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Predicting stress-induced anisotropy around a borehole
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory, 2012)
Formation elastic properties near a borehole may be altered from their original state due to the stress concentration around the borehole. This could result in a biased estimation of formation properties but could provide ...
An improved method for hydrofracture induced microseismic event detection and phase picking
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory, 2010)
The ability to detect small microearthquakes and identify their P and S phase arrivals is a
key issue in hydrofracture downhole monitoring because of the low signal-to-noise ratios.
We apply an array-based waveform ...
Multipole seismoelectric logging while drilling (LWD) for acoustic velocity measurements
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory, 2012)
In seismoelectric well logging, an acoustic wave propagates along a borehole and induces electrical signals along the borehole wall. The apparent velocities of these seismoelectric signals are equal to the formation ...
Integration of Geology, Rock-Physics, Logs, and Pre-stack Seismic for Reservoir Porosity Estimation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory, 2011)
The main objective of this paper is to obtain reservoir properties, such as porosity, both at the well locations and in the inter-well regions from seismic data and well logs. The seismic and well-log datasets are from an ...
Numerical modeling of elastic wave scattering by near-surface heterogeneities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory, 2013)
A perturbation method for elastic waves and numerical forward modeling are used to calculate the effects of seismic wave scattering from arbitrary shape shallow subsurface heterogeneities. Wave propagation is simulated ...
Focal Mechanism Determination Using High Frequency Waveform Matching and Its Application to Small Magnitude Induced Earthquakes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory, 2010)
We present a new method using high frequency full waveform information to determine the
focal mechanisms of small, local earthquakes monitored by a sparse surface network. During the
waveform inversion, we maximize both ...
Downhole microseismic monitoring of hydraulic fracturing: a full-waveform approach for complete moment tensor inversion and stress estimation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory, 2010)
Downhole microseismics has gained in popularity in recent years as a way to characterize hydraulic fracturing sources and to estimate in-situ stress state. Conventional approaches only utilize part of the information ...
Experimental studies of the acoustic wave field near a borehole
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory, 2013)
A monopole or a dipole source in a fluid borehole generates acoustic waves, part of which propagate along the borehole and the other part enter the formation propagating as P- or S-waves. The refracted waves propagating ...
Finite Difference Elastic Wave Modeling Including Surface Topography
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory, 2011)
Surface topography and the weathered zone (i.e., heterogeneity near the earth’s surface) have great effects on elastic wave propagation. Both surface waves and body waves are contaminated by scattering and conversion by ...
Estimate the Effective Elastic Properties of Digitized Porous Rocks by Inverting the Cracks Unresolved
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory, 2010)
Current imaging technique such as micro X-ray CT can provide us detailed 3D micro-structures of porous
rocks that can be used in numerical simulation so as to predict elastic properties of rocks saturated with
different ...