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AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 90 (2006), Program Abstracts (Digital)

7th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition
Manama, Bahrain
March 27-29, 2006

ABSTRACT: Integrated Crosswell Seismic – An Previous HitAdvancedNext Hit Previous HitTechnologyNext Hit to Improve Previous HitReservoirNext Hit Description - Case Histories

Massimo Antonelli, Claudio D'Agosto, and Francesco Miranda
Eni E&P, Via Emilia, 1, San Donato Milanese, 20097, Italy, phone: +39 02 52062565, fax: +39 02 52063897, [email protected]

This paper describes the results achieved in applying the Integrated Crosswell Seismic (ICS) Previous HittechnologyNext Hit in several Oil Fields worldwide. ICS is an innovative methodology to improve the description of the internal geometries of the Previous HitreservoirNext Hit between two or more wells, which has evolved from being primarily an exploration tool, to a development and Previous HitreservoirNext Hit management tool. ICS requires the joint measurement and interpretation of two different seismic events: a) Direct arrivals for tomographic inversion; b) Reflection arrivals for reflection mapping; This new approach yields several practical advantages:

  • Extremely high resolution (2'-3' vertically) of the geology and structural imaging (10 to 100 times better than that achievable with surface seismic);
  • Measurements directly referenced in depth;
  • Near surface effects (topography, weathering or gas sands, etc.) entirely bypassed;
  • Seismic, log and core data integration.

This technique can allow the imaging of the interwell fluid movement if applied in time-lapse mode. In fact, it can be sensitive to variations - induced by the production operations - as little as 1% in velocities In the last two years Crosswell Seismic Data were acquired in several oil Fields as part of a Previous HitreservoirNext Hit Previous HitcharacterizationNext Hit project being conducted by Eni E&P on Italian and overseas fields. The case histories were collected from fields with different Previous HitreservoirNext Hit lithologies and related to different geological frameworks. The selected case histories show the high flexibility and applicability of the methodology in the Previous HitreservoirNext Hit management activities for different type of challenges:

  • Higher resolution structural & stratigraphic imaging;
  • Geological model building and validation;
  • Petrophysical properties estimation;
  • Identification of “infill” drilling targets;
  • Time lapse interwell Previous HitmonitoringTop and fluid flow imaging.

 

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