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Dynamic Uncertain Causality Graph Applied to the Intelligent Evaluation of a Shale-Gas Sweet Spot

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  • Quanying Yao

    (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

  • Bo Yang

    (School of Emergency Technology and Management, North China Institute of Science & Technology, Langfang 065201, China)

  • Qin Zhang

    (Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China)

Abstract

Shale-gas sweet-spot evaluation as a critical part of shale-gas exploration and development has always been the focus of experts and scholars in the unconventional oil and gas field. After comprehensively considering geological, engineering, and economic factors affecting the evaluation of shale-gas sweet spots, a dynamic uncertainty causality graph (DUCG) is applied for the first time to shale-gas sweet-spot evaluation. A graphical modeling scheme is presented to reduce the difficulty in model construction. The evaluation model is based on expert knowledge and does not depend on data. Through rigorous and efficient reasoning, it guarantees exact and efficient diagnostic reasoning in the case of incomplete information. Multiple conditional events and weighted graphs are proposed for specific problems in shale-gas sweet-spot evaluation, which is an extension of the DUCG that defines only one conditional event for different weighted function events and relies only on the experience of a single expert. These solutions make the reasoning process and results more objective, credible, and interpretable. The model is verified with both complete data and incomplete data. The results show that compared with other methods, this methodology achieves encouraging diagnostic accuracy and effectiveness. This study provides a promising auxiliary tool for shale-gas sweet spot evaluation.

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  • Quanying Yao & Bo Yang & Qin Zhang, 2021. "Dynamic Uncertain Causality Graph Applied to the Intelligent Evaluation of a Shale-Gas Sweet Spot," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-20, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:17:p:5228-:d:620547
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