Optimizing polymerflood via rate control

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference 2011, EORC 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1096-1110

  Sharma, Mohan ^a   Taware, Satyajit ^a   Datta Gupta, Akhil ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELLS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; WELL COMPLETION;

COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GEOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; INFLOW CONTROL VALVE; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATIONS; WATERFLOOD MANAGEMENT;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 80755123403     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144833-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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