US 12,234,725 B2
Methods and systems for predicting fluid type while geosteering
Shahnawaz Hossain Molla, Acton, MA (US); Maneesh Pisharat, Bucharest (RO); Morten Kristensen, Lysaker (NO); Ilaria De Santo, Milan (IT); and Shahid Azizul Haq, Bellaire, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/700,133
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 18, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/046977
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 10, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/081011, PCT Pub. Date May 11, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/275,317, filed on Nov. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0418085 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 49/08 (2006.01); E21B 47/07 (2012.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 49/0875 (2020.05) [E21B 47/07 (2020.05); E21B 49/005 (2013.01); E21B 2200/22 (2020.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for predicting fluid properties, the method comprising:
measuring one or more measured fluid properties of a mud gas at a surface of a wellbore;
measuring one or more mud gas properties of the mud gas at the surface of the wellbore;
predicting one or more first predicted fluid properties using one or more pre-trained machine-learning (ML) models, wherein the one or more first predicted fluid properties are predicted based at least partially upon the one or more mud gas properties;
comparing the one or more measured fluid properties to the one or more first predicted fluid properties;
re-training the one or more pre-trained ML models to produce one or more re-trained ML models in response to the comparison;
predicting one or more second predicted fluid properties using the one or more re-trained ML models, the one or more second predicted fluid properties comprise a fluid type, a fluid composition, a gas-oil ratio (GOR), or a combination thereof;
comparing the one or more measured fluid properties to the one or more second predicted fluid properties; and
determining a geosteering response for a downhole tool that is drilling the wellbore in response to the comparison being less than a predetermined threshold.