January 2025 Issue

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These are the papers synopsized in JPT this month. They are available to only SPE members through 28 February 2025. There are also links to them at the bottom of each related synopsis.

JPT Synopses January 2025

EOR Modeling

Data-Driven Predictions of CO2 EOR Numerical Studies Using Machine Learning in an Open-Source Framework

Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Reservoir-Connectivity Identification and Production Forecasting for CO2 EOR

Advancing Predictive Precision in CO2 Minimum Miscibility Pressure: An Interpretable AI Approach for CO2-EOR and CCUS Applications

Mature Fields and Well Revitalization

Unleashing the Potential of Rate Transient Analysis: Transforming the Exploitation of Mature and Tight Fields in a 40-Year Mature Field Case Study

Bypassed Oil Identification and Infill Optimization by a Physics-Guided Data-Driven Workflow: A North Sea Case Study

Well Integrity

Raising the Bar: Why an Industrial Standard for Testing Hydraulic Sealability of Well-Abandonment Materials in Laboratory Is Essential for Well Integrity

Reinventing Well Integrity and Zonal Isolation in Well Abandonment Through Prudent Subsurface Data Integration and Novel Dual-Casing Cement-Bond-Assessment Technology

Data Science, Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence

Real-Time Well-Status Prediction Using Artificial-Intelligence Techniques for Accurate Rate Allocation

Enhancing Information Retrieval in the Drilling Domain: Zero-Shot Learning With Large Language Models for Question Answering

Labeling Job Type and Technology for Large Operational Data Sets.