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Maximizing Ultimate Recovery: AI/ML Advancements in Unconventional Fracturing and Well Diagnostics

Thursday, 22 October
Room 361 BECF
Technical Session
This session showcases how advanced AI/ML techniques are revolutionizing unconventional fracture design, characterization, and optimization to drastically improve stimulation efficiency. Attendees will learn about real-time multistage fracture optimization using reinforcement learning, fracture propagation modeling via graph neural networks, and AI-driven frac hit assessment and restoration. Join us to catch up on the latest data science and engineering analytics use cases driving the industry toward doubling ultimate recovery.
Session Chairpersons
He Zhang - Ryder Scott
Guoxiang Liu - U.S. Department of Energy National Technology Lab
Annie Shen - Enverus
  • 0830-0855 234183
    Multi-Modal Data-Driven Fracture Response Surrogate: Integrating Development History and Prior Knowledge for Efficient Co2 Storage Assessment
    F. Zhang, J. Tang, 1 School of Ocean and Earth Science, Tongji University; 2 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Submarine Resou; J. Yang, W. Chen, PetroChina Southwest Oil & GasField Company; H. Zhang, J. Chen, China Oil & Gas Pipeline Network Corporation, West-East Gas Transmission Branch; H. Wang, Y. Jia, PetroChina Southwest Oil & GasField Company; S. Jiang, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development; N. Li, Tongji University
  • 0855-0920 234065
    Rollout-Aware Graph Neural Network-Based Simulator for Hydraulic Fracture
    Y. Liu, Y. Wu, L. Wu, J. Guo, Southwest Petroleum University
  • 0920-0945 233938
    Real-Time Fracture Geometry Inversion, Geomechanical Updating, and Hydraulic Fracturing Design Optimization Through AI Surrogate Modeling and Data Assimilation
    Z. Zhou, China University of Petroleum(East China); Q. Sun, State Key Laboratory of Deep Earth Exploration and Imaging, China University of Geosciences; Frontie; B. Sun, China University of Petroleum(East China)
  • 1015-1040 233950
    A Conditional Variational Autoencoder Surrogate for High-Fidelity Spatiotemporal Prediction of Hydraulic Fracturing Dynamics and Proppant Distribution
    O. Talabi, S. Misra, Texas A&M University; R. Dusterhoft, Halliburton Energy Services Grp; A. Benson, Halliburton; B.N. Freestone, Halliburton Landmark
  • 1040-1105 233910
    Physics-Simulation-Informed Conditional Surrogate for Reconstruction of Multi-Cluster Hydraulic-Fracture States
    X. Du, F. Zeng, X. Bai, J. Guo, Southwest Petroleum University
  • 1105-1130 233903
    A Machine Learning Based Workflow For Frac Hit Assessment, Pattern Recognition, And Production Restoration
    L. Du, Y. Chen, W. Liu, S. Fu, Chengdu University of Technology
  • Alternate 234062
    A High-Fidelity Digital Twin Framework for Proppant Transport: Integrating GPU-accelerated Barracuda Virtual Reactor MP-PIC with Graph Neural Networks
    S.K. Karra, S. Mitra, J. Parker, K. Ramchandran, S. Clark, P. Blaser, CPFD Software