Application of artificial intelligence to characterize naturally fractured zones in Hassi Messaoud Oil Field, Algeria

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 122-141

  El Ouahed, Abdelkader Kouider ^a   Tiab, Djebbar ^b   Mazouzi, Amine ^a  

^a SONATRACH   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Fuzzy logic; Hassi Messaoud; Naturally fractured reservoir; Neural networks; Reservoir characterization

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE INTENSITY MAP; FRACTURE NETWORK MAP; FRACTURED ZONES; FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM; NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); FUZZY SETS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

OIL FIELD DEVELOPMENT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; OIL FIELD;

EID: 29544446578     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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