An economic analysis of unitized and non-unitized production

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 67-76

  Lueck, D ^a   Schenewerk, P ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOSSES; OIL WELLS; WELL SPACING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC MODELING; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; MODEL USE; OIL AND GAS; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; TOTAL RECOVERY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

NONUNITIZED PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM CONSERVATION; RESERVOIR WIDE UNITIZATION;

EID: 0029728435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/36577-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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