Uncertainty Assessment of Well Placement Optimization

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 2593-2605

  Güyagüler, Baris ^a   Horne, Roland N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GEOSTATISTICAL REALIZATIONS; HYBRID GENETIC ALGORITHMS (HGA);

OIL WELLS;

EID: 1142290660     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71625-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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