Facies-constrained simultaneous inversion for elastic parameters and fracture weaknesses using azimuthal partially incidence-angle-stacked seismic data

IF 1.8 3区 地球科学 Q3 GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS
Huaizhen Chen, Jian Han, Kun Li
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Abstract

In order to improve the identification and characterization of underground fractured reservoirs, seismic inversion for elastic properties and fracture indicators is required. To improve the accuracy of seismic inversion, model constraints are necessary. Model constraints of P- and S-wave moduli can be provided by well logging data; however, model constraints of fracture weaknesses are often unavailable. To obtain model constraints of fracture weaknesses, we propose a two-stage inversion method, which is implemented as (1) estimating azimuthal elastic impedance (AEI) and fracture facies using partially incidence-angle-stacked seismic data at different azimuths; and (2) using the estimated azimuthal elastic impedance to predict P- and S-wave moduli, density and fracture weaknesses, which is constrained by models constructed using the estimated fracture facies. In the first stage, we use Gaussian mixture prior distribution to obtain azimuthal elastic impedance of different incidence angles and azimuths, and we also predict fracture facies combining the obtained azimuthal elastic impedance and seismic data. In the second stage, we implement the Bayesian maximum a posterior inversion for estimating unknown parameter vectors. We apply the proposed inversion method to noisy synthetic seismic data, which illustrates the inversion method is robust even in the case of a signal-to-noise ratio of 1. Tests on real data reveal that reliable results of P- and S-wave moduli and fracture weaknesses are obtained, which verifies that the inversion method is a valuable tool for generating reliable fracture indicators from azimuthal seismic data for identifying underground fractured reservoirs.

利用方位角部分入射角叠加地震数据,以地层为约束同时反演弹性参数和断裂薄弱环节
为了提高地下裂缝性储层的识别和表征水平,需要对地下裂缝性储层的弹性性质和裂缝指标进行地震反演。为了提高地震反演的精度,需要对模型进行约束。测井资料可以提供纵、横波模量的模型约束;然而,通常没有断裂弱点的模型约束。为了获得裂缝弱点的模型约束,提出了一种两阶段反演方法,实现方法为:(1)利用不同方位的部分入射角叠加地震数据估计方位角弹性阻抗(AEI)和裂缝相;(2)利用估计的方位角弹性阻抗来预测P波和s波模量、密度和裂缝弱点,这些都受到用估计的裂缝相构建的模型的约束。第一阶段,利用高斯混合先验分布得到不同入射角和方位角的方位弹性阻抗,并结合得到的方位弹性阻抗和地震资料进行裂缝相预测。在第二阶段,我们实现了贝叶斯极大值后验反演来估计未知参数向量。将所提出的反演方法应用于含噪合成地震资料,结果表明,即使在信噪比为1的情况下,反演方法仍具有较强的鲁棒性。通过对实际资料的测试,得到了可靠的纵、横波模量和裂缝弱点值,验证了该反演方法是利用方位地震资料生成可靠的裂缝指标,识别地下裂缝性储层的有效工具。
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Geophysical Prospecting
Geophysical Prospecting 地学-地球化学与地球物理
CiteScore
4.90
自引率
11.50%
发文量
118
审稿时长
4.5 months
期刊介绍: Geophysical Prospecting publishes the best in primary research on the science of geophysics as it applies to the exploration, evaluation and extraction of earth resources. Drawing heavily on contributions from researchers in the oil and mineral exploration industries, the journal has a very practical slant. Although the journal provides a valuable forum for communication among workers in these fields, it is also ideally suited to researchers in academic geophysics.
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