A new screening tool for evaluation of steamflooding performance in Naturally Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs

► Steamflooding is studied through field data, PSO-ANN, and statistical approaches. ► Predictive tools are developed to predict steamflooding performance in NFCRs. ► PSO-ANN combines local and global searching abilities of ANN and PSO, respectively. ► Fracture permeability has a significant impact on the steamflooding performance. ► Reasonable agreement is observed between the predictions and experimental data.