Azimuthal reflectivity inversion

Jon Downton; Benjamin Roure; Olivia Collet; Loic Michel

doi:10.1071/ASEG2012ab170

ISSN: 2202-0586
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Authors Jon Downton^a, Benjamin Roure^b, Olivia Collet^c and Loic Michel^d
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^a CGGVeritas, [email protected] ^b CGGVeritas, [email protected] ^c CGGVeritas, [email protected] ^d CGGVeritas, [email protected]
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: ASEG Extended Abstracts, Volume 2012, Issue ASEG2012 - 22nd Geophysical Conference, Dec 2012, p. 1 - 4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2012ab170
- Published online: 01 Dec 2012

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Seismic fracture prediction is becoming a more important exploration and development problem with the growing focus on unconventional reservoirs. A non-linear inversion technique is presented to estimate layer-based fracture parameters and velocities based on azimuthal reflectivity data. The earth model assumes a single set of vertical fractures per layer parameterized in terms of linear slip parameters - the normal and tangential fracture weaknesses - and fracture strike. In addition, the background P-wave and S-wave impedances are estimated. Either the exact Zoeppritz equation or some linearization thereof is used in a convolutional modelling scheme to estimate seismic amplitude data. The inverse problem is solved in a nonlinear fashion using simulated annealing.

The new technique has several advantages over performing azimuthal amplitude versus angle analysis (AVAz). The reflectivity calculation used in the new technique is more theoretically correct, allowing for the symmetry plane to change as a function of layer. The 90 degree ambiguity in estimating the symmetry plane typical of the near offset approximation also disappears. Further, there is an improvement in the isotropic parameter estimates compared to isotropic inversion since the bias introduced by neglecting anisotropy has been removed by incorporating it into the forward model. The azimuthal inversion is demonstrated on both synthetic and real seismic data.

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Article Type: Research Article

Keyword(s): anisotropy; azimuthal; fracture; inversion; reservoir

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