A new technology for estimating time shifts in seismic monitoring of the exploitation of oil and gas fields and underground gas storage sites

One of the most urgent problems of oil and gas reservoir monitoring is the assessment of fractured reservoir infill type with fluid-filled, gas-filled or closed (no-reservoir situation) fractures, which is of significant value for time-lapse seismic technology. We used the grid-characteristic method (GCM) for numerical modeling of seismic responses from fractured periodic elasto-acoustic structures. We consider every single fracture individually (without using the effective medium approach), and set explicit boundary conditions on fracture surfaces. We assume realistic height-to-thickness ratios fracture opening (aperture) equaling 3 to 5 orders of magnitude. These techniques make our models as close to real fractured reservoirs as possible. Analyzing the simulated seismic responses, we solve the problem of assessing fractured reservoir infill type. As a result, previously unknown properties of seismic responses from fractured reservoirs were revealed. We use AVO as the main tool for the analysis of fracture infill type effect on the seismic response in three frequency ranges. Three out of four models exhibit a stable positive AVO gradient regardless of the rock type and frequency range. The analysis of linearized Zoeppritz equations confirms such AVO behavior. We proposed quantitative criteria (indicators) for recognition of a fracture infill type. Amplitude-frequency analysis is shown to expand the capabilities of infill type recognition. Thus, a method for determining fractured reservoir infill type is established for carbonate and shale formations, which could become the basis for a new direction in time-lapse technology.

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Numerical modeling of seismic responses from fractured reservoirs in 4D monitoring — Part 1: Seismic responses from fractured reservoirs in carbonate and shale formations

Leviant

Marmalevsky²,

Kvasov

et al. 2021

GEOPHYSICS

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A new technology for estimating time shifts in seismic monitoring of the exploitation of oil and gas fields and underground gas storage sites

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Numerical modeling of seismic responses from fractured reservoirs in 4D monitoring — Part 1: Seismic responses from fractured reservoirs in carbonate and shale formations

Numerical modeling of seismic responses from fractured reservoirs in 4D monitoring — Part 1: Seismic responses from fractured reservoirs in carbonate and shale formations

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