A New Production Prediction Model Based on Taylor Expansion Formula

Table 7

The actual data and the prediction data of the cumulative production of Bavly [10] oilfield.

year	t(a)	cumulative production (million tons)
		practical data	prediction data n=2	prediction data n=3	prediction data n=4	prediction data n=5	prediction data n=7
1959	12	2450	2500.6	2500.6	2500.6	2500.6	2500.6
1960	13	2830	2843.1	2845.2	2845.2	2845.2	2845.2
1961	14	3200	3186.2	3199.3	3199.5	3199.1	3198.9
1962	15	3565	3520.6	3556.6	3557.3	3555.0	3553.6
1963	16	3905	3841.4	3911.6	3913.3	3906.3	3900.9
1964	17	4235	4146.3	4260.5	4263.9	4248.1	4233.2
1965	18	4535	4434.4	4600.8	4606.3	4576.8	4544.1
1966	19	4805	4706.0	4930.7	4938.8	4890.3	4828.6
1967	20	5065	4961.5	5249.0	5260.3	5187.1	5083.2
1968	21	5305	5201.7	5555.3	5570.3	5466.8	5305.6
1969	22	5515	5427.5	5849.4	5868.3	5729.5	5494.9
1970	23	5665	5639.9	6131.3	6154.5	5975.5	5650.8
1971	24	5785	5839.8	6401.3	6429.0	6205.4	5773.9
1972	25	5895	6028.1	6659.7	6692.1	6420.1	5865.2
1973	26	5995	6205.6	6907.0	6944.2	6620.3	5926.1
1974	27	6085	6373.2	71435	7185.6	6807.0	5958.4
1975	28	6170	6531.6	7369.8	7417.0	6981.1	5963.7
1976	29	6240	6681.4	7586.3	7638.6	7143.4	5944.1
1977	30	6300	6823.3	7793.6	7851.0	7294.7	5901.4
1978	31	6350	6957.9	7992.2	8054.5	7435.9	5837.5