Tahiti: Assessment of uncertainty in a deepwater reservoir using design of experiments

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3565-3580

  Carreras, P E ^a   Johnson, S G ^a   Turner, S E ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER SUPPORT; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY CURVES; RESERVOIR ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROCARBONS; OIL WELL DRILLING; SAND; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 33750984224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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