Title: Hydrocarbon reserves exploration by real-time expert seismology and non-linear singular integral equations

Authors: E.G. Ladopoulos

Addresses: Interpaper Research Organization, 8, Dimaki Str., Athens, GR – 106 72, Greece

Abstract: By using a non-linear 3-D elastic waves real-time expert system, the new theory of 'real-time expert seismology' is proposed, for the exploration of the on-shore and off-shore oil and gas reserves all over the world. This highly innovative and groundbreaking technology is working under real time logic for searching the on-shore and off-shore petroleum reserves developed on the continental crust and in deeper water ranging from 300 m to 2,500 m, or even deeper. Furthermore, for the determination of the properties of the reservoir materials, when oil reserves mixed with water in multiphase flows are moving through porous media, a new mathematical device is proposed. The above problem is very much important for petroleum reservoir engineering and the oil industry. Hence, such a problem is reduced to the solution of a non-linear singular integral equation, which is numerically evaluated by using the singular integral operators method (SIOM). Also, several properties are analysed and investigated for the porous medium equation, defined as a Helmholtz differential equation. [Received: February 28, 2012; Accepted: March 18, 2012]

Keywords: real-time expert seismology; singular integral operator method; SIOM; nonlinear integral equations; singular integral equations; oil reserves; gas reserves; porous media; multiphase flow; petroleum reservoir engineering; Helmholtz differential equations; real-time expert systems; real-time logic; generic technology; hydrocarbons; oil industry.

DOI: 10.1504/IJOGCT.2012.048988

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, 2012 Vol.5 No.4, pp.299 - 315

Received: 05 Mar 2012
Accepted: 18 Mar 2012
Published online: 25 Oct 2014 *

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