Multi-source information fused generative adversarial network model and data assimilation based history matching for reservoir with complex geologies

Abstract

For reservoirs with complex non-Gaussian geological characteristics, such as carbonate reservoirs or reservoirs with sedimentary facies distribution, it is difficult to implement history matching directly, especially for the ensemble-based data assimilation methods. In this paper, we propose a multi-source information fused generative adversarial network (MSIGAN) model, which is used for parameterization of the complex geologies. In MSIGAN, various information such as facies distribution, microseismic, and inter-well connectivity, can be integrated to learn the geological features. And two major generative models in deep learning, variational autoencoder (VAE) and generative adversarial network (GAN) are combined in our model. Then the proposed MSIGAN model is integrated into the ensemble smoother with multiple data assimilation (ESMDA) method to conduct history matching. We tested the proposed method on two reservoir models with fluvial facies. The experimental results show that the proposed MSIGAN model can effectively learn the complex geological features, which can promote the accuracy of history matching.