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Fracture Detection and Reservoir Property Previous HitEstimationTop Using Full-Wave, Full-Azimuth Seismic Data

Peter Stewart*, John Tinnin, and Jim Hallin
GX, USA
*[email protected]

A full-wave data volume using state-of-the-art fully digital 3-component sensors, combined with a full-azimuth, full-offset, sampling acquisition design, was recorded over gas fields in southern China. These highly fractured reservoirs exhibit azimuthal anisotropy that is detectible in both the compressional wave (P-P) and converted wave (P-S) data. We present a unique processing flow that isolates fracture orientation and magnitude combined with elastic inversion results. This new and innovative approach identifies both lithological and stratigraphic features and is capable of delineating new reservoir locations within the highly productive fractured zones.

 

AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90077©2008 GEO 2008 Middle East Conference and Exhibition, Manama, Bahrain