Economic Benefits from Automated Optimization of High Pressure Gas Usage in an Oil Production System

Proceedings - SPE Production Operations Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 71-81

  McKie, C J N ^a   Rojas, E A ^b   Quintero, N M ^b   Chacon Fonseca J R ^b   Perozo, N J ^b  

^a Edinburgh Petroleum Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Petróleos de Venezuela SA ^*  (Venezuela)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; SEQUENTIAL LINEAR PROGRAMMING (SLP);

AUTOMATION; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GAS DYNAMICS; GAS LIFTS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OIL WELL DRILLING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SCADA SYSTEMS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 1642562543     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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