A new technique for mapping fractures using 3-D seismic data

Mu Luo; Brian J. Evans

doi:10.1071/ASEG2001ab079

ISSN: 2202-0586
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oa A new technique for mapping fractures using 3-D seismic data
Authors Mu Luo^a and Brian J. Evans^b
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^a Curtin University of Technology, Australia, [email protected] ^b Curtin University of Technology, Australia, [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: ASEG Extended Abstracts, Volume 2001, Issue ASEG2001 - 15th Geophysical Conference, Dec 2001, p. 1 - 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2001ab079
- Published online: 01 Dec 2001

Abstract

We developed and tested an attribute mapping technique which was found very useful in aiding fracture detection. It requires a transform of binned CMP trace data from the original Cartesian spatial coordinates to a Polar system and displays the important seismic attributes in a polar-plot form. Data lineations within the map is a direct indicator of the orientation of fracturing. The technique utilises all available azimuths and offsets in a super bin and can operate on any 3-D seismic data with wide azimuthal and offset distributions.

We demonstrate the application using real field data and physical modelling data.

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Keyword(s): 3-D seismic; amplitude variation with offset and azimuth; Fracture mapping

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