Uncertainty management in a giant fractured carbonate field, Oman, using experimental design

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 96, 2011, Pages 137-157

  Hollis, Cathy ^a,c   Price, Simon ^a   Dijk, Harm ^a   Wei, Lingli ^a   Frese, Daniela ^a   Van Rijen, Michiel ^b   Salhi, Mohamed Al ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FORECASTING METHOD; FRACTURED MEDIUM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OMAN;

EID: 84865605241     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/13301412M963482     Document Type: Article

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