Use of artificial intelligence techniques for predicting irreducible water saturation - Australian hydrocarbon basins

SPE - Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2007, Pages 787-796

  Goda, H M ^a   Maier, H R ^a   Behrenbruch, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AED Oil Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ENGINEERS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; ESTIMATION; GASOLINE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HYDROCARBONS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELING; CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES; IRREDUCIBLE WATER SATURATION; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; ORIGINAL HYDROCARBON IN PLACES; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; SEMI-EMPIRICAL MODELING;

FORECASTING;

EID: 52049106406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/109886-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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