Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MS
College
Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
Department
Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Committee Chair
Shahab D Mohaghegh
Abstract
The work presented in this thesis is an intelligent reservoir modeling and analysis of Lower Huron Shale in eastern Kentucky. Methodology used for this analysis is a recently developed Top Down Intelligent Reservoir Modeling, that couples artificial intelligence and data mining techniques with conventional reservoir engineering methods. A total of 77 wells completed in Lower Huron Shale in eastern Kentucky were used in this study. Well production data was obtained from the company operating the wells, while completion reports and well logs were downloaded from publicly available database at Kentucky Geological Surveys website. The downloaded well logs were digitized, and detailed geological interpretation of the studied area was performed. More information about the reservoir was acquired through decline and type curve analyses and single well history matching. Single well history matching was performed with publicly available shale and tight gas reservoir simulator. All of the acquired data was used in the development of spatiotemporal dataset that was further analyzed with state of the art in artificial intelligence and data mining (fuzzy pattern recognition, artificial neural networks). Finally, reservoir was divided into zones of different relative reservoir quality and full field artificial intelligence empowered predictive model of the reservoir was developed and verified.
Recommended Citation
Grujic, Ognjen, "Intelligent reservoir modeling of Lower Huron Shale" (2011). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 4725.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/4725