Optimization of Production Operations in Petroleum Fields

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 2751-2762

  Wang, Pengju ^a   Litvak, Michael ^b   Aziz, Khalid ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BP ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GAS LIFTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE DROP; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

FLOW RATES; FLUID HANDLING CAPACITY; PETROLEUM FIELDS;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

EID: 1142278720     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/77658-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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