Soft Computing for Reservoir Characterization and Modeling

by Patrick Wong (Editor)

Intelligent Reservoir Characterization.- 1. Seismic Characterization.- Prediction of Reservoir Properties by Monte Carlo Simulation and Artificial Neural Network in the Exploration Stage.- Application of Neural Networks in Determining Petrophysical Properties from Seismic Survey.- Mapping the Gas Column in an Aquifer Gas Storage with Neural Network Techniques.- Interval and Fuzzy Kriging Techniques Applied to Geological and Geophysical Variables.- Application of Self-Organizing Feature Maps to Reservoir Characterization.- 2. Well Logging.- Taking One Step Forward in Reservoir Characterization Using Artificial Neural Networks.- Inverting SP Logs Using Artificial Neural Networks and the Application in Reservoir Characterization.- Predicting Petrophysical Parameters in a Fuzzy Environment.- The Application of Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithms to Reservoir Characterization and Modeling.- The Use of Soft Computing Techniques as Data Preprocessing and Postprocessing in Permeability Determination from Well Log Data.- A New Technique to Estimate the Hydrocarbon Saturation in Shaly A Field Example in the Bahariya Formation, Egypt.- 3. Numerical Geology.- Automated Reconstruction of a Basin Thermal History with Integrated Paleothermometry and Genetic Algorithm.- An Automatic Geophysical Inversion Procedure Using a Genetic Algorithm.- Statistical Pattern Recognition and Geostatistical Data Integration.- How to Improve Reservoir Characterization Models Using Intelligent Systems.- Regional A New Method to Upscale Heterogeneous Reservoirs for a Range of Force Regimes.- 4. Advanced Algorithms.- New Uncertainty Measures for Predicted Geological Properties from Seismic Attribute Calibration.- Rule Induction Algorithm for Application to Geological and Petrophysical Data.- Joint Lithologic Inversion.- Support Vector Machines for Classification and Mapping of Reservoir Data.- Non-parametric Covariance Modeling Using Fast Fourier Transform.- About the Editors.

604 pages, Paperback

Published October 5, 2014

About the author

Patrick Wong is the author of BALANCER and TAKER, part of The Final Deity series of books. He's a graduate of James Madison University and lives in the Northern Virginia area with his wife and two daughters. By day, he's a computer software developer for major corporations and government agencies. By night, he's a indie author.