Insurance value of intelligent well technology against reservoir uncertainty

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1217-1232

  Addiego Guevara, E A ^a   Jackson, M D ^b   Giddins, M A ^c  

^a Shell International Exploration and Production

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FLOWMETERS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; INTELLIGENT WELL TECHNOLOGY; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WELL TESTING;

CONTROL TECHNIQUES; DOWN-HOLE MONITORING; INTELLIGENT COMPLETION; MODEL-BASED STRATEGY; MULTI-PHASE FLOW METERS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; RESERVOIR UNCERTAINTY; THIN OIL RIM RESERVOIR;

OIL WELL COMPLETION;

EID: 55149099484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113918-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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