Contribution of Artificial Intelligence/Big Data to Reservoir Engineering and Reservoir Modeling

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Process Control and Monitoring".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 401

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School of Civil and Resources Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: reservoir simulation; machine learning; seepage mechanics; underground energy storage

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Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, PetroChina, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: reservoir simulation; machine learning; seepage mechanics

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Dear Colleagues,

The ever-growing volume of data in the oil and gas industry presents a unique opportunity to explore the contribution of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to reservoir engineering and reservoir modeling.

This Special Issue delves into how AI algorithms can leverage vast datasets for predictive analytics and real-time decision making, thus leading to enhanced reservoir characterization, the identification of optimal production zones, unprecedented production forecasting, and rapid model improvement through real-time data analysis.

We seek original research that optimizes reservoir production while fostering sustainable practices, focusing on novel AI techniques, big data integration in workflows, real-time optimization strategies, and the role of AI in balancing resource recovery with long-term reservoir health. This collaboration between data scientists, engineers, and geoscientists aims to pave the way for a new era of data-driven reservoir management.

Dr. Ming Yue
Dr. Shuhong Wu
Dr. Jianchun Xu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • artificial intelligence
  • reservoir engineering
  • reservoir modeling

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Sedimentary Facies Identification Technique Based on Multimodal Data Fusion
by Yuchuan Yi, Yuanfu Zhang, Xiaoqin Hou, Junyang Li, Kai Ma, Xiaohan Zhang and Yuxiu Li
Processes 2024, 12(9), 1840; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12091840 - 29 Aug 2024
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Identifying sedimentary facies represents a fundamental aspect of oil and gas exploration. In recent years, geologists have employed deep learning methods to develop comprehensive predictions of sedimentary facies. However, their methods are often constrained to some kind of unimodal data, and the practicality [...] Read more.
Identifying sedimentary facies represents a fundamental aspect of oil and gas exploration. In recent years, geologists have employed deep learning methods to develop comprehensive predictions of sedimentary facies. However, their methods are often constrained to some kind of unimodal data, and the practicality and generalizability of the resulting models are relatively limited. Therefore, based on the characteristics of oilfield data with multiple heterogeneous sources and the difficulty of complementary fusion between data, this paper proposes a sedimentary facies identification technique with multimodal data fusion, which uses multimodal data from core wells, including logging, physical properties, textual descriptions, and core images, to comprehensively predict the sedimentary facies by adopting decision-level feature fusion after predicting different unimodal data separately. The method was applied to a total of 12 core wells in the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin, China; good results were obtained, achieving an accuracy of over 90% on both the validation and test sets. Using this method, the sedimentary microfacies of a newly drilled core well can be predicted and the interpretation of the sedimentary framework in the well area can be updated in real-time based on data from newly drilled core wells, significantly improving the efficiency and accuracy of oil and gas exploration and development. Full article
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