Waterflooding optimization using gradient based methods

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/EAGE Reservoir Characterization and Simulation Conference 2009 - Overcoming Modeling Challenges to Optimize Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 333-346

  Asadollahi, Masoud ^a   Naevdal, Geir ^b  

^a IRIS NTNU   (Norway)

^b IRIS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; MATCHED FILTERS; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SECONDARY RECOVERY; STEEPEST DESCENT METHOD;

ADJOINT-BASED OPTIMIZATION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION; GRADIENT-BASED OPTIMIZATION METHOD; OPTIMIZATION VARIABLES; PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; WATERFLOODING OPTIMIZATIONS;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77952161413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/125331-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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