Optimization of Nonconventional Well Type, Location and Trajectory

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 2011-2024

  Yeten, Burak ^a   Durlofsky, Louis J ^a,b   Aziz, Khalid ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ChevronTexaco EPTC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; OIL FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; VECTORS;

NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV); NONCONVENTIONAL WELLS (NCW);

OIL WELLS;

EID: 1142303010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/77565-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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