Optimal rate control under geologic uncertainty

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1066-1090

  Alhuthali, Ahmed H ^a   Datta Gupta, Akhil ^a   Yuen, Bevan ^b   Fontanilla, Jerry P ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GEOLOGY; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STAGES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WELL COMPLETION;

ANALYTICAL COMPUTATIONS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; FIELD IMPLEMENTATION; GEOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; INFLOW CONTROL VALVE; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC FRAMEWORK; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

OIL WELLS;

EID: 55149086408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113628-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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