Artificial intelligence applications in offshore oil and gas production
- Univ. of Houston, TX (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Technology
- Brown and Root, Inc., Houston, TX (United States)
The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gained considerable acceptance in virtually all fields, of engineering applications. Artificial intelligence is now being applied in several areas of offshore oil and gas operations, such as drilling, well testing, well logging and interpretation, reservoir engineering, planning and economic evaluation, process control, and risk analysis. Current AI techniques offer a new and exciting technology for solving problems in the oil and gas industry. Expert systems, fuzzy logic systems, neural networks and genetic algorithms are major AI technologies which have made an impact on the petroleum industry. Presently, these technologies are at different stages of maturity with expert systems being the most mature and genetic algorithms the least. However, all four technologies have evolved such that practical applications were produced. This paper describes the four major Al techniques and their many applications in offshore oil and gas production operations. A summary description of future developments in Al technology that will affect the execution and productivity of offshore operations will be also provided.
- OSTI ID:
- 89815
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940113--; ISBN 0-7918-1184-0
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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