Heterogeneous reservoirs are prevalent; otherwise, they are rare. The problem is detecting the degree of such heterogeneity, which has a significant impact on hydrocarbon production in oilfields. Several vertical heterogeneity measures were introduced to accomplish this task. The coefficient of variation (CV), the Dykstra–Parsons coefficient (VDP), and the Lorenz coefficient (LC) are the most…
Geothermal energy exploitation has emerged as a critical solution to combat global climate crises, such as reducing CO2 emissions and climate warming. Scaling is the process of mineral precipitation in fluid pathways and geothermal equipment. It is known to significantly hamper geothermal energy production by decreasing the rates of heat extraction. Numerous research efforts are dedicated to ch…
Complex pore structures with multiple inclusions challenge the predictive accuracy of rock physics models. This study introduces a novel method for estimating a single equivalent pore aspect ratio that optimizes rock physics model predictions by minimizing discrepancies with experimental measurements in porous rocks with multiple inclusions with variable aspect ratios and proportions. The propo…
We propose a novel machine learning approach to improve the formation evaluation from logs by integrating petrophysical information with neural networks using a loss function. The petrophysical information can either be specific logging response equations or abstract relationships between logging data and reservoir parameters. We compare our method's performances using two datasets and evaluate…
The identification of high-quality marine shale gas reservoirs has always been a key task in the exploration and development stage. However, due to the serious nonlinear relationship between the logging curve response and high-quality reservoirs, the rapid identification of high-quality reservoirs has always been a problem of low accuracy. This study proposes a combination of the oversampling m…
A direct hydrocarbon detection is performed by using multi-attributes based quantum neural networks with gas fields. The proposed multi-attributes based quantum neural networks for hydrocarbon detection use data clustering and local wave decomposition based seismic attenuation characteristics, relative wave impedance features of prestack seismic data as the selected multiple attributes for one …
Injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) into reservoirs is a widely recognized method for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and carbon storage. This study introduces an innovative Artificial neural network (ANN)-based proxy model that significantly enhances the speed of determining equilibrium states in fluid systems, especially in the complex phase behavior of the CO2-hydrocarbon system. Notably, the model c…
The digital reconstruction of reservoir rock or porous media is important as it enables us to visualize and explore their real internal structures. The reservoir rocks (such as sandstone and carbonate) contain both spatial and temporal characteristics, which pose a big challenge in their characterization through routine core analysis or x-ray microcomputer tomography. While x-ray micro-computed…
Targeting reservoirs below seismic resolution presents a major challenge in reservoir characterization. High-resolution seismic data is critical for imaging the thin gas-bearing Khadro sand facies in several fields within the Lower Indus Basin (LIB). To truly characterize thin beds below tuning thickness, we showcase an optimally developed deep learning technique that can save up to 75% turn-ar…
The aim of this work is to present a methodology for the reconstruction of missing fracture density within highly fractured intervals, which can represent preferential fluid flow pathways. The lack of record can be very common due to the intense presence of fractures, dissolution processes, or data acquisition issues. The superposition of numerous fractures makes the definition of fracture surf…