?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F162%2F&rft.title=Optimal+Strategy+for+Imperial+Oil's+Cold+Lake+Facilities&rft.creator=Huang%2C+Huaxiong&rft.subject=Energy+and+utilities&rft.description=Optimizing+the+performance+of+the+entire+Cold+Lake+system+seems+to+be+an+impossible+task+at+first.+It+was+therefore+decided+that+solving+a+scaled-down+version+of+the+problem+would+be+more+productive%2C+and+help+understand+the+full+problem+better+and+identify+suitable+mathematical+models.%0A%0AThe+first+part+of+the+report+summarizes+the+discussions+and+the+models+proposed+for+a+four-well+problem.+Because+the+models+are+non-linear%2C+one+of+their+major+draw-backs+is+that+they+quickly+become+very+computationally+expensive%2C+and+are+impractical+for+the+number+of+wells+at+Cold+Lake.%0A%0AThe+second+part+of+the+report+discusses+a+new+approach+to+the+problem%2C+where+it+has+been+formulated+as+a+linear+programming+problem%2C+and+its+size+is+independent+on+the+number+of+wells.+Results+for+a+test+case+are+presented.&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F162%2F1%2Fimperial_oil.pdf&rft.identifier=++Huang%2C+Huaxiong++(2000)+Optimal+Strategy+for+Imperial+Oil's+Cold+Lake+Facilities.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++