Optimal water flood management under geological uncertainty using accelerated production strategy

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1403-1418

  Taware, Satyajit ^a   Sharma, Mohan ^a   Alhuthali, Ahmed H ^a   Datta Gupta, Akhil ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; FIELD APPLICATION; FIELD TECHNOLOGY; FINITE DIFFERENCE; GEOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; INFLOW CONTROL VALVE; MISFIT FUNCTIONS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OIL RECOVERIES; OPTIMAL INJECTION; OPTIMIZATION SCHEME; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PRODUCTION RATES; PRODUCTION STRATEGY; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; RATE CONTROLS; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SMART WELLS; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATIONS; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; VELOCITY FIELD; WATER BREAKTHROUGH; WATER FLOOD; WELLBORE;

BENCHMARKING; FLOOD CONTROL; GEOLOGIC MODELS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELL COMPLETION; WELL STIMULATION;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78651076438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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