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Well Seismicties
Well Seismicties
Well Seismicties
Depth
Time
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Time (ms)
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Outline
Pitfalls
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Business
Stage
Regional
Mapping
Accuracy
Required
Seismic
Quality
Required
Example
Application
Within a few
cycles
Poor/fair
Within ~ cycle
Good
Mapping and
tying a
regional
flooding
surface across
a basin
Very good
Comparing a
lead to nearby
wells
Exploration
Exploitatio
n
Wavelet
character
match
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Seismic
attribute
analysis
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Inversion
SHOT
RECR
Kelly Bushing
Elevation
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Me
asu
red
Depth
Two-way time
Base of
Weathering
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Vertical depth
Surface
Elevation
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Well Data
Low frequency 5 - 60 Hz
100 m
Time measurement
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Vertical resolution 2 cm - 2 m
Horizontal resolution 0.5 cm - 6
m
Measures vertical velocity,
density, resistivity,
radioactivity, SP, rock and fluid
properties from cores
Depth measurement
100 m
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Seismic
Data
Real Seismic
Data
Processing
Trace
Estimate
Pulse
External
Pulse
Well
Data
Data
Processing
Seismic
Modeling
Synthetic Seismic
Trace
Check Shots/
Time Depth
Information
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Time
Depth
Seismic Shot
Borehole
Geophone
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Pulses Types
Two options for defining the pulse:
A.
B.
Minimum
Zero
Quadrature
Phase
Phase
Phase
Positive
Reflection
Coefficient
Quadrature
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Velocity Density
Impedance
Reflection
Wavelet
Coefficients
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Shale
Sand
Shale
Sand
Shale
We block the velocity (sonic) and density logs and compute an impedance log
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Impact of Blocking
For typical seismic data,
blocking on the order of
3 m (10 ft) is the
recommended minimum
RC Synthetic
- +
Sonic
Log
RC Synthetic
- +
Time (sec)
Sonic
Log
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Fine Blocking
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Our Example
Well A
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Time (ms)
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Time (ms)
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Trace
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Synthetic Seismograms
No multiples
Relative amplitudes
are preserved
Zero-offset section
Multiples ignored
Noise free
No transmission losses or
absorption
Isotropic medium (vertical
and horizontal velocities are
equal)
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Common Pitfalls
Incorrect pulse
Polarity, frequency, and phase
Try a different pulse; use extracted pulse
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