Publications

2024

• Thiele, M.R., Batycky, R.P., and Manfre, D: “Reservoir surveillance of mature, conventional floods Using Streamlines,” Paper presented at the Third EAGE Workshop on EOR, 03-04 October 2024, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2023

• Perea Garcia, M.C., Manfre Jaimes, D., Batycky, R.P., and Thiele, M.R. "Polymer Flood Management of El Corcobo Norte Using Streamlines", Paper presented at the 8° Congreso Producción y Desarrollo de Reservas, 8-10 Noviembre 2023, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Kalitsun, V., Fazelipour, W., Thiele, M.R., and Batycky, R.P. "Application of Streamline-Based WAG Injection Rate Management to Improve Oil Recovery of GLSAU CO-Flood" Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, USA, October 2023.https://doi.org/10.2118/214828-MS

2022

• Adamson, Scott, Giden, Ilhami, and Ronald Matzka-Pöll. "Implementation of Streamline Derived Rate Targets Improved Oil Production of Mature Field." Paper presented at the SPE EuropEC - Europe Energy Conference featured at the 83rd EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Madrid, Spain, June 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/209679-MS
• Guerrero-Lee, M.T.,  Manfre, D., Thiele, M.R. (2022, April 19). Effective Well Rate Management Using a Streamline-Based Model in Belridge Diatomite Waterflood. Paper presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, Bakersfield, California, USA, April 2022. Paper Number: SPE-209281-MS.

2019

• Kwong, R. R., Kellogg, R. P., Thiele, M. R., & Simmons, D. M. (2019, April 22). Improving Water Efficiency in the Wilmington Field Using Streamline-Based Surveillance. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/195372-MS.
• Steineder, Dominik , Clemens, Torsten , Osivandi, Keyvan , and Marco R. Thiele. "Maximizing the Value of Information of a Horizontal Polymer Pilot Under Uncertainty Incorporating the Risk Attitude of the Decision Maker." SPE Res Eval & Eng 22 (2019): 756–774. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/190871-PA

2018

• Batycky, R.P., and Thiele, M.R., (2018 August 1). Material Balance Applied to Dynamic Reservoir-Surveillance Patterns. Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/185713-PA.
• Steineder, D., Clemens, T., Osivandi, K., and Thiele, M.R. "Maximizing Value of Information of a Horizontal Polymer Pilot Under Uncertainty", SPE-190871-MS presented at the SPE Europec featured at the 80^th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition to be held 11-14 June, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Hingerl, F.F., Thiele, M.R., and Batycky, R.P. "Reservoir Management of a Low-Salinity Flood on a Per-Pattern Basis", SPE-190199-MS presented at the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 14-18 April 2018.
• Batycky, R.P. and Thiele, M.R. "Reservoir Pattern Surveillance of Mature Floods", Streamsim Technologies, Jan. 2018.

2017

• Chiotoroiu, M.-M., Peisker, J., Clemens, T., and Thiele, M.R.:"Forecasting Incremental Oil Production of a Polymer Pilot Extension in the Matzen Field Including Quantitative Uncertainty Assessment" SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, June 1 2017. doi:10.2118/179546-PA
• Sieberer, M., Peisker, J., Clemens, T., and Thiele, M.R. "Infill Well Portfolio Management under Uncertainty – Application to the 8TH Reservoir, Austria," SPE-185803 presented at the SPE Europec featured at 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition held in Paris, France, 12–15 June 2017.
• Batycky, R. P., Thiele, M. R., & Razavi, M. "Material Balance Applied to Dynamic Reservoir Surveillance Patterns," SPE-185713 presented at the SPE Western Regional Meeting, 23-27 April, 2017, Bakersfield, California.  Society of Petroleum Engineers. doi:10.2118/185713-MS

2016

• Thiele, M.R. and Batycky, R.P."Evolve: A Linear Workflow for Quantifying Reservoir Uncertainty" SPE-181374 presented at the SPE ATCE Conference, Dubai, UAE, 26–28 September 2016.
• Batycky, R.P. and Thiele, M. R.:"Mature Flood Surveillance Using Streamlines" JPT, May 2016, pp 22-25.
• Chiotoroiu, M.-M., Peisker, J., Clemens, T., and Thiele, M.R.:"Forecasting Incremental Oil Production of a Polymer Pilot Extension in the Matzen Field Including Quantitative Uncertainty Assessment" SPE-179546 presented at the SPE IOR Conference, Tulsa, OK 11-13 April, 2016.

2015

• Choudhuri, B., Thakuria, C., Belushi, A., Nurzaman, Z., Hashmi, K., and Batycky, R.P.:"Optimization of a Large Polymer Flood Using Full-field Streamline Simulation," SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp 318-328, Aug 2015.

