ntelligent planning of oil and gas infrastructure: from satellite imagery to desirability maps

UDK: 681.518:622.276.012:69
DOI: 10.24887/0028-2448-2025-3-106-109
Key words: infrastructure planning, oil and gas fields, neural networks, geospatial analysis, Segment Anything Model (SAM), satellite image segmentation, surface infrastructure optimization, AI-driven optimization, machine learning (ML)
Authors: Y.Е. Sapozhnikov (Izhevsk Petroleum Research Center CJSC, RF, Izhevsk; Udmurt Federal Research Center of the Ural Branch of the RAS, RF, Izhevsk); K.А. Novozhilov (Izhevsk Petroleum Research Center CJSC, RF, Izhevsk; Udmurt Federal Research Center of the Ural Branch of the RAS, RF, Izhevsk); A.V. Mironova (Izhevsk Petroleum Research Center CJSC, RF, Izhevsk); V.V. Pantuhin (Izhevsk Petroleum Research Center CJSC, RF, Izhevsk); S.S. Kirpichnikova (Izhevsk Petroleum Research Center CJSC, RF, Izhevsk); T.R. Vakhrushev (Oil Telecom LLC, RF, Izhevsk; Moscow Technical University of Communication and Informatics, RF, Moscow)

The article presents an innovative approach to oil and gas field infrastructure planning by integrating neural networks with geospatial analysis. The core solution relies on applying the pre-trained Segment Anything Model (SAM), which was specifically fine-tuned for high-precision segmentation of satellite imagery. The paper describes a methodology for fine-tuning of SAM using a specialized dataset of satellite images obtained via the Google Earth Engine platform and annotated with vector data from OpenStreetMap. The primary objective of this fine-tuning is to enhance the model’s capability to accurately identify infrastructure elements and natural landscape features, such as forests, water bodies, roads, and buildings. The key stage of the approach involves generating integrated desirability maps, which reflect the cumulative impact of various limiting factors, including cultural heritage sites, protected natural areas, sanitary protection zones, etc. A system of weighting coefficients was developed to quantify the significance of each factor in constructing these desirability maps. This approach enables automated identification and evaluation of limiting factors, significantly reducing time requirements and increasing decision-making accuracy. The methodology was successfully tested on the Mishkinskoe oil field site, demonstrating the automated placement of well pads and routing of linear communications, taking into account pipeline capacities and cost indicators of designated areas. The results underscore the high effectiveness of the proposed approach in optimizing the infrastructure planning of oil and gas fields.

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