Optimization of well placement under time-dependent uncertainty

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-145

  Ozdogan, Umut ^a   Horne, Roland N ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY;

NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV); OIL RECOVERY; RECURSIVE PROBABILISTIC HISTORY-MATCHING; TIME-DEPENDENT UNCERTAINTY; WELL PLACEMENT;

OIL WELLS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33646353679     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/90091-pa     Document Type: Article

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