EOR vs. infill well drilling: Sensitivity to operational and economic parameters

Society of Petroleum Engineers - North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition 2012, NATC 2012: Managing Hydrocarbon Resources in a Changing Environment

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 386-402

  Alusta, Gamal ^a   Mackay, Eric ^a   Fennema, Julian ^a   Armih, Khari ^a   Collins, Ian ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BP ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; HYDROCARBONS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC EVALUATION TOOLS; ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; RISK AND UNCERTAINTY; SYNTHETIC RESERVOIR MODELS;

INFILL DRILLING;

EID: 84865736572     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/150454-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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