Optimization of multilateral well design and location in a real field using a continuous genetic algorithm

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/DGS Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 260-275

  Bukhamsin, Ahmed Y ^a,b   Farshi, Mohammad Moravvej ^b   Aziz, Khalid ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; COSTS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GEOLOGY; INFILL DRILLING; LOCATION; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CONTINUOUS GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHM (GAS); MAXIMUM RESERVOIR CONTACT WELLS; MULTIPLE OPTIMIZATIONS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITIES; RESERVOIR ARCHITECTURE; WELL PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION;

LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS;

EID: 85027834871     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/136944-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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