The EPO published patent application EP4490688A1 filed by Schlumberger Services Pétroliers and GeoQuest Systems B.V. The patent covers techniques for analyzing and enhancing performance of oilfield assets using neural networks, including GAN architectures (G06N 3/045), Adam optimizer-based training (G06N 3/084), and genetic algorithm optimization (G06N 3/086). The application also incorporates IPC classifications related to oilfield operations (E21B 41/00, E21B 43/00) and production optimization (G06Q 50/02, G06Q 10/0637).

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