Data Integration During Reservoir Characterization using Optimal non-Parametric Transformations," SPE 36500, in Proceedings of SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., 6-9 October, 1996.
35. Economides,
M.J., Datta-Gupta, A.,
36. Peddibhotla, S., Cubillos H. G., Datta-Gupta A. and Wu C. H., “Rapid Simulation of Multiphase Flow Through Fine-scale Geostatistical Realizations Using a New 3D Streamline Model: A Field Example,” SPE 36008 in Proceedings of the 11th SPE Petroleum Computer Conference, Dallas (June, 1996).
37. Xue, G. and Datta-Gupta, A., "A New Approach to Seismic Data Integration During Reservoir Characterization using Optimal non-Parametric Transformations," SPE 36500, Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., 6-9 October, 1996.
38. Vasco, D. W., Datta-Gupta, A. and Long, J. C. S. "Integrating Field Production History in Stochastic Reservoir Characterization," SPE 36567, Presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., 6-9 October, 1996.
39. Datta-Gupta,
A., Vasco, D. W. and Long, J. C. S. "Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution of
Transient Pressure and Tracer Data for Heterogeneity Characterization",
SPE 30589, in Proceedings of the SPE Annual Technical Conference and
Exhibition,
40. Jacobsen,
J. S.,
41. Datta-Gupta, A., Vasco, D. W., Long, J. C. S. and Vomvoris, S., "Stochastic Modeling of Spatial Heterogeneities Conditioned to Hydraulic and Tracer Tests," in Proceedings of the Fifth International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Meeting, Las Vegas, 4, 2624-2632, 1994.