A Probability Approach to Development of a Large Carbonate Reservoir with Natural Fractures and Stratiform Super-Permeabilities

Proceedings of the Middle East Oil Show

Volumn 13, Issue , 2003, Pages 181-200

  Pham, T R ^a   Stenger, B A ^a   Al Otaibi, U F ^a   Al Afaleg, N I ^a   Al Ali, Z A ^a   Sarda, S ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BEICIP FRANLAB   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); HORIZONTAL WELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL DRILLING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WELL FLOODING;

RESERVOIR SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODELING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1842610457     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/81433-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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