Ensemble based optimization of EOR processes

Society of Petroleum Engineers Western North American Regional Meeting 2010 - In Collaboration with the Joint Meetings of the Pacific Section AAPG and Cordilleran Section GSA

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 467-493

  Odi, Uchenna O ^a   Lane, Robert H ^a   Antonieta Barrufet, Maria ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJOINTS; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION; ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER; FIELD PERMEABILITY; HYDROCARBON FIELDS; INJECTION RATES; NET PRESENT VALUE; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OPTIMIZED CONTROL; PROCESS DYNAMICS; PROJECT SUCCESS; SMART WELL TECHNOLOGY; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT FLOODS; WATER FLOOD;

ENGINEERS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; HYDROCARBONS; OIL WELL FLOODING; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RISK PERCEPTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER INJECTION;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77958511015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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