Inverting reservoir crack density from P-wave AVOA data

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-175

  Zhu, Peimin ^a   Wang, Jiaying ^a   Yu, Wenhui ^a   Zhu, Guangming ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amplitude variation with offset and azimuth (AVOA); Anisotropic reservoir; Crack density; Cracked reservoir

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA;

EID: 33644926300     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/1/2/010     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Chang C H and Gardner G H F 1992 Determination of subsurface fracture orientation by analysis of the interval velocity 62nd SEG Meeting Expanded Abstracts pp 1069-72
2. Clasen S A 1991 Determination of fracture orientation using seismic shear waves 61st SEG Meeting Expanded Abstracts pp 283-4
3. Crampin S, McGonigle R and Bamford D 1980 Estimating crack parameters from observations of P-wave velocity anisotropy Geophysics 45 345-60
4. Hudson J A 1981 Wave speeds and attenuation of elastic waves in material containing cracks Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc. 64 133-50
5. Krasovec M L, Rodi W and Toksoz M N 1998 Sensitivity analysis of amplitude variation with offset (AVO) in fractured media 68th SEG Meeting Expanded Abstracts pp 201-3
6. Lynn H B, Bates C R, Simon K M and van Dok R 1995 The effects of azimuthal anisotropy in P-wave 3D seismic 65th SEG Meeting Expanded Abstracts pp 293-6
7. Lynn H B et al 1996 Azimuthal anisotropy in P-wave 3D (multiazimuth) data The Leading Edge 15 923-8
8. Lynn H B, Simon K M and Bates C R 1996 Correlation between P-wave AVOA and S-wave travel time anisotropy in a naturally fractured gas reservoir The Leading Edge 15 931-5
9. MacBeth C 1992 Optimal estimation of crack-strike Geophys. Prospect. 40 849-72
10. Mallick S and Fraser L N 1991 Reflection/transmission coefficients and azimuthal anisotropy in marine studies Geophys. J. Int. 105 241-52
11. Morland L W 1974 Elastic response of regularly jointed media Geophys. J. R. Astron. Soc. 37 435-66
12. Ruger A 1997 P-wave reflection coefficients for transversely isotropic models with vertical and horizontal axes of symmetry Geophysics 62 713-22
13. Ruger A 1998 Variation of P-wave reflectivity with offset and azimuth in anisotropic media Geophysics 63 935-47
14. Schoenberg M and Douma J 1988 Elastic wave propagation in media with parallel fractures and aligned cracks Geophys. Prospect. 36 571-90
15. Schoenberg M and Sayers C M 1995 Seismic anisotropy of fractured rock Geophysics 60 204-11
16. Sena A G 1991 Seismic travel time equation for azimuthally anisotropic and isotropic media: estimation of interval elastic properties Geophysics 56 2090-101
17. Strahilevitz R and Gardner G H F 1995 Fracture detection using P-wave AVO 65th SEG Meeting Expanded Abstracts pp 589-91
18. Thomsen L 1986 Weak elastic anisotropy Geophysics 51 1954-66
19. Thomsen L 1995 Elastic anisotropy due to aligned cracks in porous rock Geophys. Prospect. 43 805-29
20. Tsvankin I 1995a Inversion of reflection travel time for transverse isotropy Geophysics 60 1095-107
21. Tsvankin I 1995b Inversion of moveout velocities for horizontal transverse isotropy 65th SEG Meeting Expanded Abstracts pp 735-8
22. Tsvankin I 1995c Normal moveout from dipping reflectors in anisotropic media Geophysics 60 268-84
23. Wang Y 2003 Seismic Amplitude Inversion in Reflection Tomography (Oxford: Pergamon)