Production optimization in closed-loop reservoir management

SPE Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 506-523

  Wang, Chunhong ^a   Li, Gaoming ^a   Reynolds, Albert C ^b  

^a SPE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; GEOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; OPTIMUM OPERATING CONDITIONS; PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC GRADIENT;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70350158093     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/109805-PA     Document Type: Article

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