Adjoint-based well-placement optimization under production constraints

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 36-42

  Handels, M ^a   Zandvliet, M J ^a   Brouwer, D R ^b   Jansen, J D ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Shell Intl E and P

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOW RATE; GRADIENT METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; WELL FLOODING;

NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV); OPTIMAL WELL LOCATIONS; PSEUDO WELLS;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 34249092322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/105797-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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