Four-dimensional seismic monitoring of reservoir fluid-flow processes

David E. Lumley

doi:10.1117/12.187497

23 September 1994 Four-dimensional seismic monitoring of reservoir fluid-flow processes

David E. Lumley

Proceedings Volume 2301, Mathematical Methods in Geophysical Imaging II; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187497
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Time-lapse 3D seismic monitoring of subsurface rock property changes incurred during reservoir fluid-flow processes is an emerging new diagnostic technology for optimizing hydrocarbon production. I discuss the physical theory relevant for three-phase fluid flow in a producing oil reservoir, and rock physics transformations of fluid-flow pressure, temperature and pore-fluid saturation values to seismic P-wave and S-wave velocity. I link fluid-flow physical parameters to seismic reflection data amplitudes and traveltimes through elastic wave equation modeling and imaging theory. I demonstrate in a simulated data example that changes in fluid-flow can be monitored and imaged from repeated seismic surveys acquired at varying production calendar times.

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David E. Lumley "Four-dimensional seismic monitoring of reservoir fluid-flow processes", Proc. SPIE 2301, Mathematical Methods in Geophysical Imaging II, (23 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187497

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