Geometallurgy—A route to more resilient mine operations

SC Dominy, L O'Connor, A Parbhakar-Fox, HJ Glass… - Minerals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Geometallurgy is an important addition to any evaluation project or mining operation. As an
integrated approach, it establishes 3D models which enable the optimisation of net present …

A borehole clustering based method for lithological identification using logging data

H Liu, XL Zhang, ZL Li, ZP Weng, YP Song - Earth Science Informatics, 2024 - Springer
In recent years, geoscientists have been employing machine learning techniques to
automate lithological identification by integrating well logging data. However, in geologically …

Lithology identification using well logs: A method by integrating artificial neural networks and sedimentary patterns

X Ren, J Hou, S Song, Y Liu, D Chen, X Wang… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
Effective identification of lithology using well logs is one of the most important steps for
reservoir characterization. A lot of methods have been developed to identify lithology …

Complex lithology prediction using probabilistic neural network improved by continuous restricted Boltzmann machine and particle swarm optimization

Y Gu, Z Bao, X Song, S Patil, K Ling - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lithology prediction, especially for reservoirs consisting of complex lithologies, is universally
considered as a critical underlying task for petroleum exploration, because lithological data …

[HTML][HTML] Rock mass classification method applying neural networks to minimize geomechanical characterization in underground Peruvian mines

J Brousset, H Pehovaz, G Quispe, C Raymundo… - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
This research aims to enhance the classification of the rock mass in underground mining, a
common problem due to geological alterations that do not fit existing methods. Artificial …

Automatic detection of rock boundaries using a hybrid recurrence quantification analysis and machine learning techniques

K Anvari, A Mousavi, AR Sayadi, E Sellers… - Bulletin of Engineering …, 2022 - Springer
The collection of sensor-based data is dramatically increased in the mining industry. One of
the widely used applications of the collected data is to identify rock domains and to estimate …

Deep learning method for lithology identification from borehole images

PY Zhang, JM Sun, YJ Jiang, JS Gao - 79th EAGE Conference and …, 2017 - earthdoc.org
Lithology identification is one of the keys to understand the nature of hydrocarbon reservoir.
Deep learning has become a popular and reliable method for image classification and in …

[HTML][HTML] A new correlation for calculating wellhead oil flow rate using artificial neural network

RA Azim - Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences, 2022 - Elsevier
A separator and multiphase flow meters are considered the most accurate tools used to
measure the surface oil flow rates. However, these tools are expensive and time consuming …

Boundary identification and surface updates using MWD

KL Silversides, A Melkumyan - Mathematical Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
In the banded iron formation-hosted iron ore deposits in the Hamersley Range of Western
Australia, the stratigraphic boundaries are generally modelled using data from exploration …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of bubble point pressure and solution gas oil ratio using artificial neural network

R Abdel-Azim - International Journal of Thermofluids, 2022 - Elsevier
Bubble point pressure and gas solubility are considered vital pressure-volume-temperature
properties of crude oil samples as both play a significant role in reservoir and production …