2014

• Wen, T., Thiele, M.R., Echeverria Ciaurri, D., Aziz, K., and Ye, Y.: "Waterflood management using two-stage optimization with streamline simulation," Computational Geosciences, published online Feb 25th, 2014. 
• Thirawarapan, C., Thiele, M.R., Kovscek, A., Batycky, R.P., Clemens, T.:"A Simplified Model for Field-Scale Surfactant-Polymer Flooding," paper SPE 170106 presented at the SPE Heavy Oil Conference-Canada held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 10–12 June 2014.
• Kornberger, M. and Thiele, M.R.: "Experiences With an Efficient Rate-Management Approach for the 8th Tortonian Reservoir in the Vienna Basin," SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp 165-176, May 2014.
• Choudhuri, B., Thakuria, C., Belushi, A., Nurzaman, Z., Hashmi, K., and Batycky, R.P.:"Optimization of a Large Polymer Flood Using Full-field Streamline Simulation," SPE-169746-MS, presented at the SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia, 31 March-2 April, Muscat, Oman.
• Koohmareh Hosseini, B., Chalaturnyk, RJ. 2014. "Streamline-based Reservoir Geomechanics Coupling Strategies for Full Field Simulations," presented at 14th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery  ECMOR XIV - , Catania, Italy. DOI: 10.3997/2214-4609.20141899 
• Fenwick, D., Scheidt, C. & Caers, "Quantifying Asymmetric Parameter Interactions in Sensitivity Analysis: Application to Reservoir Modeling", J. Math Geosci (2014) 46: 493. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11004-014-9530-5

2013

• Jung,A., Fenwick, D.H., and Caers, J.: "Training image-based scenario modeling of fractured reservoirs for flow uncertainty quantification," Computational Geosciences, September 2013.
• Kornberger, M. and Thiele, M.R. “ Experiences with an Efficient Rate Management Approach for the 8th Tortonian Reservoir in the Vienna Basin,” SPE paper  166393 presented at the 2013 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 30 September–2 October 2013.
• Chiotoroiu, M., Clemens, T., and Thiele, M.R. “Experiences with History Matching of a Complex Austrian Reservoir with 250 Wells and 62 Years of Production Using Global and Local Techniques,” paper presented at the 2013 ADIPEC, Technical Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 10-13 November 2013.

2012

• Wen,T., Thiele, M.R., Ciaurri, D.E, Aziz, K. and Ye, Y.: "Reservoir Management Using Two-Stage Optimization with Streamline Simulation" ECMOR XIII, Biarritz, France, 10-13 September, 2012.

2011

2010

• Thiele, M.R.., Batycky, R.P., and Fenwick, D.H.: "Streamline Simulation for Modern Reservoir-Engineering Workflows," Journal Petroleum Technology, Vol 62, No 1, Jan 2010, pp. 64-70.  (PDF: 570 KB)
• Thiele, M.R., Batycky, R.P., Pöllitzer, S., and Clemens, T.: “Polymer Flood Modeling Using Streamlines,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, (April 2010).
• Pancharoen, M., Kovscek, A.R., and Thiele, M.R.: “Inaccessible Pore Volume of Associative Polymer Floods,” paper SPE 129910 presented at the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK, 24-28 April 2010.
• Zhu, Z., Gerritsen, M.G., and Thiele, M.R.: “Thermal Streamline Simulation for Hot Waterflooding,” SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, (June 2010) Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 372-382.

2009

• Beraldo, V.T., Blunt, M.J., and Schiozer, D.J.: "Compressible Streamline-Based Simulation With Changes in Oil Composition," SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, Vol 12, No 6, Dec 2009, pp. 963-973.
• Batycky, R.P., Foerster, M., Thiele, M.R., and Stueben, K.: "Parallelization of a Commercial Streamline Simulator and Performance on Practical Models," SPE 118684 presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, TX, 2-4 February 2009.
• Zhu, Z., Gerritsen, M.G., and Thiele, M.R.: "Thermal Streamline Simulation for Hot Water Flooding," SPE 119200 presented at the SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, TX, 2-4 February 2009.

2008

• Thiele, M.R., Batycky, R.P., Poellitzer, S., and Clemens, T.:"Polymer Flood Modeling Using Streamlines," SPE 115545 presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, 21-24 September 2008, Denver, Colorado, USA.
• Loef, H., Gerritsen, M.G., Thiele, M.R.:"Parallel Streamline Simulation," SPE 113543 presented at the Europec/EAGE Conference and Exhibition, 9-12 June 2008 2008, Rome, Italy.
• Batycky, R.P., Thiele, M.R., Baker, R.O., Chugh S. H.: "Revisiting Reservoir Flood-Surveillance Methods Using Streamlines," SPEREE April 2008, Vol 11, No 2, pp 387-394 (SPE95402-PA).  

