| Summary: | The oil and gas industry struggles to prevent formation of hydrates in pipeline by
spending substantial amount of dollars. Hydrates are ice-like crystalline compounds that are
composed of water and gas in which the gas molecules are trapped in water cavities. The hydrate
formation is favorable at elevated pressure and reduced temperature and can be determined through
experiment. However, the cost involved to determine early hydrate formation using experiment is
driving researchers to seek for robust prediction methods using statistical and analytical methods.
Main aim of the present study is to investigate applicability of radial basis function networks and
support vector machines to hydrate formation conditions prediction. The data needed for modeling
was taken from well-established literature. Performance of the models was assessed based on MSE,
MAE, MAPE, MSPE, and Modified Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient. Data-based models enable
the oil industry to predict the conditions leading to hydrate formation hence preventing clogging of
the pipeline and high pressure buildup that could lead to sudden burst at the connections.
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