Optimal field development through infill drilling for the main pay in South Rumaila oil field

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Trinidad and Tobago Energy Resources Conference 2010, SPE TT 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 92-110

  Al Mudhafer, W J ^a   Al Jawad, M S ^b   Al Shamma, D A ^a  

^a Ministry of Oil Republic of Iraq   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY RESOURCES; FORECASTING; INFILL DRILLING; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

CUMULATIVE OIL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; FIELD DEVELOPMENT; FUTURE PREDICTIONS; NET PRESENT VALUE; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL PRODUCTION; SURFACE INJECTIONS;

OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78650428700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/132303-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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