Advanced Artificial Intelligence-Driven Subsurface Characterization, Fluid Dynamics Prediction, and Geo-Energy System Design Optimization

Session ID#: 281994

Session Description:
From geothermal resource development and carbon capture and storage to subsurface hydrogen storage and enhanced oil and gas recovery, conventional physics-based simulation workflows remain computationally prohibitive. This session invites contributions that advance AI and machine learning methods applied to the full spectrum of subsurface geophysical and reservoir engineering challenges. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to deep generative models, foundation models, agentic AI, and reinforcement learning — applied to subsurface characterization from sparse or noisy data, seismic wave modeling and inversion, surrogate modeling of reservoir dynamics, uncertainty quantification, and closed-loop reservoir management of geo-energy system design. We particularly welcome work that integrates domain physics with data-driven approaches to improve interpretability, generalizability, and operational reliability. By convening ML researchers, reservoir engineers, and energy systems practitioners, this session aims to accelerate knowledge transfer between communities and chart a roadmap for AI-driven geo-energy science.
Index Terms:

1942 Machine learning [INFORMATICS]
3245 Probabilistic forecasting [MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS]
3275 Uncertainty quantification [MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS]
5104 Fracture and flow [PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS]
Primary Convener:  Guodong Chen, University of California Berkeley, Civil and Environment Department, Berkeley, United States; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geoscience Division, Berkeley, United States
Conveners:  Randy Harsuko1,2, Jingxiao Liu2,3, Michael Mahoney4,5 and Nori Nakata6,7, (1)Energy Geoscience Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, United States(2)University of California Berkeley, Civil and Environment Department, Berkeley, United States(3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Energy Geoscience Division, Berkeley, United States(4)University of California Berkeley, Department of Statistics, Berkeley, United States(5)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Scientific Data Division, Berkeley, United States(6)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, United States(7)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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