Title: Application of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system for prediction of minimum miscibility pressure

Authors: Mohammadjavad Ameri Shahrabi; Iman Rahimzadeh Kivi; Mohammadreza Akbari; Anoush Safiabadi

Addresses: Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave., P.O. Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran ' Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave., P.O. Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran ' Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave., P.O. Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran ' Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave., P.O. Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran

Abstract: In this study, minimum miscibility pressure (MMP) which is a key parameter in design of an efficient miscible gas injection project is aimed to be determined by means of adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). 27 features including concentrations of different components of reservoir oil and injected gas, molecular weight and specific gravity of C7+ in reservoir oil and finally reservoir temperature were taken as inputs to the ANFIS. Principal component analysis (PCA) algorithm was used to reduce the dimensionality of the data. Using the back propagation gradient descent method in combination with the least squares method, ANFIS model was trained. The model's predictions were compared with experimental results and also the results obtained from the commonly used MMP correlations in the literature. Based on these comparisons, it was found that the proposed ANFIS model has potential in predicting MMP values and also the effect of each individual parameter on these values. [Received: April 23, 2012; Accepted: November 16, 2012]

Keywords: miscible gas injection; adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system; ANFIS; minimum miscibility pressure; MMP; principal component analysis; PCA; neural networks; fuzzy logic; reservoir oil; molecular weight; specific gravity; reservoir temperature; modelling; back propagation gradient descent; least squares.

DOI: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2014.057796

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 2014 Vol.7 No.1, pp.68 - 84

Received: 23 Apr 2012
Accepted: 16 Nov 2012

Published online: 24 May 2014 *

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