Development of a framework for optimization of reservoir simulation studies

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 135-146

  Zhang, Jiang ^a   Delshad, Mojdeh ^a   Sepehrnoori, Kamy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Optimization algorithm; Reservoir simulation; Response surface; Sensitivity analysis; Well placement optimization

Indexed keywords

RESERVOIR SIMULATION; WELL PLACEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLOW MODELING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548699680     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2007.03.013     Document Type: Article

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