A data mining approach to unlock potential from an old heavy oil field

Society of Petroleum Engineers Western North American Regional Meeting 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 165-176

  Popa, Andrei ^a   Cassidy, Steve ^a   Mercer, Mark ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; OIL WELL COMPLETION;

BEST PRACTICES; CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; CYCLIC STEAM; DATA-MINING TOOLS; LARGE DATASETS; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; WELL LOCATION; ZONAL ALLOCATION;

DATA MINING;

EID: 79960990425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144470-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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