Subsurface sedimentary structure identification using deep learning: A review

C Zhan, Z Dai, Z Yang, X Zhang, Z Ma, HV Thanh… - Earth-Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The reliable identification of subsurface sedimentary structures (ie, geologic heterogeneity)
is critical in various earth and environmental sciences, petroleum reservoir engineering, and …

Data‐worth analysis for heterogeneous subsurface structure identification with a stochastic deep learning framework

C Zhan, Z Dai, MR Soltanian… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reliable characterization of subsurface structures is essential for earth sciences and related
applications. Data assimilation‐based identification frameworks can reasonably estimate …

[HTML][HTML] Advancements and perspectives in embedded discrete fracture models (EDFM)

REB Poli, MV Barbosa Machado, K Sepehrnoori - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Embedded Discrete Fracture Model (EDFM) has emerged as a prominent piece of
technology used for embedding the hydraulic behavior of rock joints in reservoir numerical …

An integrated inversion framework for heterogeneous aquifer structure identification with single-sample generative adversarial network

C Zhan, Z Dai, J Samper, S Yin, R Ershadnia… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Generating reasonable heterogeneous aquifer structures is essential for understanding the
physicochemical processes controlling groundwater flow and solute transport better. The …

3D CNN-PCA: A deep-learning-based parameterization for complex geomodels

Y Liu, LJ Durlofsky - Computers & Geosciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Geological parameterization enables the representation of geomodels in terms of a
relatively small set of variables. Parameterization is therefore very useful in the context of …

Variational autoencoder or generative adversarial networks? a comparison of two deep learning methods for flow and transport data assimilation

J Bao, L Li, A Davis - Mathematical Geosciences, 2022 - Springer
Groundwater modeling is an important tool for water resources management and aquifer
remediation. However, the inherent strong heterogeneity of the subsurface and scarcity of …

Predicting thermal performance of an enhanced geothermal system from tracer tests in a data assimilation framework

H Wu, P Fu, AJ Hawkins, H Tang… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the thermal performance of an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) requires a
comprehensive characterization of the underlying fracture flow patterns from practically …

Machine learning assisted history matching for a deepwater lobe system

H Jo, W Pan, JE Santos, H Jung, MJ Pyrcz - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
High exploration costs resulting in sparse datasets and complicated geological structures in
deepwater depositional systems make the reservoir characterization extremely difficult. To …

Hydrogeophysical characterization of nonstationary DNAPL source zones by integrating a convolutional variational autoencoder and ensemble smoother

X Kang, A Kokkinaki, PK Kitanidis, X Shi… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed characterization of dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) source zone
architecture (SZA) is essential for designing efficient remediation strategies. However, it is …

Improved history matching of channelized reservoirs using a novel deep learning-based parametrization method

R Yousefzadeh, M Ahmadi - Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Most of the geological parametrization techniques used in history matching of sub-surface
formations including the deep learning-based methods could not capture the non-linear and …