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Volume 69, Issue 2
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ABSTRACT

A novel approach of unconventional reservoir stress evaluation is proposed to enhance the accuracy of fracture development prediction. Differential horizontal stress ratio can reflect the stress characteristic of fractured reservoir. To calculate the differential horizontal stress ratio more intuitionistic and simpler, we re‐derive its formula with Poisson's ratio and fracture density. Meanwhile, a new azimuthal PP‐wave amplitude versus offset equation based on Poisson's ratio and fracture density was derived for inverting above elastic parameters directly. Therefore, two steps are needed to realize stress evaluation. First, amplitude‐versus‐azimuthal angle inversion in the Bayesian framework in constraint of prior information such as well log data or rock physics information is executed for elastic and fracture parameters using pre‐stack angle gathers of different azimuth angles. The second procedure is to estimate differential horizontal stress ratio with Poisson's ratio and fracture density. Finally, a real data set is studied to test the new approach and the result demonstrated that the estimated differential horizontal stress ratio can reflect the stress property and it agrees with geological law and the new drilled well interpretation. Therefore, we can conclude that the combination of newly derived differential horizontal stress ratio and azimuthal PP‐wave amplitude versus offset equation in this study provides an available method for estimating the differential horizontal stress ratio of unconventional reservoirs, and the new approach can offer reliable geophysical information for stress evaluation.

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Stress prediction and evaluation approach based on azimuthal amplitude‐versus‐offset inversion of unconventional reservoirs
Geophysical Prospecting 69, 372 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2478.13035
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Keyword(s): Anisotropy; Reservoir characterization; Seismic inversion

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