Probabilistic estimation of reservoir properties by means of wide-angle AVA inversion and a petrophysical reformulation of the Zoeppritz equations

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 147, Issue , 2017, Pages 28-41

  Aleardi, Mattia ^a   Ciabarri, Fabio ^b   Mazzotti, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Edison Spa   (Italy)

Author keywords

AVA inversion; Probabilistic petrophysical inversion; Reservoir characterization

Indexed keywords

LINEARIZATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROSITY; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES; WELL LOGGING;

AMPLITUDE VERSUS ANGLE INVERSION; PETROPHYSICAL; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY; PROBABILISTIC PETROPHYSICAL INVERSION; PROBABILISTICS; PROBABILITY: DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; ROCK PHYSICS MODEL; ZOEPPRITZ EQUATIONS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

AMPLITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; P-WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; POROSITY; PROBABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; S-WAVE;

EGYPT; NILE DELTA;

EID: 85033596338     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.10.002     Document Type: Article

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