Estimation of density log and sonic log using artificial intelligence: an example from the Perth Basin, Australia

Authors

  • Muhammad Ridha Adhari Department of Geological Engineering, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Jl. Syeikh Abdurrauf As Sinkili no.7, Darussalam, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
  • Muhammad Yusuf Kardawi Department of Computer Engineering, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Jl. Syeik Abdurrauf As Sinkili no.7, Darussalam, Banda Aceh, Indonesia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25299/jgeet.2022.7.4.10050

Keywords:

Wireline log data, Hydrocarbon, Artificial intelligence (AI), Artificial neural network (ANN), Multiple linear regression (MLR)

Abstract

It is well understood that with  a large number of data, an excellent interpretation of the subsurface condition can be produced, and also our understandings of the subsurface conditions can be improved significantly. However, having abundant subsurface geological and petrophysical data sometimes may not be possible, mainly due to budget issues. This situation can generate issues during hydrocarbon exploration and/or development activities.

In this paper, the authors tried to apply artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to estimate outcomes values of particular wireline log data, using available petrophysic data. Two types of AI were selected and these are artificial neural network (ANN), and multiple linear regression (MLR). This research aims to advance our understanding of AI and its application in geology. There are three objectives of this study: (1) to estimate sonic log (DT) and density log (RhoB) using different types of AI (ANN and MLR); (2) to assess the best AI technique that can be used to estimate certain wireline log data; and (3) to compare the estimated wireline log values with the real, recorded values from the subsurface.

Findings from this study show that ANN consistently provided a better accuracy percentage compared to MLR when estimating density log (RhoB). While using different set of data and technique, estimation of sonic log (DT) produced different accuracy level. Moreover, crossplot validation of the results show that the results from ANN analysis produced higher trendline reliability (R2) and correlation coefficient (R) than the results from MLR analysis. Comparison of the estimated RhoB and DT log data with the original recorded data shows minor mismatch. This is evident that AI technique can be a reliable solution to estimate particular outcomes of wireline log data, due to limited availability of the original recorded subsurface petrophysic data. It is expected that these findings would provide new insights into the application of AI in geology, and encourage the readers to explore and expand the many possibilities of the application of AI in geology.

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2022-12-15