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Well Placement Optimization

Well Placement Optimization is a computational methodology within reservoir engineering that systematically determines the optimal spatial configuration of wells in a shale oil reservoir to maximize hydrocarbon recovery or economic performance under constraints, distinguished from other simulation-based design approaches by its focus on the strategic positioning of injection and production wells in the context of waterflood simulation.

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411

Application of a particle swarm optimization algorithm for determining optimum well location and type

Jérôme Onwunalu, Louis J. Durlofsky · Computational Geosciences · 2009 · 447 citations

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On optimization algorithms for the reservoir oil well placement problem

Wolfgang Bangerth, Héctor Klíe, Mary F. Wheeler et al. · Computational Geosciences · 2006 · 275 citations

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Adjoint-Based Well-Placement Optimization Under Production Constraints

M. J. Zandvliet, Martijn Handels, G. M. van Essen et al. · SPE Journal · 2008 · 215 citations

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Reservoir Development and Design Optimization

Antonio C. Bittencourt, Roland N. Horne · SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition · 1997 · 208 citations

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Well Placement Optimization Using a Genetic Algorithm With Nonlinear Constraints

Alexandre A. Emerick, Eugênio Silva, Bruno Messer et al. · 2009 · 191 citations

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Authors

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  1. AC
    Albert C. Reynolds

    University of Tulsa, United States

    13 publications · 611 citations

    13

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  2. RN
    Roland N. Horne

    Stanford University, United States

    9 publications · 949 citations

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  3. LJ
    Louis J. Durlofsky

    Stanford University, United States

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. FF
    Fahim Forouzanfar

    University of Tulsa, United States

    8 publications · 392 citations

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  5. MS
    Mohammad Sayyafzadeh

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    7 publications · 229 citations

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Institutions

291

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    20 h-index

    40 publications

    3.7K citations

  2. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    17 h-index

    50 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. Amirkabir University of Technology

    Tehran, Iran

    15 h-index

    42 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. University of Tulsa

    Tulsa, United States

    14 h-index

    36 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. China University of Petroleum, East China

    Qingdao, China

    13 h-index

    60 publications

    1.9K citations

  6. Mitchell Institute

    Portland, United States

    13 h-index

    36 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    12 h-index

    29 publications

    2.9K citations

  8. China University of Petroleum, Beijing

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    26 publications

    822 citations

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  1. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

    54 publications · 2K citations

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  2. Computational Geosciences

    22 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

    Conference · 18 publications · 1.2K citations

    15

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  4. SPE Journal

    12 publications · 637 citations

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