Robust optimization of SAGD operations under geological uncertainties

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 700-715

  Yang, Chaodong ^a   Card, Colin ^a   Nghiem, Long ^a   Fedutenko, Eugene ^a  

^a University of Calgary and Computer Modelling Group Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GEOLOGY; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; STATISTICS;

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; GEOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; RESERVOIR PROPERTY; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; SECOND-ORDER POLYNOMIAL; STANDARD DEVIATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 79957923339     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/141676-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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