Well location selection from a static model and multiple realisations of a geomodel using productivity potential map technique

Society of Petroleum Engineers, 68th European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers Conference and Exhibition, incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2006, EAGE 2006: Opportunities in Mature Areas

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 859-870

  Davies, D R ^a,b   Narayanasamy, R ^a,b   Somerville, J M ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Atlas Wireline Services

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MAPS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

FLOW SIMULATIONS; GAS RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTIVITY POTENTIAL MAP (PPM); WELL PRODUCTIVITY;

OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33947237737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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