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Statistics and Probability

<p>Enhanced oil recovery<br />Oil field flooding<br />Oil fields -- Production methods -- Research<br />Cluster analysis<br />Principal components analysis</p>

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Steam Flooding Screening And Eor Prediction By Using Clustering Algorithm And Data Visualization, Na Zhang Jan 2015

Steam Flooding Screening And Eor Prediction By Using Clustering Algorithm And Data Visualization, Na Zhang

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"Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques are vitally important in the oil industry because these techniques could not only extend the life of wells, but also produce 10% to 30% additional oil from the reservoir. However, selecting the most suitable EOR techniques for unknown reservoirs is not easy for decision making. Based on literature, EOR screening criteria could help to find the best candidates for unknown projects, which is classified into two categories: conventional EOR screening and advanced EOR screening. In this research, an artificial intelligent (AI) method, hierarchical clustering algorithm, is adapted to analyze both steam flooding projects and worldwide …