2018 BIG DATA IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY 43页
Department of Petroleum Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
May 4, 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………...……………1
Acknowledgements…………………………………………………………………..…………2
Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………..…………3
List of Figures…………………………………………………………………….…….………..4
Introduction…………………………………………………………………….………….…….5
Background…………………………………………………………………….……….………..7
What is Big Data?……………………………………………………….…………….…7
How Does Big Data Work? …………………………………………….………………8
The Importance of Big Data…………………………………………………………………...11
Big Data within the Oil and Gas Industry………………………………………………...…15
Big Data’s Potential…………………………………………………………………….15
Ways to Process Big Data……………………………………………………...………19
A Personal Case Using Supervised Learning.………………………………………27
Challenges & Considerations………………………………..………………………..33
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………...…………37
References……………………………………………………………..………………………..40