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Volume 52, Issue 5
  • ISSN: 0812-3985
  • E-ISSN: 1834-7533

Abstract

Frequency-dependent anisotropy can be used for detection and evaluation of fractured reservoirs. In this study, three numerical models of fractured reservoirs are designed to study the frequency dependence of amplitude variation with azimuth (AVAZ). Here, two factors, which can make the AVAZ responses frequency dependent, are taken into consideration, the fluid flow and the tuning effect. Model I is used for the analysis of frequency-dependent AVAZ induced only by the fluid flow. Model II is used to study frequency-dependent AVAZ induced only by the tuning effect. For Model III, these two factors are in the presence at the same time. In this study, the fluid flow is simulated by Chapman’s multi-scale rock physics model, and the azimuthal seismic gathers are generated by propagating matrix method. Spectral decomposition is implemented based on the smoothed pseudo Wigner-Ville distribution, so that the frequency dependence for the AVAZ gathers can be discussed. It is demonstrated that both the fluid flow and the tuning effect can cause significant frequency-dependent AVAZ, and the frequency-dependent AVAZ is helpful for fluid identification and anisotropic thin bed detection. Besides, for both factors, the incident angle can influence the frequency-dependent AVAZ responses, accordingly azimuthal seismic gathers with large incident angles are necessary for field data application.

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Frequency-dependent AVAZ for fractured reservoirs
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Keyword(s): Anisotropy; azimuth; fluid; fractures; reservoir

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