Abstract
Thermal Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) is one of the main contributors to EOR worldwide production. Steam huff and puff injection, one of its methods, is a technique in which steam is injected in a cyclical manner alternating with oil production. Reservoir simulation is considered as the most reliable solution to evaluate the reservoir performance and designing an optimized production scheme. However, it still remains time-consuming and expensive. Applying machine learning to build a predictive proxy model is a suitable solution to deal with the issue. Presently, there have been a limited number of studies covering the topic of proxy model development to estimate production performance for this injection method. This study provides a review of the machine learning implementations for estimating steam huff and puff injection production performance, starting with an introductory explanation about the method, followed by the currently deployed machine learning models along with the challenges and future prospects.
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Merdeka, M.G., Ridha, S., Negash, B.M., Ilyas, S.U. (2022). Current Overview of Machine Learning Application for Predicting Steam Huff and Puff Injection Production Performance. In: Ibrahim, R., K. Porkumaran, Kannan, R., Mohd Nor, N., S. Prabakar (eds) International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Smart Community. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 758. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2183-3_57
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