Uncertainty quantification improves well construction cost estimation in unconventional reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2013 - Unconventional Becoming Conventional: Lessons Learned and New Innovations

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 200-213

  Valdes, Alejandro ^a   McVay, Duane A ^a   Noynaert, Samuel F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GASOLINE; HORIZONTAL WELLS; OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE VALUATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DETERMINISTIC METHODS; EFFICIENT ALLOCATIONS; ESTIMATION PROCESS; PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

COST ESTIMATING;

EID: 84897476510     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/167139-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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