Neural-Net Identification of Flow Regime With Band Spectra of Flow-Generated Sound

Autor: Alix Thomas, Alex van der Spek
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering. 2:489-498
ISSN: 1930-0212
1094-6470
DOI: 10.2118/59067-pa
Popis: Summary Multiphase production log interpretation requires that the flow regime along hole in the wellbore is known. Flow regime is the cased-hole analog of lithology. Knowledge of the flow regime will help to interpret tool signals, will help to evaluate the flow rate on a per phase basis, and will reduce post-processing load. The flow regime can be classified correctly by a neural net in up to 87% of all cases using 1/3 octave band spectra of flow-generated sound plus the pipe inclination angle. Without the inclination an 88% correct classification can be achieved. A neural net trained on commercially available tool data (noise cuts) appears to be too sensitive to the wellbore inclination. Hence, application of automated neural net interpretation of noise logs requires a new generation of noise logging tools.
Databáze: OpenAIRE