The role of the value of information and long horizontal wells in the appraisal and development studies of a Brazilian offshore heavy-oil reservoir

SPE/PS-CIM/CHOA International Thermal Operations and Heavy Oil Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Branco, Celso C M ^a   Pinto, Antônio C C ^a   Tinoco, Paulo M B ^a   Vieira, Paulo M F ^b   Sayd, Alexandre M ^b   Santos, Renato L A ^b   Fabio, Prais ^b  

^a Atlas Wireline Services

^b Petrobras ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEAVY OIL RESOURCES; RESERVOIR BEHAVIOR; RESERVOIR VISCOSITIES; SEA WATER INJECTION; VALUE OF THE NEW INFORMATION; WELL PLANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRILLING; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL TESTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; VISCOSITY; WATER;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 33646596913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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