Quantitative interpretation and joint inversion of multicomponent seismic data: application to the Sulige Gas Field, China

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhou Yijun ◽  
Tao Jiaqing ◽  
Dou Yisheng ◽  
Deng Zhiwen ◽  
Zhang Xinhua
1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuri Huang ◽  
Robert Will ◽  
Mashiur Khan ◽  
Larry Stanley

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. T579-T589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Menal Gupta ◽  
Bob Hardage

P-SV seismic acquisition requires 3C geophones and thus has greater cost compared with conventional P-P data. However, some companies justify this added cost because P-SV data provide an independent set of S-wave measurements, which can increase the reliability of subsurface property estimation. This study investigates SV-P data generated by a vertical vibrator and recorded by vertical geophones as a cost-effective alternative to traditional P-SV data. To evaluate the efficacy of the SV-P mode relative to the P-P and P-SV modes, multicomponent seismic data from Wellington Field, Kansas, were interpreted. P-P amplitude variation with offset (AVO) gathers and stacked SV-P seismic data were jointly inverted to estimate elastic properties, which were compared with the estimates obtained from joint inversion of P-P AVO gathers, stacked P-SV seismic data, and inversion of P-P AVO gathers data. All inversions provide identical P-impedance characteristics. However, a significant improvement in S-impedance estimates is observed when P-P and converted wave data (either SV-P or P-SV) are inverted jointly, compared with P-P inversion results alone. In the Arbuckle interval, which is being considered for [Formula: see text] injection, use of converted-wave data clearly demarcates the Middle Arbuckle baffle zone and the Lower Arbuckle injection zone, with the latter having low P- and S-impedances. These observations, although consistent with other well-based geologic evidence, are absent on P-P-only inversion results. No major difference in the inversion results is seen when SV-P data are used instead of P-SV data. Moreover, we determine for the first time by comparing the SV-P image obtained from vertical-vibrator data and the SV-P image obtained from horizontal-vibrator data that both data image subsurface geology equivalently, except for the important distinction that the former contains more valuable higher frequencies than the latter. Because legacy P-wave data can be reprocessed to extract the SV-P mode, using SV-P data can provide a unique way to perform multicomponent seismic analysis.


2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongping Qian ◽  
Xiang‐Yang Li ◽  
Mark Chapman ◽  
Yonggang Zhang ◽  
Yanguang Wang

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianguang Han ◽  
Zhiwei Liu ◽  
Yun Wang ◽  
Jiayong Yan ◽  
Bingluo Gu

2010 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Infante ◽  
Luis A. Gallardo ◽  
Juan C. Montalvo-Arrieta ◽  
Ignacio Navarro de León

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-67
Author(s):  
Stewart Smith ◽  
Olesya Zimina ◽  
Surender Manral ◽  
Michael Nickel

Seismic fault detection using machine learning techniques, in particular the convolution neural network (CNN), is becoming a widely accepted practice in the field of seismic interpretation. Machine learning algorithms are trained to mimic the capabilities of an experienced interpreter by recognizing patterns within seismic data and classifying them. Regardless of the method of seismic fault detection, interpretation or extraction of 3D fault representations from edge evidence or fault probability volumes is routine. Extracted fault representations are important to the understanding of the subsurface geology and are a critical input to upstream workflows including structural framework definition, static reservoir and petroleum system modeling, and well planning and de-risking activities. Efforts to automate the detection and extraction of geological features from seismic data have evolved in line with advances in computer algorithms, hardware, and machine learning techniques. We have developed an assisted fault interpretation workflow for seismic fault detection and extraction, demonstrated through a case study from the Groningen gas field of the Upper Permian, Dutch Rotliegend; a heavily faulted, subsalt gas field located onshore, NE Netherlands. Supervised using interpreter-led labeling, we apply a 2D multi-CNN to detect faults within a 3D pre-stack depth migrated seismic dataset. After prediction, we apply a geometric evaluation of predicted faults, using a principal component analysis (PCA) to produce geometric attribute representations (strike azimuth and planarity) of the fault prediction. Strike azimuth and planarity attributes are used to validate and automatically extract consistent 3D fault geometries, providing geological context to the interpreter and input to dependent workflows more efficiently.


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