Optimal producer well placement and production planning in an oil reservoir

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-125

  Tavallali, M S ^a   Karimi, I A ^a   Teo, K M ^a   Baxendale, D ^b   Ayatollahi, Sh ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b RPS   (United Kingdom)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dynamic optimization; Mathematical programming; Oil production planning; Oil reservoir modeling; Optimal well placement

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; OIL PRODUCTION PLANNING; OIL RESERVOIRS; OPTIMAL PRODUCTION PLANS; OPTIMAL WELL PLACEMENT; OUTER APPROXIMATION ALGORITHM;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLANNING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SEARCH ENGINES;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 84877886448     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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