Efficient design of reservior simulation studies for development and optimization

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 629-637

  Kalla, Subhash ^a   White, Christopher D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

POLYNOMIAL-RESPONSE MODEL; RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POLYNOMIALS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GAS WELL; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; METHODOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 38849102298     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/95456-pa     Document Type: Article

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