A wave propagation based method for improved seismic fracture prediction

Mu Luo; Mamoru Takanashi

doi:10.1071/ASEG2007ab080

ISSN: 2202-0586
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oa A wave propagation based method for improved seismic fracture prediction
Authors Mu Luo^a and Mamoru Takanashi^b
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^a PGS DP Australia, IBM Centre, Level 4, 1060 Hay Street Western Perth, , WA 6003, , Australia, [email protected] ^b TRC/JOGMEC, 1-2-2 Hamada Mihama-ku Chiba-shi Chiba, 261-0025, Japan, [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: ASEG Extended Abstracts, Volume 2007, Issue ASEG2007 - 19th Geophysical Conference, Dec 2007, p. 1 - 3
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2007ab080
- Published online: 01 Dec 2007

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Summary

A wave propagation based method was investigated to improve the quality of seismic P-wave fracture prediction. The improvement is achieved through reducing the overburden influence superimposed onto a target layer. Rather than relying on evaluations of layer’s properties across an interface, our method predicts fractures using two “fracture functions” estimated from the top and bottom reflections of a target layer. The two functions are firstly served as a measure of overburden influence, and then incorporated in inversion to minimize the overburden effect that results in improved fracture prediction for a target layer.

Tests on physical model data suggest the viability of the method that operates on pre-stack data, and is applicable to a wide range of seismic surveys including 2D, 3D and VSP.

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Article Type: Research Article

Keyword(s): overburden-effect; seismic fracture prediction; wave-propagation

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