Fuzzy expert system for solving lost circulation problem

Author

Sheremetov, Leonid ; Batyrshin, Ildar ; Martinez, Jorge ; Rodriguez, Hector ; Filatov, Denis

Author_Institution

Mexican Pet. Inst., Atepehuacan, Mexico

fYear

2005

fDate

6-9 Nov. 2005

Abstract

Lost circulation is the most common problem encountered when drilling. This paper describes a distributed hybrid intelligent system, called SmartDrill, using fuzzy logic, expert system framework and Web services for helping petroleum engineers to diagnose and solve lost circulation problems. The fuzzy algebra of strict monotonic operations is used as an underlying model for expert system development. Its realization in inference procedures of expert systems is simpler than for expert systems based on lexicographic operations. Overall, the system architecture is discussed and implementation details are provided. The system is aimed to help in making decisions at the operational level and is at field testing phase in PEMEX, Mexican Oil Company.

Keywords

Internet; expert systems; fuzzy logic; fuzzy systems; oil drilling; petroleum industry; process algebra; SmartDrill; Web services; distributed hybrid intelligent system; fuzzy algebra; fuzzy expert system; fuzzy logic; lost circulation problem; petroleum engineering; Algebra; Computer science; Diagnostic expert systems; Drilling; Expert systems; Fuzzy logic; Hybrid intelligent systems; Petroleum industry; Software tools; Web services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Hybrid Intelligent Systems, 2005. HIS '05. Fifth International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2457-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHIS.2005.50

Filename

1587732