Joint flow-seismic inversion for characterizing fractured reservoirs: Theoretical approach and numerical modeling

Peter K. Kang; Yingcai Zheng; Xinding Fang; Rafal Wojcik; Dennis McLaughlin; Stephen Brown; Michael C. Fehler; Daniel R. Burns; Ruben Juanes

doi:10.1190/segam2013-1397.1

Joint flow-seismic inversion for characterizing fractured reservoirs: Theoretical approach and numerical modeling

Peter K. Kang, Yingcai Zheng, Xinding Fang, Rafal Wojcik, Dennis McLaughlin, Stephen Brown, Michael C. Fehler, Daniel R. Burns, Ruben Juanes

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Abstract

Traditionally, seismic interpretation is performed without any account of the flow behavior. Here, we present a methodology to characterize fractured geologic media by integrating flow and seismic data. The key element of the proposed approach is the identification of the intimate relation between acoustic and flow responses of a fractured reservoir through the fracture compliance. By means of synthetic models, we show that: (1) owing to the strong (but highly uncertain) dependence of fracture permeability on fracture compliance, the modeled flow response in a fractured reservoir is highly sensitive to the geophysical interpretation; and (2) by incorporating flow data (well pressures and production curves) into the inversion workflow, we can simultaneously reduce the error in the seismic interpretation and improve predictions of the reservoir flow dynamics.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Expanding Geophysical Frontiers
Publisher	Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Pages	2511-2515
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	9781629931883
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2013-1397.1
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes
Event	Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers, SEG 2013 - Houston, United States Duration: Sep 22 2013 → Sep 27 2013

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Country/Territory	United States
City	Houston
Period	9/22/13 → 9/27/13

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This work was funded by the Eni Multiscale Reservoir Science Project within the Eni-MIT Energy Initiative Founding Member Program.

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© 2013 SEG.

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Kang, P. K., Zheng, Y., Fang, X., Wojcik, R., McLaughlin, D., Brown, S., Fehler, M. C., Burns, D. R., & Juanes, R. (2013). Joint flow-seismic inversion for characterizing fractured reservoirs: Theoretical approach and numerical modeling. In Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers (pp. 2511-2515). (Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers). Society of Exploration Geophysicists. https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2013-1397.1

Joint flow-seismic inversion for characterizing fractured reservoirs: Theoretical approach and numerical modeling. / Kang, Peter K.; Zheng, Yingcai; Fang, Xinding et al.
Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2013. p. 2511-2515 (Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers).

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Kang, PK, Zheng, Y, Fang, X, Wojcik, R, McLaughlin, D, Brown, S, Fehler, MC, Burns, DR & Juanes, R 2013, Joint flow-seismic inversion for characterizing fractured reservoirs: Theoretical approach and numerical modeling. in Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers. Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, pp. 2511-2515, Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers, SEG 2013, Houston, United States, 9/22/13. https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2013-1397.1

Kang PK, Zheng Y, Fang X, Wojcik R, McLaughlin D, Brown S et al. Joint flow-seismic inversion for characterizing fractured reservoirs: Theoretical approach and numerical modeling. In Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. 2013. p. 2511-2515. (Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers). doi: 10.1190/segam2013-1397.1

Kang, Peter K. ; Zheng, Yingcai ; Fang, Xinding et al. / Joint flow-seismic inversion for characterizing fractured reservoirs : Theoretical approach and numerical modeling. Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers. Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2013. pp. 2511-2515 (Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 83rd Annual Meeting, SEG 2013: Expanding Geophysical Frontiers).

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