Machine Learning Guide For Oil and Gas Using Python
Machine Learning Guide For Oil and Gas Using Python
A practical guide to how Python can solve applications of machine learning in the oil and gas industry
Machine Learning Guide for Oil and Gas Using Python: A Step-by-Step Breakdown with Data, Algorithms,
Codes, and Applications delivers a critical training and resource tool to help engineers understand machine
learning theory and practice, specifically referencing use cases in oil and gas. The reference moves from
explaining how Python works to step-by-step examples of utilization in various oil and gas scenarios, such as Hoss Belyadi and Alireza Haghighat
well testing, shale reservoirs, and production optimization. Petroleum engineers are quickly applying machine
learning techniques to their data challenges, but there is a lack of references beyond the math or heavy theory
of machine learning. Machine Learning Guide for Oil and Gas Using Python details the open-source tool Python
by explaining how it works at an introductory level then bridging into how to apply the algorithms into different
oil and gas scenarios. While similar resources are often too mathematical, Machine Learning Guide for Oil and
Gas Using Python balances theory with applications, including use cases that help solve different oil and gas
data challenges.
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About the Authors:
Hoss Belyadi is the founder and CEO of Obsertelligence, LLC, focused on providing artificial intelligence
(AI) in-house training and solutions. As an adjunct faculty member at multiple universities, including West
Virginia University, Marietta College, and Saint Francis University, Mr. Belyadi taught data analytics, natural gas
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engineering, enhanced oil recovery, and hydraulic fracture stimulation design. With over 10 years of experience
working in various conventional and unconventional reservoirs across the world, he works on diverse machine
learning projects and holds short courses across various universities, organizations, and the department of
energy (DOE). Mr. Belyadi is the primary author of Hydraulic Fracturing in Unconventional Reservoirs (first
and second editions). Hoss earned his BS and MS, both in petroleum and natural gas engineering from West
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Virginia University.
Dr. Alireza Haghighat is a senior technical advisor and instructor for Engineering Solutions at IHS Markit, focusing A Step-by-Step Breakdown with Data,
on reservoir/production engineering and data analytics. Prior to joining IHS, he was a senior reservoir engineer
at Eclipse/Montage resources for nearly 5 years. He was also an adjunct faculty member at Pennsylvania State
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University (PSU), teaching courses in Petroleum Engineering/Energy, Business, and Finance departments. Dr.
Haghighat has published several technical papers and book chapters on machine learning applications in smart
wells, CO2 sequestration modeling, and production analysis of unconventional reservoirs.
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