2007

• Marco Thiele, Rod Batycky, and Darryl Fenwick: Streamline-Assisted History Matching (2007), 9th International Forum on Reservoir Simulation, Dec 2007, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

2006

• Thiele, M.R., Fenwick, D.H, and Batycky, R.P.: "Streamline-Assisted History Matching," keynote address presented at the 9th International Forum on Reservoir Simulation, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 9th-13th, 2007.  (PDF: 9MB)
• Batycky, R.P, Seto, A. C., and Fenwick D.H.; "Assisted History Matching of a 1.4Million-Cell Simulation Model for Judy Creek 'A' Pool Waterflood/HCMF Using a Streamline-based workflow." SPE108701 in proceedings of the 2007 SPE ATCE, Anaheim, CA, 11-14 Nov. 2007.
• Thiele, M.R. and Batycky, R.P.; "Using Streamline-Derived Injection Efficiencies for Improved Waterflood Management," SPEREE April 2006, Vol 9, No 2, pp187-196 (SPE84080-PA).
  

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2005 and earlier

• Fenwick, D.H., Thiele, M.R., Ahmed Hussain, M.H., Humam, F., Caers, J. "Reconciling Prior Geologic Information with Production Data Using Streamlines: Application to a Giant Middle-Eastern Oil Field," SPE 95940 in proceedings of the 2005 SPE annual technical conference and exhibition, Dallas, TX, 9-12 October, 2005.
• Thiele, M.R.: "Streamline Simulation,"keynote address presented at the 2005 Forum on Reservoir Simulation, Stresa, Italy.  (PDF: 5MB)
• McKishnie, R.A. et al.; "Streamline Technology for the Evaluation of Full Field Compositional Processes; Midale, A Case Study," SPE89363 in proceedings of 2004 SPE/DOE 14th Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Tulsa, OK, 17-21 April.
• Thiele, M.R.: "Streamline Simulation,"keynote address presented at the 2003 Forum on Reservoir Simulation, Baden-Baden, Germany.  (PDF: 4MB)
• Thiele, M.R., Batycky, R.P., and Thomas, L.K.: "Miscible WAG Simulations Using Streamlines," paper presented at the 8th European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery (ECMOR), Freiberg, Germany, 3-6 September, 2002.  (PDF: 567 KB)
• Baker R.O., Kuppe, S., Chugh, S., Bora, R., Stojanovic, S., and Batycky, R.;"Full-Field Modeling Using Streamline-Based Simulation: Four Case Studies", SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, April 2002, Vol.5, No. 2.
• Thiele, M.R.: "Streamline Simulation,"keynote address presented at the 2001 Forum on Reservoir Simulation, Schloss Fuschl, Austria.  (PDF: 2.18 MB)
• Samier, P, Quettier, L. and Thiele, M.R.: "Applications of Streamline Simulations to Reservoir Studies", SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering, April 2002, Vol.5, No. 4, 324-332.
• Baker R.O: "Streamline Technology: Reservoir History Matching and Forecasting = Its Success, Limitations, and Future," Distinguished Author Series, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, April 2001, Vol.40, No. 4, 23-27.  (PDF: 109 KB)
• Wang, Y., and Kovscek, A. R.; "A Streamline Approach for History Matching Production Data," SPE 59370, in proceedings of the 2000 SPE/DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium, Tulsa, OK, 3-5 April 2000
• Wang, Y., Kovscek, A. R. , and Brigham, W.E.; "Effect of Mobility Ratio on Pattern Behavior of a Homogeneous Porous Medium," In Situ (1999) 23, No. 1, 1-20.
• Crane, M.J. and Blunt, M.J.:"Streamline-based simulation of solute transport," Water Resources Research (1999) 35(10) 3061-3078.
• Emanuel, A.S. and Milliken, W.J.:"History Matching Finite-Difference Models with 3D Streamlines," SPE 49000 presented at ATCE in New Orleans, LA, 27-30 September, 1998.
• Batycky, R.P., Thiele, M.R., and Blunt, M.J.; "A Streamline-Based Reservoir Simulation of the House Mountain Waterflood," Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting (SCRF) Annual Report, Stanford U., 1997.  (PDF: 151 KB)
• Ehlig-Economides, C.A. and Spath, J.; "Waterflood Infill Well Pattern Strategies for Horizontal and Multibranch Wells," SPE 35209, in proceedings of the 1996 SPE Permian Basin Oil Recovery Conference, Midland, Texas, 27-29 March.
• Thiele, M.R., Srinivas, E.R., and Blunt, M.J.; "Quantifying Uncertainty in Reservoir Performance Using Streamtubes," Mathematical Geology (1996) 28, No. 7, 843.