Assay Prediction Tool CAPT

With the basis of the mentioned requirements and the shortage of commercially available tools, a new technology was developed with the objective to update/complete crude oil assays with limited experimental data using rigorous models. This new technology, registered under the name repCAPT (Repsol-YPF Crude Assay Prediction Tool) was intended to complement conventional evaluation procedures.  

The center of this technology is an expert system for crude assay generation. This expert system, which includes a set of mathematical algorithms based in powerful data-mining techniques and first-principle models, may generate a complete crude oil evaluation from variable levels of information available. 

The methodology has been designed with flexible inputs, allowing different levels of information to be used in the predictions. It is possible to supply incomplete evaluations from different sources, with the purpose to fill the incomplete information in the crude oil assay according to the standard fractions and properties defined. 

With this technique crude oil library quality control can be made at virtually no cost, selecting only specific crude oils to be evaluated in the laboratory and optimizing the information needed for LP planning. 

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