Download or read book A Data estimation based Approach for Quasi continuous Seismic Reservoir Monitoring written by Adeyemi Temitope Arogunmati and published by Stanford University. This book was released on 2011 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current strategies and logistics for seismic data acquisition impose restrictions on the calendar-time temporal resolution obtainable for a given time-lapse monitoring program. One factor that restricts the implementation of a quasi-continuous monitoring program using conventional strategies is the time it takes to acquire a complete survey. Here quasi-continuous monitoring describes the process of reservoir monitoring at short time intervals. This dissertation describes an approach that circumvents the restriction by requiring only a subset of a complete survey data each time an image of the reservoir is needed. Ideally, the time interval between survey subset acquisitions should be short so that changes in the reservoir properties are small. The accumulated data acquired are used to estimate the unavailable data at the monitor survey time, and the combined known and estimated data are used to produce an image of the subsurface for monitoring. Quasi-continuous seismic monitoring can be used to monitor geologic reservoirs during the injection phase of a carbon dioxide sequestration project. It can also be used to monitor reservoir changes between injector and producer wells during the secondary recovery phase in an oil field. The primary advantage of a quasi-continuous monitoring strategy over the conventional strategy is the high temporal resolution of the reservoir changes obtainable. Naturally, the spatial resolution of the image obtained using a subset of the data from a full survey will be worse than the spatial resolution of the image obtained using the complete data from a full survey. However, if the unavailable data are estimated perfectly, the spatial resolution is not lost. The choice of estimation algorithm and the size of the known data play an important role in the success of the approach presented in this dissertation.
Download or read book A Data estimation based Approach for Quasi continuous Seismic Reservoir Monitoring written by Adeyemi Temitope Arogunmati and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current strategies and logistics for seismic data acquisition impose restrictions on the calendar-time temporal resolution obtainable for a given time-lapse monitoring program. One factor that restricts the implementation of a quasi-continuous monitoring program using conventional strategies is the time it takes to acquire a complete survey. Here quasi-continuous monitoring describes the process of reservoir monitoring at short time intervals. This dissertation describes an approach that circumvents the restriction by requiring only a subset of a complete survey data each time an image of the reservoir is needed. Ideally, the time interval between survey subset acquisitions should be short so that changes in the reservoir properties are small. The accumulated data acquired are used to estimate the unavailable data at the monitor survey time, and the combined known and estimated data are used to produce an image of the subsurface for monitoring. Quasi-continuous seismic monitoring can be used to monitor geologic reservoirs during the injection phase of a carbon dioxide sequestration project. It can also be used to monitor reservoir changes between injector and producer wells during the secondary recovery phase in an oil field. The primary advantage of a quasi-continuous monitoring strategy over the conventional strategy is the high temporal resolution of the reservoir changes obtainable. Naturally, the spatial resolution of the image obtained using a subset of the data from a full survey will be worse than the spatial resolution of the image obtained using the complete data from a full survey. However, if the unavailable data are estimated perfectly, the spatial resolution is not lost. The choice of estimation algorithm and the size of the known data play an important role in the success of the approach presented in this dissertation.
Download or read book Seismic Reservoir Modeling written by Dario Grana and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seismic reservoir characterization aims to build 3-dimensional models of rock and fluid properties, including elastic and petrophysical variables, to describe and monitor the state of the subsurface for hydrocarbon exploration and production and for CO2 sequestration. Rock physics modeling and seismic wave propagation theory provide a set of physical equations to predict the seismic response of subsurface rocks based on their elastic and petrophysical properties. However, the rock and fluid properties are generally unknown and surface geophysical measurements are often the only available data to constrain reservoir models far away from well control. Therefore, reservoir properties are generally estimated from geophysical data as a solution of an inverse problem, by combining rock physics and seismic models with inverse theory and geostatistical methods, in the context of the geological modeling of the subsurface. A probabilistic approach to the inverse problem provides the probability distribution of rock and fluid properties given the measured geophysical data and allows quantifying the uncertainty of the predicted results. The reservoir characterization problem includes both discrete properties, such as facies or rock types, and continuous properties, such as porosity, mineral volumes, fluid saturations, seismic velocities and density. Seismic Reservoir Modeling: Theory, Examples and Algorithms presents the main concepts and methods of seismic reservoir characterization. The book presents an overview of rock physics models that link the petrophysical properties to the elastic properties in porous rocks and a review of the most common geostatistical methods to interpolate and simulate multiple realizations of subsurface properties conditioned on a limited number of direct and indirect measurements based on spatial correlation models. The core of the book focuses on Bayesian inverse methods for the prediction of elastic petrophysical properties from seismic data using analytical and numerical statistical methods. The authors present basic and advanced methodologies of the current state of the art in seismic reservoir characterization and illustrate them through expository examples as well as real data applications to hydrocarbon reservoirs and CO2 sequestration studies.
