... ratio of an ellipsoidal Reservoir property parameters, i.e., porosity, clay content, pore). However, the aspect ratio is usually considered and saturation, directly link the reservoir hydrocarbon- constant for rock physics modeling in conventional petro- bearing prediction and evaluation, of which...

... exploration geophysicist 10 shaly sand realization lithology reservoir characterization study area shale rock physics modeling case study Seismic reservoir characterization of Wara Formation using prestack geostatistical inversion integrated with rock physics modeling: a case study in Kuwait Taiwen...

..., the normal compaction velocity and bulk modulus of shale are simulated by anisotropic shale rock physics modeling to improve the accuracy of the normal trend. Since the bulk modulus and the seismic wave velocity can be converted to each other, we have tried to propose a method for predicting pore pressures...

... of porosity through the nested rock physics models. Though his approach is attractive for practical use, the uncertainty range of modeled anisotropy parameters has to be evaluated. We propose a grid search to find the reasonable parameters and then show the effect of them on the modeling result. The proposed...

... ABSTRACT We demonstrate a workflow of rock physics modeling for organic-rich shales at various levels of thermal maturity based on hydrous pyrolysis experimental data. The anisotropic DEM algorithm in conjunction with Easy %Ro is used to predict the elastic stiffness evolution of the source...

... and compare the methods on a synthetic example and on a seismic dataset from the Barents Sea. The results are validated at three well locations. Finally, a map of fluid distribution obtained from stochastic rock physics modeling honoring depth trends is compared against the critical angle map. Two maps reveal...

... Start Time: 11:25 AM Location: 351D Presentation Type: ORAL gutierrez near-surface deepwater sediment rock physics modeling sediment modeling upstream oil & gas lithology shell international exploration mudrock gas hydrate dvorkin amplitude anomaly rock property calibration...

... must extract more information from our seismic data. In this study, we combine AVO analysis and rock physics modeling in a rock physics inversion to quantify petrophysical changes in the reservoir thereby offering a more complete description of subsurface conditions. Presentation Date: Tuesday...

... ABSTRACT We developed a method for calculating the effective viscoelastic properties of anisotropic fractured rocks incorporating the effect of low-velocity and dispersive Krauklis waves arising in thin fractures. The method is based on the Rock Physics modeling allowing us to consider...

... ABSTRACT We performed deterministic reservoir prediction based on inverse rock physics modeling for one oilfield in the West Siberia, Russia. The target zone is Tyumen formation. It consists of a thinly laminated sand-shale-coal sequences. Coal layers have very low acoustic impedance...

... this model is suitable for describing the elastic behavior of tight reserviors. Presentation Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Start Time: 2:15:00 PM Location: 150 Presentation Type: ORAL water saturation tight reservoir effective fluid model saturation porous medium rock physics modeling...

... with other theoretical models, and the results are analyzed. Presentation Date: Thursday, October 20, 2016 Start Time: 8:55:00 AM Location: 150 Presentation Type: ORAL upstream oil & gas viscosity modeling artificial intelligence rock physics modeling damage calibration complex reservoir...

... ABSTRACT It is essential to quantitatively study how shale properties change during smectite-to-illite transition, which can assist us to better predict pore pressure and understand the shale diagenesis. We develop rock physics models to characterize how elastic stiffness and porosity of shale...

... properties and seismic wave attributes. Aiming at industrial applications in hydrocarbon seismic identification, the combined method with rock physics modeling, fluid sensitivity analysis of indicators, log data reprocessing, and seismic inversion is presented. Rock physics template is built based...

... to take full advantage of seismic processing, pre-stack simultaneous AVO inversion, rock physics modeling, shear wave slowness prediction, lithology/fluid prediction and rock physics inversion. In the following case study in offshore Eastern China, the products from the study are intended to provide...

... the anisotropic prior model using stochastic rock physics modeling for shale anisotropy. To model the shale anisotropy, we consider the following three aspects: mineral elastic anisotropy for the constitutes of the shale, the mineral transition due to compaction and temperature, and particle alignment during...

... organic carbon are of primary interest for exploration and development projects. In this paper, we present a quantitative interpretation workflow that is designed to quantitatively interpret orthorhombic inversion attributes in terms of volumetric properties. We show how rock physics modeling enables us...

... pore structure parameter elastic moduli rock physics modeling clay content gassmann-sun model upstream oil & gas total matrix Rock physics modeling of clay-bearing formations: the pore structure effect Liqin Sang* and Yuefeng Sun, Texas A&M University Summary In clay-bearing formations...

... Summary In this study, we develop rock physics models to simulate the elastic properties of organic-rich shales with different maturity levels. The modeling results of immature and mature shales match well with the measured data from the Bakken shale samples (Vernik and Liu, 1997). It also...

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