Predicting reservoir quality in sandstones through neural modeling

Due to limited understanding of the details of many diagenetic processes, mathematical models become a very useful tool to predict reservoir quality prior to drilling. Porosity prediction is an important component in pre-drill and post-drill evaluation of reservoir quality. In this context, we have...

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Main Authors: Sandro da Silva Camargo, Paulo Martins Engel
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande 2013-01-01
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Online Access:https://seer.furg.br/vetor/article/view/1337
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description Due to limited understanding of the details of many diagenetic processes, mathematical models become a very useful tool to predict reservoir quality prior to drilling. Porosity prediction is an important component in pre-drill and post-drill evaluation of reservoir quality. In this context, we have developed a mathematical model to predict porosity of sandstones reservoir systems. This model is based on artificial neural networks techniques. We propose a score to quantify their importance of each feature in prediction process. This score allows creating progressive enhancement neural models, which are simpler and more accurate than conventional neural network models and multiple regression. The main contribution of this paper is the building of a reduced model just with the most relevant features to porosity prediction. A dataset about Uerê formation sandstone reservoir was investigated. This formation is an important oil exploration target in Solimões Basin, western Brazilian Amazonia. Study results show that progressive enhancement neural network is able to predict porosity with accuracy near 90%, suggesting that this technique is a valuable tool for reservoir quality prediction.
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spelling doaj.art-54827bbc7f8c4a4f99d2c53c9bdc0e502022-12-22T02:19:23ZengUniversidade Federal do Rio GrandeVetor0102-73522358-34522013-01-01221Predicting reservoir quality in sandstones through neural modelingSandro da Silva Camargo0Paulo Martins EngelUniversidade Federal do Pampa, Campus Bagé - UNIPAMPADue to limited understanding of the details of many diagenetic processes, mathematical models become a very useful tool to predict reservoir quality prior to drilling. Porosity prediction is an important component in pre-drill and post-drill evaluation of reservoir quality. In this context, we have developed a mathematical model to predict porosity of sandstones reservoir systems. This model is based on artificial neural networks techniques. We propose a score to quantify their importance of each feature in prediction process. This score allows creating progressive enhancement neural models, which are simpler and more accurate than conventional neural network models and multiple regression. The main contribution of this paper is the building of a reduced model just with the most relevant features to porosity prediction. A dataset about Uerê formation sandstone reservoir was investigated. This formation is an important oil exploration target in Solimões Basin, western Brazilian Amazonia. Study results show that progressive enhancement neural network is able to predict porosity with accuracy near 90%, suggesting that this technique is a valuable tool for reservoir quality prediction.https://seer.furg.br/vetor/article/view/1337Neural ModelingSandstones Reservoir QualityPorosity Prediction
spellingShingle Sandro da Silva Camargo
Paulo Martins Engel
Predicting reservoir quality in sandstones through neural modeling
Vetor
Neural Modeling
Sandstones Reservoir Quality
Porosity Prediction
title Predicting reservoir quality in sandstones through neural modeling
title_full Predicting reservoir quality in sandstones through neural modeling
title_fullStr Predicting reservoir quality in sandstones through neural modeling
title_full_unstemmed Predicting reservoir quality in sandstones through neural modeling
title_short Predicting reservoir quality in sandstones through neural modeling
title_sort predicting reservoir quality in sandstones through neural modeling
topic Neural Modeling
Sandstones Reservoir Quality
Porosity Prediction
url https://seer.furg.br/vetor/article/view/1337
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