Patent ID: 8260595

Claim:
A method of performing intelligent completion design for a reservoir within a field having at least one wellsite with a steam injection well penetrating a subterranean formation of the field for extracting fluid from the reservoir therein, comprising: obtaining measurement data of the subterranean formation associated with the steam injection well; generating, using a processor of a computer, a reservoir model based on the measurement data; determining, using the processor, a geological profile adjacent to the steam injection well using the reservoir model; identifying, using the processor, a location along the steam injection well where the geological profile indicates that an amount of porous material exceeds a pre-determined threshold; defining, using the processor and in response to identifying the location, a steam injection configuration comprising a first perforation of the steam injection well and a second perforation of a producing well adjacent to the steam injection well, wherein the first perforation and the second perforation are at the location based on the amount of porous material exceeding the pre-determined threshold; and storing the steam injection configuration.