Summary of A Novel A.i Enhanced Reservoir Characterization with a Combined Mixture Of Experts — Nvidia Modulus Based Physics Informed Neural Operator Forward Model, by Clement Etienam et al.
A Novel A.I Enhanced Reservoir Characterization with a Combined Mixture of Experts – NVIDIA Modulus based Physics Informed Neural Operator Forward Model
by Clement Etienam, Yang Juntao, Issam Said, Oleg Ovcharenko, Kaustubh Tangsali, Pavel Dimitrov, Ken Hester
First submitted to arxiv on: 20 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed advanced workflow for reservoir characterization integrates a Physics Informed Neural Operator (PINO) as a forward model within a Cluster Classify Regress (CCR) framework. This novel approach addresses the challenges of reservoir history matching by parameterizing unknown permeability and porosity fields, capturing non-Gaussian posterior measures with techniques such as a variational convolution autoencoder and the CCR. The workflow is enhanced by an adaptive Regularized Ensemble Kalman Inversion (aREKI), optimized for rapid uncertainty quantification in reservoir history matching. This innovative methodology, termed PINO-Res-Sim, outputs crucial parameters including pressures, saturations, and production rates for oil, water, and gas. Validated against traditional simulators through controlled experiments on synthetic reservoirs and the Norne field, the PINO-Res-Sim showed remarkable accuracy. The learning phase for PINO-Res-Sim was impressively efficient, compatible with ensemble-based methods for complex computational tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The researchers created a new way to analyze underground oil reservoirs by combining two special algorithms: Physics Informed Neural Operator and Cluster Classify Regress. This method helps predict what’s happening inside the reservoir by looking at data from the surface. It can even learn about things that aren’t known yet, like how much oil is left or where it might be flowing. The new approach was tested on real-world data and did better than old methods. It also worked really fast, which means it could help companies make decisions about their oil operations more quickly. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Autoencoder
