Numerical simulation of first-order backscattered P and S waves for time-lapse seismic imaging in heterogeneous reservoirs

Details Numerical simulation of first-order backscattered P and S waves for time-lapse seismic imaging in heterogeneous reservoirs Numerical simulation of first-order backscattered P and S waves for time-lapse seismic imaging in heterogeneous reservoirs

Mar 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002geoji.148..402l&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Journal International, Volume 148, Issue 3, pp. 402-425.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Reservoirs, Scattering, Statistical Methods, Synthetic Seismograms

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First-order elastic wave scattering theory, validated in general features by deep-borehole seismic coda wave observations, is used to numerically simulate time-lapse borehole seismic data aimed at monitoring oil-water substitution in heterogeneous hydrocarbon reservoirs. A first-order perturbation solution of the vector wave equation leads to P-P and S-S backscattered displacement vector motion expressed as the angular summation of the second radial derivative of P - and S -wave velocity and density fluctuations α '/α , β '/β , ρ '/ρ over expanding spherical wave fronts of radiiξ =αt /2 and ξ =βt /2. P - and S -wave velocity and density spatial heterogeneity is modelled as long-range correlated random fluctuations consistent with the power-law-scaling character of crustal rock physical properties measured by borehole logs. The spectra of model scattering displacement seismograms for a power-law-scaling volumetric noise distribution duplicate the frequency enrichment observed in the spectra of broadband earthquake coda waves recorded in a deep well. Modelling of time-lapse scattering in power-law-scaling permeability structures suggests that a stable borehole seismic source can locate oil-water substitution in reservoir volumes tens of metres on a side at distances of up to a few hundred metres from an observation well using currently available borehole seismic technology. Time-lapse tracking of oil-water substitution and the monitoring of reservoir stress conditions can lead to spatially well-constrained reservoir models, despite large-scale, large-amplitude correlated random heterogeneity.

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