Abstract
This paper describes the implementation of a petroelastic model (PEM) based on Gassmann's equation to calculate seismic attributes into a commercial reservoir flow simulator. This implementation is the first step of a project to integrate time-lapse (4D) seismic attributes into an assisted history matching tool developed in a previous project.
The paper includes the description of the PEM and some implementation issues, such as the coupling of the model with the flow simulator with the purpose of using its basic calculated properties, discuss some user options (such as properties input through correlation or geoestatisticaly obtained maps) and the model variants and extensions (such as lithology influence and pressure effects). Three applications of this petroelastic model are shown: the first is a synthetic model based on outcrop data; the second is a 4D feasibility study for water injection monitoring in an offshore field; and the last one is a comparison between observed and calculated pressure impedances for an offshore field.
The resulting tool is applicable, for example, in 4D seismic feasibility studies, in seismic modeling for comparison with observed surveys and makes possible further implementations for incorporating the seismic data in assisted history matching.
