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Seismic characterization of fractured reservoirs using 3D double beams

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Zheng, Yingcai; Fang, Xinding; Fehler, Michael; Burns, Daniel R.
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Abstract
We propose an efficient target-oriented method to characterize seismic properties of fractured reservoirs: the spacing between fractures and the fracture orientation. We use both singly scattered and multiply scattered seismic waves by fractures. Based on the diffraction theory, the scattered wave vector is related to the incident wave vector computed from the source to the target using a background velocity model. Two Gaussian beams, a source beam constructed along the incident direction and a receiver beam along the scattered direction, interfere with each other. We then scan all possible fracture spacing and orientation and output an interference pattern as a function of the spacing and orientation. If multiple targets are used, the interference pattern is spatially varying and the most likely fracture spacing and orientation can be inferred. Our method is adaptive for a variety of seismic acquisition geometries. If seismic sources (or receivers) are sparse spatially, we can shrink the source (or receiver) beam-width to zero and in this case, we achieve point-source-to-beam interference. We validated our algorithm using a synthetic dataset created by a finite difference scheme with the linear-slip boundary condition, which describes the wave-fracture interaction.
Date issued
2012
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90479
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Earth Resources Laboratory
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Earth Resources Laboratory Industry Consortia Annual Report;2012-06
Keywords
Scattering, Fractures

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