Evaluation of Source Rock Potentiality and Prediction of Total Organic Carbon Using Well Log Data and Inte- grated Methods of Multivariate Analysis, Machine Learning, and Geochemical Analysis

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dc.contributor.authorNyakilla, Edwin E.
dc.contributor.authorSilingi, Selemani N.
dc.contributor.authorShen, Chuanbo
dc.contributor.authorJun, Gu
dc.contributor.authorMulashani, Alvin K.
dc.contributor.authorChibura, Patrick E.
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-06T09:08:14Z
dc.date.available2025-03-06T09:08:14Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionThis research article was published by International Association for Mathematical Geosciences in 2021
dc.description.abstractIn this study, integrated approaches based on multivariate analysis (MVA), machine learning (ML), and geochemical analysis are proposed to investigate the potential of hydrocarbon reserves and total organic carbon (TOC) prediction. These approaches em- ployed the MVA technique as a future selection method in source rock evaluation. We used geochemical data from 30 core samples taken equally from wells SS-5 and SS-7. Geo- chemical parameters, namely TOC, free hydrocarbon, thermal pyrolysis hydrocarbon, hydrogen index, production index, and oxygen index, were determined for statistical eval- uation. IBM SPSS statistical software and MATLAB (R2020a) were used for MVA and ML, respectively. The performance of the models built using MVA and ML were evaluated by, among others, coefficient of determination (R2 ) and mean square error (MSE). Findings revealed that fair through good to excellent source rock with TOC ranging from 0.85 to 2.95 wt% are hosted in the Triassic beds of Tanga. A high 1.61% Ro at a mature peak of 463 °C predominates with the existence of type III/II kerogen that can produce both oil and gas. Considering TOC prediction from conventional well log data, optimized Gaussian process regression showed the best performance followed by MVA and support vector machine, giving the MSEs of 0.5629, 0.6172, and 0.7023, respectively. In terms of prediction accuracy, their R 2 values of 0.952, 0.9346, and 0.835, respectively, were in good agreement with the geochemical results. The concurrence of geochemical analysis, ML, and MVA revealed that the Tanga basin has great hydrocarbon potential of great economic importance. The study revealed that combining MVA and other methods can be applied to assess the hydrocarbon resource potential of other prospects around the globe.
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dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-021-09988-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.must.ac.tz/handle/123456789/270
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInternational Association for Mathematical Geosciences
dc.titleEvaluation of Source Rock Potentiality and Prediction of Total Organic Carbon Using Well Log Data and Inte- grated Methods of Multivariate Analysis, Machine Learning, and Geochemical Analysis
dc.typeArticle
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