Phd:Optimisation of non-conventional wells

TITLE - Optimisation of non-conventional wells
ABSTRACT - Non-conventional wells (multibranched well with arbitrary trajectory) allow to increase considerably hydrocarbon recovery. The productivity of this kind of wells depends on various factors which make the optimum well implementation difficult. The main factors to be considered are the well configurations (depth, orientation of main drain, number of branches, length and orientation of each branch, trajectory ...), reservoir heterogeneity or nature of fluid in place (oil, water, gas). By considering the high drilling cost and the potential earn in well productivity, optimum implementation of non-conventional wells is an important issue in petroleum industry. In this thesis, we propose to study new methodologies to overcome above difficulties for optimum well implementation.
Contact: D-Yu.DING@ifp.fr