Xinjiang Petroleum Geology ›› 2021, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 624-629.doi: 10.7657/XJPG20210517

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BP Neural Network-Based Models to Predict Clay Minerals

LI Xinyu1(), OUYANG Chuanxiang1, YANG Bowen2, ZHAO Hongnan1, NIE Bin1()   

  1. 1. School of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China
    2. No. 8 Oil Production Plant, Changqing Oilfield Company, PetroChina, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710000, China
  • Received:2021-04-26 Revised:2021-06-30 Online:2021-10-01 Published:2021-09-28
  • Contact: NIE Bin E-mail:958379803@qq.com;402627362@qq.com

Abstract:

Accurate prediction of clay minerals is the key to deep drilling operation and pay zone protection. In order to determine the distribution law of clay minerals in the Jurassic Ahe formation in the northern tectonic zone of the Kuqa depression, Tarim basin, a well logging model and a combined model based on BP neural network were constructed by using GR logging parameters, cation exchange capacity, hydrogen index and photoelectric absorption cross-section index. The average absolute errors of the two models are 5.34% and 2.38%, respectively. Applied to Well Yinan 5, the average absolute errors of the models are 4.64% and 3.45%, respectively, by considering X-ray diffraction data. The prediction result shows that the clay mineral contents from high to low are illite, chlorite, illite/smectite mixed layer and kaolinite in Well Yinan 5. Damages from velocity sensitivity and acid sensitivity should be prevented in reservoir development.

Key words: clay mineral, GR logging, BP neural network, cation exchange capacity, hydrogen index, photoelectric absorption cross-section index

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