Download or read book Subsurface Fluid Flow and Imaging written by Donald Wyman Vasco and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-21 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces methodologies for subsurface imaging based upon asymptotic and trajectory-based methods for modeling fluid flow, transport and deformation. It describes trajectory-based imaging from its mathematical formulation, through the construction and solution of the imaging equations, to the assessment of the accuracy and resolution associated with the image. Unique in its approach, it provides a unified framework for the complete spectrum of physical phenomena from wave-like hyperbolic problems to diffusive parabolic problems and non-linear problems of mixed character. The practical aspects of imaging, particularly efficient and robust methods for updating high resolution geologic models using fluid flow, transport and geophysical data, are emphasized throughout the book. Complete with online software applications and examples that enable readers to gain hands-on experience, this volume is an invaluable resource for graduate-level courses, as well as for academic researchers and industry practitioners in the fields of geoscience, hydrology, and petroleum and environmental engineering.
Download or read book Optimal Seismic Deconvolution written by Jerry M. Mendel and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Optimal Seismic Deconvolution: An Estimation-Based Approach presents an approach to the problem of seismic deconvolution. It is meant for two different audiences: practitioners of recursive estimation theory and geophysical signal processors. The book opens with a chapter on elements of minimum-variance estimation that are essential for all later developments. Included is a derivation of the Kaiman filter and discussions of prediction and smoothing. Separate chapters follow on minimum-variance deconvolution; maximum-likelihood and maximum a posteriori estimation methods; the philosophy of maxi.
Download or read book Joint Integration of Time lapse Seismic Electromagnetic and Production Data for Reservoir Monitoring and Management written by Jaehoon Lee and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joint integration of time-lapse seismic, time-lapse electromagnetic, and production data can provide a powerful means of characterizing and monitoring reservoirs. Those data contain complementary information about the changes in the reservoir during operation, and, thus, their proper integration can lead to more reliable forecasts and optimal decisions in reservoir management. This dissertation focuses on developing workflows to jointly integrate time-lapse seismic, electromagnetic, and production data because this task is significantly time-consuming and very challenging. The first part of the thesis addresses a quick and efficient method, which can provide a tool for locating the changes in the reservoir and assessing the uncertainty associated with the estimation quantitatively. The developed workflow, termed statistical integration workflow, utilizes well logs to link reservoir properties with seismic and electromagnetic data by building the joint probability distribution. A new upscaling method from well logs to the scales of seismic and electromagnetic measurements is established using multiple-point geostatistical simulation. The statistical integration workflow is applied to facies classification and the detection of depleted regions. Stochastic optimization is also investigated in this dissertation. As the joint optimization of time-lapse seismic, electromagnetic, and production data requires a huge amount of computational time, we formulate a new algorithm, the probabilistic particle swarm optimization (Pro-PSO). This algorithm is designed to alleviate the time-consuming job by parallel computations of multiple candidate models and the improvement of models based on information sharing. More importantly, any probabilistic priors, such as geological information, can be incorporated into the algorithm. Applications are investigated for a synthetic example of seismic inversion and flow history matching of a Gaussian porosity field, parameterized by its spatial principal components. The result validates the effectiveness of Pro-PSO as compared with conventional PSO. Another version of Pro-PSO for discrete parameters, called Pro-DPSO, is also developed where particles (candidate models) move in the probability mass function space instead of the parameter space. Then, Pro-DPSO is hybridized with a multiple-point geostatistical algorithm, the single normal equation algorithm (SNESIM) to preserve non-Gaussian geological features. This hybridized algorithm (Pro-DPSO-SNESIM) is evaluated on a synthetic example of seismic inversion and compared with a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) optimization method. The algorithms Pro-DPSO and Pro-DPSO-SNESIM provide not only optimized models but also optimized probability mass functions (pmf) of parameters. Therefore, it also presents the variations of realizations sampled from the optimized pmfs. Lastly, we introduce the specialization workflow of Pro-PSO algorithms for the joint integration of time-lapse