Final Year Project (Proposal Defense)

Project Title: Optimizing History Match by utilization of Artificial

Neural
Network
Period: September
2016 April 2017

Presented by : Ashwin Vel a/l Kalimuthu

Date : 15/11/2016

Introduction

Relevancy of Project
Problem Statement

History matching requires large number of simulation runs because there are many
uncertainties in reservoir characterization

High non-linear behaviour of the reservoir

Procedure of history matching is costly, time-consuming and difficult

Automated/Assisted history matching lacks engineering judgement

Introduction

Relevancy of Project
Objective of study:
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Create an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) enhanced data set to use as input
to reservoir simulation study.

Reduce the number of simulations runs to save time of the expert

Analysis of data using Artificial Neural Network

Predict useful insights of the reservoir performance.

Background Study
Algorithm Applied

Applies Backpropagation algorithm:

Errors are propagated backwards

Hidden Layer: acts a supervised learning layer

Input and output is given and the network computes its own (error between them is
calculated)

The idea of backpropagation is to reduce this error

Algorithm used: Scaled Conjugate Gradient/ Levenberg-Marquardt

Literature Review
Past Development

APPLICATIONS OF ANN IN DIFFERENT

FIELDS

APPLICATIONS OF ANN IN PETROLEUM

ENGINEERING

Sales
Forecasting

(Yip, Hines and Yu 1997)

Proxy model
building

(Zang, et. Al 2006)

Medical
Diagnosis

(Amato, et al. 2013) (Lei and XingCheng 2010)

Well long
interpretation

(Baldwin, Otte and Whealtley 1989)(JongSe and Jungwhan 2004)

Stock market
predictions

(Adebiyi, et al. 2012)

Well test data

analysis

(Al-Kaabi and Lee 1990)(Ershaghi, et al.

1993)

Customer
research

(Chattopadhyay, et al. 2012)

Reservoir
charactherization

(Mohaghegh, et al 1995) (Ahmad, et al

1997) (Singh, et al 2008)

Industrial
Process Control

(Devadhas, Pushpakumar and

Mary 2012)

Inversion of seismic
waveform

(David 1993) (Yang and Huang 1991)

Credit
Evaluation

(Baesens, et al. 2003)

Prediction of PVT
data

(Gharbi and Elsharkawy 1997) (Briones, et

al. 2009)

Energy cost
prediction

(Yalcintas and Akkurt 2005)

Identifying
fractures and faults

(Key, et al. 1997) (Sadiq and Nashawi

2000) (Aminzadeh and deGrott 2005)

Detecting
hydrocarbons and
forecast formation
damage

(Cheng-Dang, et al. 1994) (Aminzadeh

and deGrott 2005) (Kalam, Al-Alawi and
Al-Mukheini 1996)

Methodology

History Match using AI

Methodology

Preparing the Neural Network Structure

INPU
T

HIDDEN
LAYER

ACTIVATION FUNCTION

OUTPU
T

Data range: 10<k<100

Data range:
10<<100
Data range:
50<h<300

Inputs

Description

Outputs

Descriptio
n

(STB/D)

Oil production difference from base

case

Permeabilit
y

(MSCF/D)

Gas production difference from

base case

Porosity

(STB/D)

Water production difference from

Thickness
9

Software Utilized

Artificial Neural Network for History Match

MATLAB
Prepare data for ANN Model
Design the ANN Model

Schlumberger Eclipse
Simulation and History Match
10

What to Expect?

Artificial Neural Network for History Match

Train and develop an Artificial Neural Network that can predict reservoir properties
Produce more realistic reservoir modelling:
-

Incorporates more geology and reservoir information

Model will be more geologically driven

Reduces history matching time:

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Reduces number of simulation runs

Able to validate the model more accurately

Provide better prediction data

Acknowledgement
FYP I Supervisor

Berihun Mamo Negash

Panels of Examiners

Assoc. Prof. Dr Jang Hyun Lee

Juhairi Aris bin Muhammad Shuhili

Muhammad Azfar bin Mohamed

Coordinator
Friends
Family

REFERENCES
Shahkarami, A., Mohaghegh, S. D., Gholami, V., & Haghighat, S. A. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Assisted History Matching.
Srinivasan, K., & Ertekin, T. Development and Testing of an Expert System for Coalbed
Methane Reservoirs Using Artificial Neural Networks.