Optimizing maximum-reservoir-contact wells: Application to Saudi Arabian reservoirs

2005 International Petroleum Technology Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 585-606

  Hussain, A ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Garni, S A ^a   Shammari, M A ^a  

^a SPE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELLS; ROCKS; SIMULATORS;

CROSSFLOW CONTROLS; MAXIMUM RESERVOIR CONTACT (MRC); MULTILATERAL-WELL TECHNOLOGY; RESERVOIR DYNAMICS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33745265237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/iptc-10395-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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