Field applications of waterflood optimization via optimal rate control with smart wells

SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 403-423

  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

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STREAM FLOW; WATER LEVELS; WELL COMPLETION;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CUMULATIVE OIL PRODUCTION; HIGH WATER - CUT WELL; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATIONS; VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL WELLS;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

EID: 70450176342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/118948-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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