A New Production Prediction Model Based on Taylor Expansion Formula

Table 8

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	2465.9	2465.9	2465.9	2465.9	2465.9
1960	13	2830	2864.3	2865.0	2864.9	2864.9	2864.9
1961	14	3200	3250.6	3255.3	3254.0	3253.6	3253.5
1962	15	3565	3618.8	3631.6	3626.7	3624.7	3624.2
1963	16	3905	3966.5	3911.5	3979.6	3973.2	3971.4
1964	17	4235	4293.0	4333.8	4310.8	4296.6	4291.7
1965	18	4535	4598.8	4658.1	4620.3	4593.6	4583.2
1966	19	4805	4884.4	4964.9	4908.5	4864.4	4845.1
1967	20	5065	5152.1	52454.7	5176.3	5109.9	5077.8
1968	21	5305	5402.2	5528.3	5425.1	5331.3	5282.3
1969	22	5515	5636.3	5786.8	5656.1	5530.2	5459.8
1970	23	5665	5855.7	6030.9	5870.8	5708.4	5612.0
1971	24	5785	6061.5	6261.7	6070.4	5867.6	5740.6
1972	25	5895	6254.7	6480.0	6256.2	6009.5	5847.6
1973	26	5995	6436.5	6686.6	6429.3	6135.6	5934.6
1974	27	6085	6607.7	6882.4	6590.8	6247.4	6003.4
1975	28	6170	6769.2	7068.1	6741.8	6346.4	6055.7
1976	29	6240	6921.7	7244.4	6883.0	6443.7	6093.1
1977	30	6300	7065.9	7411.9	7015.2	6510.6	6117.0
1978	31	6350	7202.4	7571.2	7139.3	6571.8	6128.7