Development of a probabilistic model to estimate productivity improvement due to underbalanced drilling

Society of Petroleum Engineers - IADC/SPE Underbalanced Technology Conference and Exhibition 2003, UTCE 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Suryanarayana, P V ^a   Rahman, S ^a   Natarajan, R ^b   Reiley, R ^c  

^a Blade Energy Partners   (United States)

^b RCAM   (United States)

^c SMU ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FORECASTING; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INFILL DRILLING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NATURAL GAS WELL COMPLETION; OIL WELL COMPLETION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

ABSOLUTE PERMEABILITY; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT FACTORS; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; STATISTICAL TREATMENT; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY;

UNDERBALANCED DRILLING;

EID: 33745779061     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/81639-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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