Rocks formed during different geologic time record the diverse evolution of the geosphere and biosphere. In the past decades, substantial geoscience data have been made open access, providing invaluable resources for studying the stratigraphy in different regions and at different scales. However, many open datasets have information recorded in natural language with heterogeneous terminologies, …
Lacustrine shale reservoirs present intricate attributes such as the prevalence of lamination, rapid sedimentary phase transitions, and pronounced heterogeneity. These factors introduce substantial challenges in analyzing and comprehending reservoir characteristics. Thin-section imaging offers a direct medium to observe these traits, yet the intrinsic compromise between image resolution and fie…
The current utility of mud gas data is typically limited to geological and petrophysical correlation, formation evaluation, and fluid typing. A critical and comprehensive review of the literature on mud gas data revealed that the mud gas data is abundantly acquired during drilling but not sufficiently utilized in real time. There is the need to leverage the current advances in machine learning …
Conductive fractures in petroleum reservoirs may be totally isolated or fully interconnected. There is an intermediate state between the two extremities. Partially fractured reservoirs include finite fracture networks (FFN), which are bundles of interconnected fractures embedded in a sea of isolated fractures. Devising measures for sizes of FFNs is crucial in estimating critical engineering asp…
During drilling, to maximize future expected production of hydrocarbon resources, the experts commonly adjust the trajectory (geosteer) in response to new insights obtained through real-time measurements. Geosteering workflows are increasingly based on the quantification of subsurface uncertainties during real-time operations. As a consequence, operational decision-making is becoming both bette…
Measuring roughness of fractures in buried rock is challenging, but important in estimating fracture shear strength and permeability. Here, we present FracRough, a first-of-its-kind computer program that was developed to calculate the joint roughness coefficient (JRC) of reservoir rock fractures from core exterior. Core is often acquired from oil and gas wells using particular drilling bits tha…
One important property of oil and gas reservoirs is permeability, which has proven to be difficult to predict. Empirical and regression models are the current industrial practice for predicting permeability due to high cost and time consumption associated with laboratory measurement. In recent times, machine learning algorithms have been employed for the prediction of permeability due to their …
In recent years, transformer-based deep learning networks have gained popularity in Hyperspectral (HS) unmixing applications due to their superior performance. Most of these networks use an Endmember Extraction Algorithm(EEA) for the initialization of their network. As EEAs performance depends on the environment, single initialization does not ensure optimum performance. Also, only a few networ…
UAV-mounted sensors can be used to estimate crop biophysical traits, offering an alternative to traditional field scouting. However, the high temporal resolution offered by UAV platforms, critical for identifying small differences in crop conditions, is rarely exploited throughout the entire growing season. This limits growers' ability to obtain timely information for real-time interventions. N…
The Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - based imaging is being intensively explored for precise crop evaluation. Various optical sensors, such as RGB, multi-spectral, and hyper-spectral cameras, can be used for this purpose. Consistent image quality is crucial for accurate plant trait prediction (i.e., phenotyping). However, achieving consistent image quality can pose a challenge as image qualiti…