seismic, time-lapse electromagnetic, and production data. In this workflow, the particles of Pro-PSO are divided into several groups, and each group is specialized in the evaluation of a particular type of data misfit. Dividing up the objective function components among different groups of particles allows the algorithm to take advantage of situations where different forward simulators for each type of data require very different computational times per iteration. The optimization is implemented by sharing multiple best models from each type of data misfit, not by sharing a single best model based on the sum (or other combinations) of all the misfits. The "divide-and-conquer" workflow is evaluated on two synthetic cases of joint integration showing that it is much more efficient than an equivalent conventional workflow minimizing an integrated objective function.
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Download or read book Geophysics and Geosequestration written by Thomas L. Davis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the geophysical techniques and analysis methods for monitoring subsurface carbon dioxide storage for researchers and industry practitioners.
Download or read book Practical Applications of Time lapse Seismic Data written by David H. Johnston and published by SEG Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time-lapse (4D) seismic technology is a key enabler for improved hydrocarbon recovery and more cost-effective field operations. This book shows how 4D data are used for reservoir surveillance, add value to reservoir management, and provide valuable insight on dynamic reservoir properties such as fluid saturation, pressure, and temperature.
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Download or read book Seismic Data Analysis written by Özdoğan Yilmaz and published by SEG Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 2065 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanding the author's original work on processing to include inversion and interpretation, and including developments in all aspects of conventional processing, this two-volume set is a comprehensive and complete coverage of the modern trends in the seismic industry - from time to depth, from 3D to 4D, from 4D to 4C, and from isotropy to anisotropy.
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Download or read book Characterization Modeling Monitoring and Remediation of Fractured Rock written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fractured rock is the host or foundation for innumerable engineered structures related to energy, water, waste, and transportation. Characterizing, modeling, and monitoring fractured rock sites is critical to the functioning of those infrastructure, as well as to optimizing resource recovery and contaminant management. Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock examines the state of practice and state of art in the characterization of fractured rock and the chemical and biological processes related to subsurface contaminant fate and transport. This report examines new developments, knowledge, and approaches to engineering at fractured rock sites since the publication of the 1996 National Research Council report Rock Fractures and Fluid Flow: Contemporary Understanding and Fluid Flow. Fundamental understanding of the physical nature of fractured rock has changed little since 1996, but many new characterization tools have been developed, and there is now greater appreciation for the importance of chemical and biological processes that can occur in the fractured rock environment. The findings of Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock can be applied to all types of engineered infrastructure, but especially to engineered repositories for buried or stored waste and to fractured rock sites that have been contaminated as a result of past disposal or other practices. The recommendations of this report are intended to help the practitioner, researcher, and decision maker take a more interdisciplinary approach to engineering in the fractured rock environment. This report describes how existing tools-some only recently developed-can be used to increase the accuracy and reliability of engineering design and management given the interacting forces of nature. With an interdisciplinary approach, it is possible to conceptualize and model the fractured rock environment with acceptable levels of uncertainty and reliability, and to design systems that maximize remediation and long-term performance. Better scientific understanding could inform regulations, policies, and implementation guidelines related to infrastructure development and operations. The recommendations for research and applications to enhance practice of this book make it a valuable resource for students and practitioners in this field.
Download or read book Streamline Simulation written by Akhil Datta-Gupta and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Streamline-Simulation emphasizes the unique features of streamline technology that in many ways complement conventional finite-difference simulation. It fills gaps in the mathematical foundations.
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